I joined the small design team based in Kentish Town in the early 80’s when Bill was over in California getting a new ‘Moggridge arm’ established. Even though his visits to the UK studio grew more infrequent during my time there, when he appeared he always had time for a personal chat, making you feel quite special – an attribute reflected through his approach to designing where people came first.
I was juggling a career in music at the time, and I was worried about Bill finding out, and then deciding that I clearly was not too serious about this design business. Of course, when I did speak to him about it his reaction was to easily accept my working in a different discipline, and in retrospect it perhaps was me who was the conservative one, trying to compartmentalise what is one enormous, creative interaction. This was a lesson learnt that I thank him for – it changed my whole approach to this day.