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When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

There is no denying the aesthetics of a well-made, well-loved book.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.

Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting.

The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me.

When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

It's like a candy store for an illustrator, I connected with Harry pretty quickly and loved the way J.K. described everything; she's such a visually thinking person. You can't pass that up.