“Philippe Starck invites us to activate our imagination in his Guns Collection for FLOS. Traditional table & floor lamps, with an 18-carat, gold-plated support that is arms inspired. This is the latest provocation by a great storyteller, who knows all too well that even adults need fairy tales to dispel their fears and that they need to play war to evoke peace. He knows our weak points inside and out and therefore our need of effective and universal symbols.
Starck is not the first and will not be the last, to express himself through strong controversial symbols. Weapons are a recurring icon and are used to see how far the boundaries of design can be pushed, in pursuit of a healthy disgust.
Smile and bear in mind that neither self-made toy weapons nor table lamps are the cause of wars. Think about the pure gold plating on these fake weapons perhaps, which is just as powerful a symbol of the greed and instinct, not love, that appear to drive life, with ever more devastating effects.”
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