Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine For Home Use
Philippe Starck has been pretty busy designing stuff lately, considering just a few months ago he was proclaiming that "design is dead" and announcing his retirement. I guess the most creative minds have the most persuasive demons, and it seems Starck is trying to learn from his: after proclaiming that "everything he had ever designed was useless" he's now on to designing something truly useful and trendy: a mini-turbine designed for people to use at home to generate their own wind power.
The mini-turbine is made of clear polycarbonate (the lack of color is apparently a statement about there being so much materiality in the world) and is capable of providing 20-60% of the power needs for the average home. It will be available this coming September with a price tag around $600.
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geolemon Sep 22nd 2008 7:21PM
Amazing! I want one, even if it's just on the 20% end of the spectrum. It looks cool - it helps that I own a 50's style Ranch home of course, but that's no funny windmill - that's transparent greenery!