Studio: Roberto Piqueras

You either know Roberto Piqueras from the fact he's sponsored by Burger King, from the seemingly impromptu catwalk show he staged in a Bethnal Green housing estate, or from the fact that every photo of his clothing ends up getting thousands of notes on Tumblr. Or, maybe because you're just a massive fan of post-nu-rave, hyper-colourful design and you're one of the near 5,000 Facebook fans who consistently Likes every photo he uploads.

Either way, I'm sure you'll be interested to know that Roberto lives and works in an industrial estate in the depths of Mile End, near a drunk guy who shouted at me for walking over three drains, then asked for a cigarette, then screamed at the sky when I didn't give him one. It was a pretty harrowing experience, which might explain Roberto's happy, fluoro clothing as a direct response to his dark surroundings. Or maybe not. Whatever, he was wearing temporary tattoos of gems on his eyelids when I turned up, which brightened my day right up.

"This is from an exhibition at Tony's Gallery by two artists from Barcelona, MisterTheFreak and FAIF. The exhibition took up the whole inside and outside of the gallery and depicted Santa Teresa Hotel - Room 479, where a man has been locked in isolation for a number of years and has started to invent and make bodies and paintings that he can interact with. This suit is called Adam. It's a really experimental, thought-provoking piece of art overall, but I liked Adam more than anything, because, to me, he's like the perfect boyfriend – there are tattoos, lots of colour, a nice gold necklace and no head."

"That's a spread from Veronica So's magazine L_A_N, in the middle of the wall. I probably shouldn't have ripped it out, but those graphics are amazing – the exact kind of aesthetic I like in my own work – so I had to have it up there. Then, around the L_A_N poster, are ripped-up pages from a Mario Testino book. Mario's assistant offered me one of his books for free, but I couldn't take it knowing that I was going to rip it to shreds, so I bought one at a vintage store and ripped that up instead. I love how you can see the edges of all the pictures but you don't know what's inside, so it forces you to imagine and get creative. I work at my computer pretty much all day, so I need something that makes me think every time I look at it, rather than zoning-out all day."

These are some homemade Reebok Classics platforms. I have loads of platform shoes in my personal shoe collection and I thought it would be good if I knew how to make some for myself. Then I got thinking about non-conventional platform shoes, so I made these first to get the hang of it, then I added platform heels to some boat shoes, because I wanted to see what platforms looked like on shoes that aren't sneakers. I think these worked out really well, but I'm not so sure about the boat shoes.

"This is a shot from the lookbook that Alis Pelleschi shot for my summer collection last year, with C R I M 3 S modeling the clothes. Her video stuff where she changes her appearance and takes on a new persona is fascinating, because that's exactly what's happening with people all the time. I swear, people are completely changing their look and their vibe every few months, much more so than in the past, and Alis' videos capture something of that."

"These are pictures from Barcelona-based magazine, Gorgeous Magazine, shot by Albert Madaula. I'm a big fan of American culture and I opened the magazine and saw, like, junk food and pizza – two things that I absolutely love – and that remind me of the America I take my influences from, so it was perfect. The typography of the Beverly Park sign has acted as a big inspiration too, actually. I try to reference Americana in my design when I can, so I like having something I can be inspired by."

"The last collection was really about moving from Barcelona to London, and since the Queen is a London icon, I thought her face would be a perfect image to use on a shirt. I'm actually more of a Diana fan, and I have a mask of her somewhere too, but, you know, the Queen is more important, or more famous or whatever, so I thought I'd put her up on the wall."

"I got the tiger rug at Roman Road Market, and it's the first thing I see every time I walk through my door, which is cool. I bought it because tigers are so wild and vicious, and I'm really not. In fact, I'm the complete opposite."