Occupation: Designer Birth: January 18, 1949
Design is a dreadful form of expression.
In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minim….
I wanted the bike to be able to go over all kinds of terrains and especially infinite and poetic territories..
Getting to the heart of things, is never easy.
Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics..
Working with Emeco has allowed me to use a recycled material and transform it into something that never needs to be discarded - a tireless and unbrea….
For the organic food, the less it's designed, the better it is.
In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant..
I am my brain's publisher..
You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood. ... If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow and suddenly you ar….
Freedom is the only style. That is why I never speak about beauty or beautiful products but "good products"... Nowadays, we have to face so many chal….
Elegance and honesty are two mandatory parameters for any human production..
I'm not a god, I'm not a genius, I'm not a monk, I make non-design for non-consumers. I don't know if I do exist..
I like to open the doors to people's brain..
In perhaps 50 years, 60 years, we can finish completely this civilization, and offer to our children the possibility to invent a new story, a new poe….
Everywhere, I'm looking to reach elegance and intelligence..
Future is about dematerialisation..
My idea is to bring happiness, respect, vision, poetry, surrealism and magic [to design]..
Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous ... this is how I see my duty as a designer..
Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning..
I have this mental sickness called creativity..