Design for Life

Design for Life brings a very interesting perspective of the world of design, mainly because Philppe Starck is a nutcase, but really they way he thinks about design has more social and emotional impact than his action. He says “product designers affect every moment of our life.....our chairs, screen, cups.....Each is the result of deliberate design decision”. This really puts into perspective that even the smallest, most common objects have design built into it, and by understanding how these objects have gone by unnoticed really puts into perspective what good design is. It is not necessarily just to make things look good or organic, but to understand the human interaction that happens between the object and us. Starck also emphasizes how our current lifestyle is wasteful and how we don’t need a lot of the things that we buy or are attracted to buy. I guess it really goes back to the old philosophy of “Less is more”, and Starck does also mention this philosophy of reduction in the show. Also, he emphasizes the fact that design is meant for everyone, we must design and cater for everyone’s needs and not just to a specific group of people. I think this is important because we are usually looking at designing for a group or target market, but really I guess this is only a starting point. We design for them, but in the back of our minds we have to consider how people outside of that group would interact with the product.

I think that we can all learn from Starck’s philosophy, even though he is a nutcase, they way he thinks brings a new perspective how we design, and how if we can incorporate this philosophy we will truly create good design.