The ‘Starck’ truth about Apple’s ‘revolutionary’ product
French designer Philippe Starck became a very popular person last week after a story surfaced about his alleged involvement with a “revolutionary” upcoming Apple product years in the making.
The Wall Street Journal today clarified the epically hyped Starck-Apple story, saying Steve Jobs did not tap the famous French designer to spice up the next latest and greatest Apple hardware.
Rather, Jobs tapped Starck to architect the interior design of his yacht, the report says, adding that Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell is continuing with the project.
“It’s not a project with Apple. It’s a private project that began with Steve Jobs and that has been taken over by his wife,” the Journal quotes a Starck spokesman as saying.