All of us are a fusion of different influences. We are the sum of our experiences to date. A key part of what i am is my life abroad and these are the pieces to the puzzle that today makes me.
Good design comes from fusion as well, it is the summary of views, opinions and influences coming together to produce something that is visually exciting, stimulating and practical. Design has to live in the real world, so on another level when it comes into being it is part of a new fusion.
When i was a child i was given a lacquer box in which i keep my special things. I sometimes think the box is a little bit like me because in order to make a lacquer box you start with simple pieces of wood on which you paint layer after layer of lacquer. That is what has happened to me in my life.
So what are the really important layers of me. Over and above everything is Asia, where i was born and brought up. Asia is my first layer and so different to England. Hong Kong, where i was born, is worlds away from leeds, even if people here think that you can get good chinese takeaway. The concept of chinese takeaway does not even exist in Hong Kong!
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