Philippe Starck
With a career rich in 10,000 creations (complete or yet to come), world fame and tireless, protean inventiveness should never overshadow what is essential, Philippe Starck has a mission, a vision: that creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible. as possible. Starck vehemently believes that this poetic and political, rebellious and benevolent, pragmatic and subversive duty should be shared by all. He sums it up with the humor that has distinguished him from the beginning: “No one has to be a genius, but everyone has to participate.”.
In the eyes of this consummate citizen of the world, sharing his ethical and humanist vision of a more egalitarian planet is a duty, if not a moral imperative, resulting in unconventional projects that bring fertile surprises. . It is easy to guess his behavior: an object must be useful before being beautiful.
His prophetic awareness of ecological implications, his deep knowledge of contemporary mutations, his enthusiasm for imagining new lifestyles, his determination to change the world, his commitment to sustainable degrowth, his love for the ideas, his concern to defend the intelligence of the usefulness… and the usefulness of intelligence, have taken it from iconic creation to iconic creation... From everyday products like furniture and lemon juicers to revolutionary megayachts, intensely vibrant, stimulating hotels and phantasmagogy. The rich and miraculous technologies of individual wind turbines and electric turbines. car, never fails to exceed the limits and criteria of contemporary design.
As a true visionary, he puts this art of innovation at the service of a democratic, active and respectful design and ecology of human heritage and nature, whether with the Elise recycling container or the Zartan, the first completely recycled roto. -molded chair. The affordable and adjustable P.A.T.H. High-tech prefabricated houses – recently attest to the durability of an approach that began in 1994 with the prefabricated house for sale in the 3 Suisses catalogue.
Announcing the phenomena of convergence and dematerialization, Philippe Starck aims directly at the heart, highlighting the essential, extracting the structural minimum from each object, to offer creations and proposals closer to Man and Nature, better adapted to the future.