Sean Hargreaves believes that for artists and designers, images are bornfrom the experiences one observes during the first 10-15 years of their lives.Those images are subconsciously refined over and over in one's life. They mayconsist of shapes, or places, or films...but they always stay present in theback of the memory, and now and then make an appearance in an image or designthat is created. Two important images that stand out for Hargreaves from hisyouth are the modern house in the green countryside of Northern England that hisfather built and furnished with prominent mid-century pieces, and the machinesthat he saw when he accompanied his father on business visits to factories; bothare extremely prevalent in the artwork throughout these captivatingpages.