'Pink walls and chandeliers don't feel right. We've had enough of frivolity'
by Caroline Roux for the Guardian
In the following report by Caroline Roux published in the Gaurdian (January 10th, 2009)Philippe Starck, Sir Terence Conran and Kirstie Allsopp debate how design responds to a bleak economic landscape.
While addressing the future of their industries in these lean times, Starck, Conran and Allsopp offer their opinions on the role of the designer now, whether taste does in fact change with a shifting economy, and have any lessons been learned.