Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck is a French designer known since the start of his career in the 1980s for his interior, product, industrial and architectural design including furniture and objects that have simple but inventive structures...
luxury design quality
For me, luxury is intelligence and quality. I don't see a lot of intelligence and quality in luxury when it's used to make fast, big money.
symbols
Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning.
dream desire trying
I try to rediscover why that object exists at all, and why one should take the trouble to reconsider It. I don't consider the technical or commercial parameters so much as the desire for a dream that humans have attempted to project onto an object.
heart easy
Getting to the heart of things, is never easy
humanity materiality
The more materiality there is, the less humanity there is
brain intellect publishers
I am my brain's publisher.
design tools tribes
Design is a tool to help the tribe.
doors people brain
I like to open the doors to people's brain.
elegance
Everywhere, I'm looking to reach elegance and intelligence.
design genius monk
I'm not a god, I'm not a genius, I'm not a monk, I make non-design for non-consumers. I don't know if I do exist.
dream stars believe
Dreaming is a form of action. Idleness is a form of action. The idle man stares at the sky and sees what constitutes our eternal ceiling. The sky is one of the things that constructs us, one of our constants. But it is not what people believe. I should like to close this circle by turning over in my bed and scrutinizing the stars.
territory able kind
I wanted the bike to be able to go over all kinds of terrains and especially infinite and poetic territories,
humble successful simple
Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics.
organic-food
For the organic food, the less it's designed, the better it is