It was kind of disappointing to be so close and then not make it.

It really is an honor to at least get the honorable mention. A lot of us wanted that award. It would have been pretty special.

We have incredibly high standards for our kids.

What got my attention was their wealth of varied thinking. They've done [everything] I can possibly get involved in.

I grew up in a time when Eames and Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects were putting their furniture and objects on the market. You could buy some of those objects on the open market. Eames was a huge influence on all of us in school.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.