Philippe Starck, Juicy Salif (Lemon Squeezer), 1990, product.
What you need to know about Philippe Starck:
Has always been a tinkerer.
Designs hotels and restaurants as well as products, and pays as much attention to what isn't there as to what IS there.
Shows Bauhaus influence:
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Idea of form AS function in his design, as well as design for mass-production.
For this particular artwork, he was inspired by a meal that he was eating that had squid in it. He was literally squeezing the lemon onto the squid when he had the idea. It is a bit of a whimsical or playful artwork, in that the lemon is squeezed over the squid, as it is when one eats squid.
Visit the artist's personal website at http://www.starck.com/ to learn more about the artist and see his other works.
For discussion:
Please choose a work that interests you from his website. Where do you think his inspiration comes from?
After reading Starck's biography, how do you think that his past and his personality have influenced his artworks?
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