Editing Philippe Starck (section)

===Democratic design===
Starck's concept of democratic design led him to focus on mass-produced consumer goods rather than one-off pieces, seeking ways to reduce cost and improve quality in [[mass market]] goods.<ref>Designs on love, Le Monde, 10 February 2008</ref>

Through his "democratic design" concept, Starck has campaigned for well-designed objects that are affordable to the masses. He has expressed this as a utopian ideal, approached in practice by increasing production quantities to cut costs and by using mail-order,<ref>"So it is absolutely possible to talk about a utopian project with Starck", Benoît Heilbrunn, Starck in Words, 2003</ref> via [[3 Suisses|Les 3 Suisses]]. In 1998, Starck established the Good Goods catalogue with [[La Redoute]], proposing 170 sustainable and respectful everyday life objects "for the future moral market".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/design-starck-naked-1178887.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/design-starck-naked-1178887.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Design: Starck naked|date=23 October 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref> In 2000 he worked with [[Target Stores]] and proposed a collection of more than 50 products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://progressivegrocer.com/target-introduce-chic-philippe-starck-collection|title=Target to Introduce Chic Philippe Starck Collection|website=Progressive Grocer|date=3 April 2002 }}</ref>

Starck released Ideas Box in 2011 for [[Bibliothèques Sans Frontières]]. These kit media libraries give refugee populations access to culture and information and can be installed anywhere around the world providing screens, books, games, cameras and more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unhcr.org/innovation/bibliotheques-sans-frontieres/|title=Bibliothèques Sans Frontières|date=30 August 2014}}</ref>

Starck has been involved in the development of Fluocaril toothbrushes and [[Laguiole knife|Laguiole Knives]].<ref>[https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-002660 Museum of Design in Plastics, Philippe Starck toothbrush and holder].</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Laurent Marcaillou|title=Usines d'architectes : et Starck recréa Laguiole|date=22 August 2014|journal=Les Echos|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2014/08/usines-darchitectes-et-starck-recrea-laguiole-308348|language=fr}}</ref>

Working with [[electric bicycle]] maker [[Moustache Bikes]], Starck designed the M.A.S.S. (Mud, Asphalt, Sand and Snow) line, released in 2014. The collection comprised four ebikes, each intended to handle a particular terrain, powered by a [[Bosch Solar Energy|Bosch]] motor.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Davies |first=Alex |date=10 September 2014 |title=Philippe Starck's Electric Mountain Bikes Boost You Up Hills in Style |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/09/philippe-starck-mass-bicycles/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref>

In January 2013, Starck redesigned the [[Navigo pass|Navigo]] travel pass.<ref>Philippe Starck waived his fee for designing this new-generation card, said transport authority STIF. Its pared-down design is intended to make it last, Le Parisien, January 2012</ref>

In 2016, the [[Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer|SNSM]] called on Philippe Starck to come up with the design for a portable warning device,  he graciously created the design for DIAL - an individual warning and location device.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.aberratio.de |first=aberratio GmbH, Hamburg |title=Winners |url=https://www.german-innovation-award.de/en/winners/preis/gewinner/dial-for-snsm-by-starck/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.german-innovation-award.de |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dial |url=https://theindexproject.org/award/nominees/3230 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=theindexproject.org |language=en}}</ref> 

Philippe Starck also designed the cauldron and [[Olympic flame]] for the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] in Albertville,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albertville 1992, torch - Philippe Starck |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/albertville-1992-torch/twExvTucFWSytg?hl=en |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> as well as the Panneaux Histoire de Paris (sometimes called “Starck shovels” or “Starck lollipops”) installed in 1992 during Jacques Chirac's last municipal term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers {{!}} Search results: signs that the name or text on sign or address contains All signs in the collection: The History of Paris (Starck's Lollipops) |url=https://www.streetsigns.co.il/doSearch.asp?searchFor=@86@ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.streetsigns.co.il}}</ref>

In 2023, to celebrate 160 years of [[Perrier]], Philippe Starck reimagines the iconic green bottle with the new Perrier + Starck limited edition. His design echoes the [[Fresnel lens]] and its diffraction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=designboom |first=myrto katsikopoulou I. |date=2023-10-19 |title=perrier celebrates 160th anniversary with limited edition bottle by philippe starck |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/perrier-160th-anniversary-limited-edition-bottle-philippe-starck-10-19-2023/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref>