John Pawson ‘I used to hang out with a young Liza Minnelli’
about 5 years in The guardian
The designer, 71, on seeking nirvana, swerving death in India and benefiting from being surrounded by a gifted team
Our Halifax home was bourgeois and idyllic. Mum and dad bought this elegant manor house after the war and split it up to make rooms for us kids. Mine started out as a tiny cabin. When each of my four sisters left, walls were knocked down and my space expanded. Eventually it was vast and empty, which I loved.
I went to boarding school at seven, like my father. I protested for a while but soon gave up. On my second day the whooping cough broke out and all the boys were sent home again. It was good news, except there was some confusion over who was collecting me. I was left there alone, which made me mildly insecure. Continue reading...
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