Philippe Starck had an epiphany, after all these years: "Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary," the French star designer admitted in a recent interview with the German weekly DIE ZEIT.

Philippe Starck is a name that became a brand. From the habitation module on the new international space station to Steve Jobs’ yacht, Philippe Starck’s list of achievements speaks volumes. I ...

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The concept smartphone from Xiaomi and colorful French designer Philippe Starck, revealed on Tuesday, has won praise for its minimalist form and bezel-less screen. And while Starck is world-renowned ...

In sprawling and dense São Paulo, Brazil, the reclaimed enclave of Cidade Matarazzo is emerging as something of a polished bauble. Cidade Matarazzo’s transformed historical buildings, some a century ...

Even in these slower economic times, Philippe Starck's designs are doing well with companies and buyers. The secret to his continued success, he says, is his philosophy of "democratic design".

Editor's note: From hard drives to motorcycles, and from chairs to buildings, Philippe Starck has designed just about every kind of product out there. In the first of a regular series of columns, the ...

Following the arrival of branded residences in India, the spotlight now appears to be shifting toward design-led ventures.

French design rockstar Philippe Starck is renowed worldwide for his architectural, product, and interior designs. The son of an aircraft designer and painter, Starck grew up dismantling bicycles and ...

Remember when “design” meant the actual creation of something new, a careful process of refining an object until its function was as clean and perfect as the designer could make it? No, neither do we: ...

“When I say I’m not proud of what I do it’s because design doesn’t help evolution. It is absolutely useless.” So declares design maverick Philippe Starck midway through an interview at the ...