I have been designing and building furniture, and anything my imagination could come up with since I was a kid.
When I was 12 years old my family moved to a new house and for the first time my siblings and I got our own rooms. We each got to pick out the furniture of our choice. My brother and sisters all opted for new furniture. I designed and built my own with my father.
I think of myself more as a creator than a designer, because I truly love the entire process, from concept to completion to marketing. When I am starting the design process I imagine the end product and where it will fit in and how it can be marketed.
Design should make people feel good. There is nothing more satisfying as a designer than to see someone looking at something you have created and see that you have provoked an emotion.