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WOW | Genius way to describe great design!

11/06/2009 - 9:00 am By Richard Darell

I am laughing. I am staring at the screen at this crazy guy that I knew but still didn’t. I have used his designs. I have seen his creations and so have you. But I knew nothing about him and how he saw design. I never thought of design this way and I am quite sure you haven’t either. I am just simply blown away by this simple yet genius awesome way of looking at design. Really, I don’t know what to say. I am totally and utterly speechless.

The humor and humble approach this guy shows towards life in itself and the humanity is astonishing. His caring for coming generations is inspiring and I can honestly say that I will, to my best ability, try and adapt this to my every day life. I will force myself to do it. I will do everything I can to do it.

Philippe Starck - Mouse His name is Philippe Starck and he’s the inventor of some of today’s most used and highly respected items. He’s designed stuff like the War of The Worlds Juice Press, Tooth Brushes, Toilet Brushes, Tooth Pick and the awesome looking computer mouse show here to the right. This Frenchman is just about the most awesome designer I have come across so far. The french accent is no longer hard to understand when he starts talking due to the huge amount of funny things he always sports. His truly engaging way of describing modern and future design will make you think. If not, you’re not meant to be a designer. It’s inspiring on a different level and that’s just the only way I can describe his speech that he delivered on the TED community conference not long ago.

This is a MUST watch for ANY designer. Enjoy!

Author: Richard Darell

Known as a leader in social media, Richard shares his extensive knowledge of cutting edge design with designers and developers all over the world. Richard founded Bit Rebels in 2009, and currently the site welcomes over one million visitors each month. Minervity.com, another one of Richard's very successful sites, is known as the go-to place for design tutorials and information on the latest techniques. Richard's creativity has also led him to a very long and successful career in music as a song writer and producer for International artists. Richard hails from Stockholm, Sweden but also spends time in Los Angeles. Follow Richard on Twitter: @Minervity

11 Comments

Clement Yeung

November 6th, 2009

That was great. I really like this guy, made me laugh out loud

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Todd

November 7th, 2009

This guy’s accent is great

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Jeremy

November 12th, 2009

I caught this one a few weeks back, such a simple, humble and hilarious approach to it all. Sometimes a bit hard to understand but none the less it is definitely one worth sitting around to watch all of the way through. If I remember correctly the last few seconds really sum it all up.

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Kevin

November 16th, 2009

This is such a humble, and yet brilliant approach and way of looking at it.

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Critical thinker. Not blind follower.

November 17th, 2009

Put anyone on such a stage, give him a microphone, and he’ll sound like a genius. Sorry to say this guys, but Mr Philippe Starck’s explanations are blatantly absurd….

He sounds humble, yes. But haven’t all of you learnt that specific persuasion technique in communication classes? Or haven’t you studied enough to be able to spot out nonsense from cream?

First of all, his short-sighted description of evolution prior to our existence HAS BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN WRONG. It may sound cool, but some things are too cool to temper with.

Secondly, he says “tell our children to INVENT” and associates it to the non-existence of God. “We are god”, he says. If really we were God, it would have been long since we would have been able to invent a robot that has at least a tenth of a cockroach’s intelligence. What about inventing/creating another man from scratch? It is simply not the case.
Invention and Inspiration are intrinsically related. We get inspired, so we invent. We work, so we create. Ask any designer (Mr Starck included) and he will tell you that inspiration comes from outside. We cannot create it. Which means it comes from someone else… God.

I could go on pointing out the mess from his presentation and its risks to humanity’s integrity (as well as design), but I am short of time. I profoundly appreciate his effort to encourage creatives to keep doing what they do, but I think there were a thousand other ways to do that.

Rethink the way you think. Take stands with CONCRETE foundations, before a passionate ignorant comes and rob your mind away.

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Russell Bishop

December 14th, 2009

@Critical thinker. Not blind follower.

His description of evolution prior to this point is not supposed to be pin-point truth, he’s using it as part of an analogy.

I would say that in terms of thinking and inventing, yes, we are God. He’s not saying he can point to the moon and change it’s shape, but he’s saying that we are capable of THINKING that.

Yes, inspiration does come from the outside, but I would say it’s SHORT-SIGHTED of you to say it’s “god”. No.

Please tough, find some more flaws. This man has clearly pushed a button with your religious self. Oh dear, he tried to make you think.

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Critical Thinker. Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 2:24 am

Russell dear, I will not be surprised if we found out that your brain works upside down…

Asserting the Divine origin of inspiration is much more long-sighted (not short) than your uncritical self can see now. You will learn that with time. Just think more…

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