What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

I'm interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.

We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.