The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone.

My favorite project is always the next one.

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good

Alberto Alessi had asked a dozen architects to design a sterling silver tea service - with a teapot, a coffee pot, sugar, creamer, a spoon, and a tray. Our brief was that it didn't matter if it didn't work and cost wasn't the issue. It was a promotional project, not a commercial enterprise, and was going to be showcased in museums. And the coffee and tea piazza, as mine was called, received a great response. It was wonderful to walk into the Whitney museum and see all these objects on the first floor.

The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone.

The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's associative or mimetic qualities, the facades are organized in a classical three-part division of base, middle or body, and attic or head.

I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.