HYLAND
in it, it consolidates one's base. I have reached official
US retirement age - looking back on a very full lifetime.
I trust I have at least another 10 years or so! Thanks to
a lucky star, I have been given the opportunity to grow,
and to explore my full capacity and know that it's not
over.
IWonderful new chapters have evolved for my company
with global expansion. For the last seven years, we have
been involved in Asia. I think China is particularly intriguing
– the cultures of Asia, like that of Japan is indelibly intact
- whereas in China, the culture is re-establishing itself,
emerging from a hundred years of confusion and cultural
identity - now, for the most part, diligently looking to the
West. I have been fortunate to be among the few designers
