Task 5 Design for life
Reflect on the design ethics that Starck wanted the young product designers to demonstrate.
Starck has opened up a design contest allowing 12 contestants from England to participate in France. Through the 6 episodes he encourages the designers to design more sustainable products into the world. He repeatedly reminds contestants that there are too many products designed into the world and the best designs are the ones that last.
Starck’s different approach to design is a bit “wacky” but very interesting the way he thinks about design. He says that he doesn’t have a philosophy but I think he does because he bases a lot of his design on sustainability. The weird thing is that I think that he is very hypocritical they way he behaves, he rides his motor bike everywhere he goes instead of riding a bike.
The designer that I reckon should have had won was Nebil, it was very unfair the way he was voted off the show compared to all the other designers. The winner Ilsa had a very interesting design but I still would of wanted to see what Nebil could of came up with in the final design phase. Watching this series was very interesting to know what angles to approach a design project to design it in a way so that it is sustainable.