Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.

Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.

It would be nice to design a real briefcase - you open it up and it's your computer but it also stores your books.