Through this time I was coming up with ideas for furniture and lighting, and when I moved to Thailand in 2002, it was my plan to develop them ............... so my little dream became reality, and now I have a fantastic time inventing things

Q2 What is the concept of your company?
Ango designs encapsulate a simple balance of nature with form and propose an organic micro utopia, where everyone can live with themselves and each other in playful harmony. They are a kind of allegory about how we can live alongside nature in a technological world.

Q3 What is your greatest inspiration?
As well as deriving inspiration from natural forms, I look at the richness and poetry to be found in the extraordinary urban landscapes we've created, and then try to create a synthesis out of it all (nature and the man made).

Q11 Are there any people who inspired you? Who do you respect?
At architecture school, the most important tutor for me was David Greene (once of the Archigram group), who was a really great and subtle teacher, and a great inspiration.

Q12 Do you have any advice for the young people?
It may be a long and difficult process, but I think in the field of design it's really important to search inside youself to find the essence in of what you are and what you can contribute

Q13 What do you want to achieve in your career? What is your goal?
I hope to achieve during 2008 the creation of our new factory, which will be a kind of "farm – factory" where we grow some of our own raw materials like bamboo. It'll be a happy little world where we take the concept of bio responsibility to another level. Generally, I just would like to carry on developing ideas.............. and if the world likes them that's great.

Q4 Could you tell us about your latest trade shows or projects that you are working on right now?
We've just been exhibiting at Tendence show in Frankfurt, and still have shows in Bangkok in October and Dubai in November, followed by a really rather busy schedule all through 2008. The shows are fantastic for communicating with our audience and understanding them. But most of the time I'm immersed in innovating new materials and processes..... and then using these new techniques to realise electro-light fantasies.

Q5 Currently which stores carry your pieces in the world? Price range?
Adolfo Dominguez Home, Spain; Spence and Lyda, Australia; Ford Brady, USA; The Moood, Denmark + stores in most major cities

Q6 What do you think about design industry in your country?
The design industry here has been very supportive and is really sophisticated. But it needs more recognition.