Design for Life - Phillipe Starck

This reality series was very interesting, as it made you aware of the direction that design is taking, and made you sit back at put our career into perspective, but it was also interesting to note the differences between his actions and his words. It is extremely important for designers to be able to design products that will have less impact on the environment, but more importantly question the need for designers to design at all. It opens the door to the debate whether we continue to create a need for products we don't need, or to take a different approach, which some designers are doing, and produce products that we do need, but may also be beneficial to the environment.
However, it is interesting to note that Phillipe does indeed identify these problems in the design world, yet he drives around in cars on set that are not necessarily helping the environment in any way, and do certainly don't back up what he has been preaching about throughout the series. If he was standing his ground, and trying to make a point, he would be driving around in Hybrid cars, and riding bikes where he can, in front of the cameras to cement his perception.