The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.

Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there's nothing in it. There's no interest, you learn nothing actually.

Beauty can come in strange forms.