The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.

I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.

I don't like the masculine style, jeans. I like issey miyake... and black dresses.

People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.

The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.