The Engadget Show: Inside the mind of designer Philippe Starck
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Nov 13th 2009 3:50PM
posted Nov 13th 2009 3:50PM
Bonus round: Catch a game of word association with Starck right here!
Host: Thomas Ricker
Directed by: Daniel Gallenkamp
Edited by: Chad Mumm and Michael Slavens
Music by: Bit Shifter
Titles by: Julien Nantiec
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He's the one with that silly boring external hard drive design isn't he?
'Video not available'.
@ Thomas Ricker
Way to frame the interview around Apple. Every other question was like "How much do you actually love Apple?" - He's a designer, of course he'll love Apple, ask him something else.
@saad, He brought up Apple, I didn't. He had the iPhone on his desk, I didn't put it there. The only time I brought Apple into the discussion without provocation was when I mentioned Ive in the word association game.
Ima let you finish but FIRST is the coolest word of all time! OF ALL TIME!
haha but really, I downloading now waiting to enjoy some goodness that is the engadget show.
I believe the word you were searching for was 'second'
Interview Steve Jobs for the next one. Please.
Interview Steve Jobs for the next one. Please.
Stupid Engadget comment system!
Wow, Russell Crowe has let himself go over the years.
Ricker looks like he goes to fight club. :)
I might, but if I did I couldn't talk about it.
I thought this guy died in the season finale of warehouse 13
I thought this guy died on the season finale of warehouse 13
1. I Get "Video not available"
2. I don't see it in zunemarket place too...
now I can see the video,
Am I the only one who is seeing a "Video not available" msg?
It's being worked on. Might be a good idea to just use the download links till we iron things out.
What happened to the interviewers hair did he have a bad design day - tape cuts out half way through
He looks like a old zen master :p
Nice iPhone you got there Mr. Starck.
You designed my shower faucet. Form over function is rarely a good thing when it comes to the first thing you use in the morning ;)
Well, second first thing. Lol.
It's just a dude's opinion... He knows some and knows none; don't take him too seriously. They all fudge it, I promise.
In the world of art and design, the more bullshit you say the more successful you are. It goes with the territory.
I hope Stark is not actually as arrogant as he sounds in the interview.
I cant believe how flawed some of Starck's reactions were.
Reactions can't be flawed. Facts can be, but reactions and opinions for that matter, can not be flawed. His reaction is his genuine human nature. You don't have to agree with his reactions however.
Ok, his opinions are invalid.
You lost me at "Apple fanboy"
keep repeating 4:14 to 4:17... boyfan
These designers can be so deep sometimes.
Lost a bit of respect for the man seeing what a fanboy he is, no designer should be a fanboy of anyone else, need to have your own ideas, yes it's fine to admire another way of thinking, but downright Jobs fanboyism isn't how someone like Starck should be behaving.
I'm sorry. But yes Apple has some serious flaws (iphone: no physical keyboard, price /mac: price, no games) BUT Apple is the best company in electronics/ computing today, You have to be utterly stupid to not even admit to that...
- Macbook Pro (unibody) design stolen by the Dell Adamo and hp envy
- iPhone design influenced almost every phone made after it was released
- All in one iMac, idea incorporated into other manufacturers computers
- iPods, small form factor and design influenced many other products
BUT they design isn't everything, and some Apple products are sacrificing important features for design
by best company, I meant best in design obviously. Nothing else
But I didn't say anything about Apple's designs, I have a MacbookPro and an iTouch myself, I'm talking about the way Starck is talking about Jobs.
(Slaps head)
............ I want my 5 minutes back, that interview was pointless
Gave you an insight in what named designers are about, that's useful to know in discussion (or flaming)
Forgive the snottiness of my statements.. but:
About the guy, if you want me to take you serious at all lose the jacket.
And people don't put their life and ideas in those boxes but their distrust of the reliability of their HD's, and their porn of course.
Oh and news flash: HD's will also break.
Too many extraneous buttons on the jacket!
It's so prêt-à-porter and has lettering, standard advertisement lettering, but it's in an 'in' color I guess.
Does he ever take that jacket off? Every time I see him, he is wearing it.
Did you just say " Jacket off ? " : )
The only two guys in Paris who haven't been to a hair stylist in two years? What are the odds? I wonder if he posts on Engadget as a fanboy?
Starck is an accomplished designer. He has had more influence on real objects than most of us could ever dream of.
@3:25 "i dont give a shite" hahaha
Yeah ok, mechanical devices are unreliable. My car has been on the road and has been driven almost every day for 13 years. I'd like to see an iphone last that long.
I thought this french accent is only used by bad actors.
Did he fart when he was holding the n97?
My my, a lot of these comments are just noise. Whats that saying? If you haven't got anything nice to say...
Good thing he's french, and somewhat snobbish, that way he might not read the comments and feel bad, or feel he wasted his time talking to engadget.