When I Taught, All My Best Students

When Women Do Succeed, The Press, Even The Industry Press, Spend Far Too Much Time Talking About How We Dress, What Shoes We're Wearing, Who We're Meant To Be Seeing. That's Pretty Sad For Women, Especially When It's Written By Women Who Really Should Know Better.

Two Years Ago I Focused On One Apartment To See How Many Variations You Can Come Up With In A Given Space With The Same Parameters. I Would Work On This Repeatedly For Days And You See That There Is Maybe Seven Hundred Options For One Space. This Exercise Gives You An Idea Of The Degree At Which You Can Interpret The Organization Of Space, It Is Not Infinite But It's Very Large.

The Commission Process In America And England Is Different. In America, They Do It Through An Interview Process, And It's Really Based On Whether They Like You Or Not. I Mean, It's Nothing To Do With Whether You Do The Best Scheme Or The Worst Scheme.

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.

Of Course There Is A Lot Of Fluidity Now Between Art, Architecture And Fashion - A Lot More Cross-pollination In The Disciplines, But This Isn't About Competition, It's About Collaboration And What These Practices And Processes Can Contribute To One Another.