# Design Star 2007

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-star-2007/412850>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 23, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-star-2007/412850 "2007-07-23T16:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-star-2007/412850/61 "2007-09-04T14:04:12Z")

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I thought Will was too unsophisticated. He was difficult to understand. He seemed scattered and nervous. Plus, his design sense is merely ordinary — urban bright pastels (lime greens, baby blues, etc) with 60s/70s cylinders for accents. I didn’t like anything he did, really. I picked Kim from the very beginning, and I’m glad to see she’s made it to the final two.

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**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-star-2007/412850/62 "2007-09-04T20:40:42Z")

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[QUOTE=DMark]  
I was shocked to see Todd shirtless in the beginning of the episode - gee, whodathunk he would take off his shirt in front the camera? Do you think he might take off his shirt again in the final episode in Hawaii? Any bets?  
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The preview makes clear he’s shirtless virtually all the time in Hawaii. My friend and I have started a drinking game: every time the camera shows him shirtless, you drink. We were laughing hysterically at the Hawaii show preview: “We’re gonna be so drunk by the end of that show!” Seriously, has there been an episode where he _hasn’t_ taken his shirt off?

I knew Will was out from the get-go this time. He just doesn’t have the presence to be a television personality. I think he would not have been eliminated if the show was about design skills, period – I think he was the best one at listening to his client and synthesizing what they wanted – but it is Design “Star” and a star he just isn’t. But he left with class and he seems like a very nice man, so I hope the show helps him with his design business.

I definitely want Kim to win. Todd’s “Dude, I’m HAWT and I RAWK!” attitude grates on me a bit. The leather pants? The shirtlessness? Please.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-star-2007/412850/63 "2007-09-05T01:10:03Z")

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Oh, and how bogus was it for them to tell the 3 designers what state they were going to but not tell them which family?

Let’s see a coal miner and the 3 possible choices are: California, Indiana and…West Virginia. :rolleyes:

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