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Quote by Philippe Starck

“The more materiality there is, the less humanity there is”

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Philippe Starck, born on January 18, 1949, is a renowned industrial designer from France. His design works cover a wide range of fields including furniture, architecture, and interior design, known for his unique style and creativity. more

“The best everyday example of relativity, the finest symptom of human intelligence, is humor. (...) Design without humor is not human. The word 'beautiful' does not mean anything. Only coherence counts. An object, design or not, is primarily an object that meets the parameters of human intelligence, which reconciles opposites. The lack of humor is the definition of vulgarity.”

Humans Mean Doe Beautiful Example Design Objects Opposites Everyday Definitions Finest Symptoms Relativity Reconcile Vulgarity Parameters Coherence Human Intelligence

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“Freedom is the only style. That is why I never speak about beauty or beautiful products but "good products"... Nowadays, we have to face so many challenges,...so it is not really a priority to care for beauty. The only way for us is to focus on an ethic and ecological behaviour.”

Way Care Beautiful Speak Challenges Focus Style Products Ethics Priorities Behaviour Ecological

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“Elegance and honesty are two mandatory parameters for any human production.”

Humans Two Honesty Productions Elegance Parameters

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“Design is a tool to help the tribe.”

Helping Design Tools Tribes

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“Everywhere, I'm looking to reach elegance and intelligence.”

Elegance

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“I have this mental sickness called creativity.”

Creativity Sickness

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“We have to replace beauty, which is a cultural concept, with goodness, which is a humanist concept.”

Design Goodness Concepts Humanist

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“Anyone can build a building that protects people from heat, sun and cold. What I am determined to do is to make a stage where people can be sexier and more brilliant, a place where they can awake smarter.”

People Sun Stage Design Building Cold Protect Determined Brilliant Heat Awake Smarter I Am Determined

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“Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary.”

Unnecessary

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