Philippe Starck, the totally influential French designer of interiors, furniture, and consumer objects, seems to be having an existential crisis. "Everything I designed was unnecessary," he told a German publication, adding that he will retire in two 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." [Breitbart]
Design is Dead, According to Sad Philippe Starck
5:57 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Sheila
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And "tabula erasa" to you, too!
Am I the only person who is constantly trying to arrange marriages where the names end up as idiotic as possible (among celebrities and whoever)? This guy should marry Ryan Phillippe in VT and become Phillippe Phillippe. Just like my friend Ben must marry Brian Benben. It will come to pass.
It's called prozac, look into it.
"I regret that I deposited all those large checks in my bank account."
@adminslave: I knew a girl named Allison who married her boyfriend, whose last name was, yup, Allison.
For what it's worth, a Juicy Salif saved my life once.
This may be obvious, but didn't he design for Target? I think my boyfriend-at-the-time bought his ironing board.
@adminslave: And DorothyMantooth says she had a friend who spelled her name Jeni and really wanted to marry Richard Jeni.
And also, THE COMMENTING IS APPARENTLY BROKEN FOR SOME PEOPLE, GAWKER.
I was wondering why I was all alone on the New York Sun thread!
@moff: I just want to meet someone named Ben Benben who names his son Ben Ben Benben, because I believe that if this were to happen a rip would form in the space time continuum and all things would bleed into one.
And I know its been said before, and will be said again, but the ad for the american apparel '40 dresses' is baffling. Who in the hell looks good in a teal spandex turtleneck dress? Who?!?!
I don't know. I used one of his watches once as an alarm clock, and if I hadn't, I would have missed several trains. Your purpose has been found, Philippe.
I guess he's not happy about the Royalton remodel...
every time i see starck i think of the bizarre 23rd street condo that promotes itself with the picture of him wearing orange gloves. very Sprockets.
Déconne-pas Philippe, va-pas t'tailler les veines!
It pains me that this is not reductio ad absurdum, and that your prediction is likely correct. Si la tendence se maintient, narcissism will devour everything, (tu me déprimes), but really, what will matter if the nutrition coaches have godawful kitchens?
The fluocaril toothbrush mattered for something, Philippe. A least to me it did. How can the world make you happy again?
@MoeGolden: happy like a leetle girl!
Maybe it was just an ersatz surrender?
Are we sure it wasn't just an impromptu surrender?
GAH!
He told me in an interview five years ago that he was retiring then.
And then he went into Mach drive...
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