STORIES

I'm big on recycling. To me buying anything that's not been used before, feels like a failure.

How many cars I have? The landrover, the hippie van, the firetruck … there should be at least five. I guess I like the idea of repairing and mending.

Too bad I’m not that good at it.

I try to wake up each morning, able to ask myself ”What would be fun to do today?”.

To me, freedom is essential.

It helps a lot to have a playful attitude. Because there's an emptyness to life, as well.

A few decades ago I woke up deaf on one ear, with severe tinnitus. My father had died and I was going through a divorce, so it was probably stress related.

The only thing that helped was playing pinball.

Today I only design objects that inspire me. Pushing knickknack to old ladies isn’t my thing.

Then again, sometimes people surprise you. I once designed a ring with ”fuck” engraved.

And sold quite a lot of them.

Now and then I get saddened with mankind.

That's why I like to live in the countryside, this close to the sea, where it's easy to avoid people and I can paddle my canoes, sail and go fishing.

But once in a while you need to charge your batteries with hope. Teaching young refugees to repair and sell bicycles is a way to do that.

My next project is starting a summer camp to teach immigrant children how to sail. It's also a way of fighting xenophobia on our island.