Legendary designer Philippe Starck — with no pretty slides behind him — spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question “Why design?” Along the way he drops brilliant insights into the human condition; listen carefully for one perfectly crystallized mantra for all of us, genius or not. Yet all this deep thought, he cheerfully admits, is to aid in the design of a better toothbrush.
Wow, that was great. I think my favorite part – other than Starck’s great take on how life was created – was his jacket.
Thanks for sharing Tina.
Dec 5th, 2007 / 5:43 pm
F’n fantastic.
Dec 5th, 2007 / 9:17 pm
Philippe, please. Stop design. Please.
Dec 6th, 2007 / 4:33 am
I’m a TEDtalk podcast addict… thanks for supporting my habit. Geesh :)
Dec 6th, 2007 / 2:53 pm
I was lucky enough to see that, and talk with him afterwards. It was amazing to meet a designer dressed worse than I am, and to hear him fight the corner for the French as biggest joke foreign accents, a title previously held jointly by the English and the Swiss (Germans).
Dec 6th, 2007 / 2:55 pm
Yeah, he couldn’t be any more entertaining.
Now if I could just get him to do something about this fossil watch face that scratches if someone looks at it hard….
Ah well, that jacket more than makes up for it.
Dec 9th, 2007 / 5:13 pm