08/04/08
Text: Nik Mercer
"BBC Two and Philippe Starck are teaming up for a brand new T.V. series to find the next great British designer."
What a concept. Obviously, reality T.V. shows have come a long way (in both a good and a bad sense) since they popped up in the 1990s and hit [an ugly] critical mass in the mid- to late-2000s. Programs about swapping wives, certain "bisexual" Hollywood chicks, angry internationally-renowned chefs, and select bachelors and bachelorettes successfully dumb down the general population with each passing season.
Now, though, Philippe Starck and BBC2 are collaborating for what might wind up being sort of interesting (albeit still a time-waster): Philippe Starck's School of Design. The show will set out to find "the next great British designer." Starck will be heading up a specially-made School of Design in Paris to instruct, observe, and (hopefully) frequently reprimand his naughty students. If hilarity doesn't ensue at some point on the program, we'll be a little let down... here's to hoping that Starck's true colors are fully exposed and he positions himself as the French response to chef Gordon Ramsay.
More information (and the necessary application!) can be found at the official homepage.
