Philippe Starck is a designer famous around the world for his creations of everything from furniture to watches to architecture, but it seems that he's suddenly unsatisfied with his career and is having a "midlife crisis" of sorts. He recently said in an interview that he plans to retire within the next two years because everything he designed was "unnecessary and materialistic" and he's ashamed to have been a part of it. He went on to say that design is dead, on the whole, and that "the designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant."

That's an interesting thought, although I would hate to think that if I hire myself a personal trainer and make major progress they're going to get all the "design credit" for my new physique. That glory is all mine, baby.

No word yet on what Starck's future plans might be, I wonder if they'll be health related?