Your name: Alex Lamont
What you do: I have ideas for objects, lighting and furniture and then I make them
Your latest project: Tiny rock crystal pots with woven lids
What is your favourite…
travel destination: Istanbul
hotel/place to stay: Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh
airline: British Airways
magazine: Private Eye
watchmaker: Ikepod
luxury goods company: Codognato
design classic: Bowler hat
new design: Aston Martin One-77
favourite type of chair: Jacob Kjaers UN Chair
meal: My wife’s apple crumble
restaurant: Soulfood Mahanakorn, Bangkok
drink: Burrow Hill Cider, Somerset
bar: Zuk Bar at the Sukhothai Hotel, Bangkok
gallery/museum: Musee Guimet, Paris
book: Nostromo, Joseph Conrad
item in your studio: Collection of Khmer bronze bracelets
artwork: Japanese female Shinto spirit, Asian Art Museum San Francisco
artist: R B Kitaj
piece of technology: Photoshop
What inspired you to be a designer? The theatre and spirit of great shops
Who are three people that inspire/excite you:
1) Yanagi Soetsu
3) Paul Simon
What is your creative philosophy? Make things that people want to touch and treasure
What does the term Design Hunter™ mean to you? A frame of mind always open to accidental and obscure references