phillippe starck - we are mutants

The man who designs not for the design but for the result, has found yet another aspect of life to master: philosophy. Phillippe Starck's presentation at the TED Conference back in 2007 tackles evolution as design through mutation. Tough. And he does it all with the thickest French accent I've ever heard. Tougher.

His basic concept is that we are more than evolving, we are mutating through history. 4.5 billion years ago life had no idea what it would be like today, and today we have no idea what life will be like 4 billion years from now. And based on those numbers, we are about halfway through the journey. He finds this to be our "poetry, our romanticism."

Starck has designed the most obscure and diverse portfolio of objects, from hotels and condos, to motorcycles, to toothbrushes, and even the new Virgin Galactic Space Station in Arizona.

Check out his "network" here.