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napierzaza
Phillipe Starck is such a wind bag celebrity designer. I don't believe this guy for a second just because he's pseudo philosophical. Congratulations on your horrible lemon squeezer.
ritonlajoie
That's the feeling I had before watching this video. Have you watched it already ? I'm pretty amazed by what he says even with my previous thoughts about him.
wmeredith
I'm pretty sure Starck is a better marketer than designer. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
joelmichael
He's a designer, why doesn't he have any slides or other preparation for a TED talk? Does he put any effort into speaking English clearly? Why does he talk about that bogus lightning/primordial soup theory? Why is he attacking a straw man that we are the permanent pinnacle of evolution? Eight minutes in and he still hasn't said anything about design. I give up.
ThomPete
That talk is only about design! Do you know who Philippe Starck is?
joelmichael
No. Is it a pre-requisite that I know who he is in order to appreciate his TED talk? Because what I saw didn't stand very well on its own merit.
ThomPete
if you are going to complain about the things you do I would say yes it is a pre-requisite.
bearwithclaws
This is interesting, not in a way that's easy to understand. A few of his keypoints are:

- On Design: when designing something, think beyond (in fact, way beyond) the thing that you are designing.

- On Living: the smart way to live is to build stuff for many people (the more the merrier).

- On Civilization: do your best to fulfill your part.

baby
Can't stand his accent, and I'm french...
saint-loup
Same here.

Maybe because it's not so different from my own english accent. :]