Deconstructing Product Design

LED Watch PH-1055

Philippe Starck for Fossil, 2004

1. A modern interpretation of the 1970s-era LED watches, the PH-1055 carries all of the signature stylings one would expect from Philippe Starck: minimalism, wit, irreverence, and an aesthetic more about starting a conversation than telling time. It is the quirky minimalism of the LED watch that first grabs the attention here — is it a bracelet, or some kind of Braille watch? The answer does not really matter as long as the question is asked. Philippe Starck comments: “Why make complicated, when you can make it easy? But I can tell you, to make something simple is ten times more difficult than to make something complicated. To fight, millimeter by millimeter, to have less. To fight the component ...