French designer Philippe Starck, better known for interior and product design, is getting into fashion, though Starck would rather not call it that. Working with Scottish cashmere company Ballantyne, the S+arck With Ballantyne line ...READ»
Philippe Starck, resplendent in black leather pants, came to New York’s Soho House this week to promote his latest project –- a set of sleek stereo speakers he designed for Parrot, a French wireless technology company whose CEO, ...READ»
Occassionally, a “design celebrity” says something that starts the Design Industry echo chamber buzzing. In April, mention of an interview that Philippe Starck gave popped up in several design blogs. Nussbaum On Design, Frog's ...READ»
Just came across this cool site, by way of the cool-hunting site PSFK. It includes fun interviews with dozens of designers, revealing Karim Rashid's favorite flower (cacti), advice for young designers from Philippe Starck ("make a ...READ»
Philippe Starck is the poster-boy of design excess--witness this hotel in Beverly Hills--but his latest work stumbles into self-parody. The project, "Home Gym Office" is an attempt to integrate gym equipment into an office ...READ»
Philippe Starck, resplendent in black leather pants, came to New York’s Soho House this week to promote his latest project –- a set of sleek stereo speakers he designed for Parrot, a French wireless technology company whose CEO, ...READ»
Having just read Steve Barth's recent column about reorganizing your workspace, the new catalog from Topdeq could not have hit my in box at a worse time. Or more opportune.
Dealing in "European design for the American office," the ...READ»
The design whirlwind behind everything from Richard Branson's space suits to a new global condo empire, Philippe Starck weighs in on the importance of fantasy, energy, and bivalves.READ»
Next month, the design world will collapse upon Milan, for Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world's biggest contemporary furniture fair. Luckily for design fans eager to taste some eye candy, previews of the best wares are ...READ»
I'm on a technicality tear.My last mission was getting people to close conversations by saying "I got it".Now I'm sniffing - or rather, picking, at glue.I set out to buy a new toaster. I was hoping to make toast and get on with my ...READ»
Can products nurture the people and place that produced them? Ten signature designers taking part in the Design for a Living World exhibition show how it might be done.READ»
Like everyone else, the design field braced for the fallout from the financial meltdown. At the time, some of us argued that good things could come from a period of constraint and reexamination. The consumer culture of design had ...READ»
