Finally, she believes in having her own signature, so her work is instantly recognisable. One way she does this is by combining several different fabrics and colours in an object that would usually use just one, such as the best-selling Polder sofa she designed for Vitra in 2005.
"More values than just the new – that's really what I'm looking for," she said. "What can be inside an object beyond just the new? Is striving for the new the main problem of consumer society? Why does a piece of art never become boring? I think it's because it's holistic. Good art triggers the imagination over and over again. That's a feature that we have lost in design.