# philippe starck and target

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippe-starck-and-target/112327>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 4, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippe-starck-and-target/112327 "2002-06-04T16:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![downbylaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@downbylaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/downbylaw)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippe-starck-and-target/112327/1 "2002-06-04T16:34:44Z")

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i’m really liking target about now. first of all, wal-mart is just too freaking slow and the lines are too long, so i’ve all but boycotted them, and their demon spawn, the super wal-mart.

a couple years ago target commisioned micheal graves to design some household items, and even though i didn’t buy any of them, and i’m not really a fan of graves (even though he’s an indianapolis native), i was happy to see that a store like target actually cared about the design of their products.

recently, target has unveiled a phillippe starck designed line. for those that don’t know, starck is a designer, and sometimes architect, who is known for incorporating a sense of humor in his work. lately, he’s been working with inexpensive materials, which became a great segue for his target line. once again, i’m not a huge starck fan, but it i’m very happy to see a huge chain store doing its part to get good design out there to the masses. and it’s good business, they’re separating themselves from wal-mart by offering higher quality.

so go out to target and check the stuff out. some if it’s pretty cool. i broke down and bought some bookends…

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippe-starck-and-target/112327/2 "2002-06-04T17:26:53Z")

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You can see some of the Starck stuff they have[here](http://www.target.com/target_group/whats_new/whatsnew_main.jhtml), although what they’re showing doesn’t look as purty as the Graves stuff.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippe-starck-and-target/112327/3 "2002-06-04T17:27:02Z")

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I _really_ prefer Target to Wal-mart. Wal-mart’s messy and the aisles are too narrow. I won’t even go into the clientele (at least the ones here).

Unfortunately there’s a new Wal-mart less than ten minutes from my house now so it just doesn’t make sense to drive twenty-five minutes to Target.