Topic: Philippe Starck
French designer Philippe Starck on Monday signed a contract to design prefabricated houses that will be produced and distributed by Slovenian wooden-house producer Riko. "This contract is only the beginning of our collaboration," Janez Skrabec, head of Riko, told journalists after the signing. The first prefabricated house will be completed early next year, with the construction of further houses to ...
Imagine this is your bathroom. The vast windowless room is a testament to modern design; stone, steel, ceramic and wood combine in exciting ways to stimulate the tactile senses. The rough stone tiles warm the feet thanks to invisible under-floor heating. The far wall hosts a dual sink set-up, mounted on a large, smooth wooden surface, below the waste and ...
Squeeze lemons on a pair of breasts or chuck the trash into a lifelike life-sized posterior. After contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst, whose recreated skulls fetch record prices on the art market, designers increasingly are basing objects for everyday life from all sorts of body parts. "The human body has become a source of inspiration," said trendspotter Francois Bernard ...
