There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?

You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

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.

When I taught, all my best students were women.