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Philippe Starck Announces Retirement, Denies Target Sweet Toothbrushes

Starck toothbrush
Philippe Starck toothbrush
Yesterday, the prolific French designer told the German magazine Die Zeit that design is dead and that he plans to leave the game within 2 years.
“‘In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant,’ he said.
Starck said the only objects that he still felt attached to were ‘a pillow perhaps and a good mattress.’ But the thing one needs most, he added, was the ‘ability to love’.”
I’m not sure if this quote is taken out of context, but I’m not following his meaning — unless, of course, he’s talking about eugenics. Ya, he’s probably talking about eugenics. And he’s some sort of sleep-bot. Anyway, this makes sense considering people are probably the only thing this guy hasn’t designed (and sold at your local Target - haHA! - See how I made that joke twice?). Still, whether one turns their nose up at his history of producing mass market-friendly consumer goods or not, I think that he’s done good for the industry, certainly for himself, and after so long I can understand wanting to move in a new direction. Via AFP c/o Kottke
March 29th, 2008 · 406 Comments · Tags: design · Trackback

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