Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.

My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

I don't use the computer. I do sketches, very quickly, often more than 100 on the same formal research.

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.

The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.