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Quotable | Speaking about Technology, Karl Lagerfeld says Facebook is a "Flawless Object"

BoF Team

16 November 2010

<span class="post-quotemark">"</span>I think they are very beautiful objects. There is no touch of what is considered bad taste or bad design [with technology], because bad design is bad taste today. They are flawless in a way. Facebook is a flawless object...it's for me like a Brancusi"

Karl Lagerfeld speaking exclusively to BoF Founder and Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed on technology for The Luxury Channel, following the IHT Heritage Luxury Conference hosted by Suzy Menkes and held in London last week.

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