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Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine For Home Use

Posted Jul 6th 2008 12:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Green

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.

Gallery: The Philippe Starck Home Wind Turbine

Philippe Starck Designs A Presidency

Posted Jul 2nd 2008 2:02PM by Deidre Woollard

Philippe Starck has designed yachts, hotels and countless household items but his latest challenge might just be his greatest. Starck is helping to design the accouterments of France's turn at the European presidency. France is famous for style and wants to carry that into this new regime and so the foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner hired Starck as an artistic director: Philippe Starck. As Starck, who is not known for his modesty, explains it to the AFP, there are a lot of things that are given to journalists, ministers, delegates and now "for the first time in the history of the EU, everything produced will be of high quality."

Items produced so far include pens, notebooks and a goodie bag sent to all French MPs that included stationery and a pale gray tie. Some of the women MPs, who all received the ties weren't too thrilled with the gift. Starck has also designed a special two euro coin.

Philippe Starck's RobinWood Collection

Posted May 12th 2008 4:03PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Decor

Philippe Starck has gone a little silly with his new collection, although (no worries) he hasn't completely abandoned his usual sense of style in the process. Launched in collaboration with David Sutherland the collection is called RobinWood and is inspired by (you guessed it) the legend of Robin Hood.

With names like "The Lil' John" chair, "The Loxley" canopy bed, and "The King Richard" dining table, Starck is making good on his statement "humor is a sign of intelligence. It should be everywhere." The pieces represent Starck's first outdoor line of furniture and range in price from $1650 to $2350.

Gallery: Philippe Starck's Robinwood Collection

Philippe Starck: Ashamed, Retiring, and Saying Design is Dead?

Posted Mar 29th 2008 8:02AM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Decor

Sometimes even dream jobs get old, and it seems Philippe Starck is tired of being a famous designer, feels that design is dead anyway, and plans to retire within the next two years. He also feels that the designers of the future will be "the personal coach, the gym trainer, and the diet consultant," and that everything he designed in his career was "unnecessary" and he's ashamed to have been part of it.

Wow.

Sounds like he's having a bit of a midlife crisis or something! It will be interesting to see what he ends up doing in the future -- with a creative mind like his it could be something really interesting.

Philippe Starck Prive for Cassina

Posted Jul 20th 2007 10:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Decor

At the spring Milan furniture fair, Philippe Starck once again brought the sexy with his Prive collection for Cassina. The pieces are made of black or white tufted leather. The leather lounge chair is particularly alluring. It is a big sprawling expanse with armrests, chair backs that seem to invite a variety of different lounging positions. The lounge also has leather strips along the base and leather hand-straps on the back cushions. There are also two different type of types of padded chairs available. It's not revolutionary but it does look like a perfect match for some of Starck's modern apartment and hotel designs.

[via Square Magazine]

Icon Vallerta Mexico

Posted Mar 2nd 2007 7:02PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Estates

The latest Yoo project from the wacky and brilliant imagination of Philippe Starck is the Icon Vallarta Mexico in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The condominum complex will consist of three 26-story towers for a total of 343 luxury beachfront residences. The residences will be built and designed by Jorge Perez and Yoo by Philippe Starck. The condo units will include one-, two- and three-bedroom oceanfront residences some with private elevators and seven poolside villas. The condos will have access to a large infinity pool, security and valet services, Starck-designed lobby and common areas, an outdoor fire pit, 1000 feet of beachfront, a fitness center and concierge services. Prices will range from the low $200,000s up to $1 million and construction is set to begin this month with completion planned for the end of 2009.

The Lux Collection, Fancy Plastic

Posted Jun 11th 2006 11:03AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Decor

Leave it to Philippe Starck to turn something as simple as plastic dinnerware into a chance for design. His Lux Collection brings the fancy to your more casual summer gatherings (or those large parties where things need to be kept light and easy to clean). The collection includes gold or silver plastic cutlery as well as plates that have a little projection that you can mount a Lux Collection glass, cup, bowl. Perfect for garden parties where you are often left standing with a glass in one hand, a plate in the other and no way to partake of either. The nine-inch plates come in gold, silver, bronze and terracotta and sell for $20 for a package of six.

Starck Joins New Hotel Brand

Posted May 2nd 2006 5:03PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Journeys

New hotel chains are popping up as fast as condo projects lately. Philippe Starck, the ubiquitous designer who is no stranger to hotel design, has been selected by SBE Hotel Group to create the look for a new unnamed hotel brand. SBE is owned by Los Angeles club god Sam Nazarian and the first property will be on the site of the Le Meridien in Beverly Hills which is set to open in 2008.

SBE managed to tied Starck down to a 15-year exclusive deal (so much for his claim in an interview last year that he'd be retiring in three years). The new boutique brand will be hitting all the hot spots including New York, Miami and the Caribbean but instead of creating new hotels, these will all be conversions. Starck will also remodel the Ritz Plaza in Miami but it will not be part of the new brand. He will also design restaurants and lounges including a new Brentwood restaurant set to launch in May.

SBE seems to have learned from the drama involving the Roosevelt hotel and Amanda Scheer Demme, who blocked hotel guests from her exclusive clubs. In an article in Travel Weekly, Michael Doneff, SBE Entertainment Group’s vice president of marketing promises that "if you stay at our hotels, you will have preferred access to our nightclubs.” It's a smart move to make the guests feel like they pare part of an exclusive group rather than feeling alienated in their own hotel.

Starck Alessi Salif Citrus Juicer

Posted Apr 8th 2006 1:31PM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Gadgets

The innovative designer Philippe Starck has designed this truly unique citrus juicer. It looks vaguely insect-like, as though it might simply walk off the counter if left unattended, but it is simple and elegant at the same time. The juicer does not seem to have gotten the most positive feedback at Amazon.com, where users found the design a bit difficult to work with. Using a long, tall pitcher to catch the fresh juice as it drips down the cast-aluminum, pointed juicer should help things along considerably. Price: $79.

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1	Deidre Woollard	156	2
2	Rigel Gregg	72	4
3	Jared Paul Stern	49	0
4	Laura Malesich	29	2
5	Lisa Palladino	17	0
6	Star Sutherland	12	0
7	Marsha Reid	1	0

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Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine For Home Use

Philippe Starck Designs A Presidency

Philippe Starck's RobinWood Collection

Philippe Starck: Ashamed, Retiring, and Saying Design is Dead?

Philippe Starck Prive for Cassina

Icon Vallerta Mexico

The Lux Collection, Fancy Plastic

Starck Joins New Hotel Brand

Starck Alessi Salif Citrus Juicer

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