Philippe Starck is Ashamed of Himself
Philippe Starck announced last week that he will retire in two years. But he also took the opportunity to savage the entire idea of design, and to express regret for many of the designs which have made him so famous.
“I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact. Everything I designed was unnecessary. I will definitely give up in two years’ time. I want to do something else, but I don’t know what yet. I want to find a new way of expressing myself… design is a dreadful form of expression.” — (Via Breitbart)
Although to some, Philippe Starck had over-extended his design hand, in a Pierre Cardin-esque way, it is still a surprising comment, with so many of his designs - from juice squeezers to toothbrushes - still on sale.
Starck believes that the role of the designer will be replaced by the personal coach, the gym trainer, and the diet consultant. But there are three things in which Starck still believes; love, mattresses and a “good pillow”. So if he is restless at any of the world’s Starck hotels, he can always find comfort in a Conrad Hotel with its new Pillow proliferation program.
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