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Philippe Starck Research Paper

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Philippe Starck was the first designer to participate in the TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment & Design). TED Conference commissioned New York artist Tom Shannon to create a prize sculpture to be given to all TED Prize winners. The biennial's initial aim was to make contemporary art (primarily from Western Europe and the USA) known in Brazil, push the country's access to the current art scene in other metropolises, and establish São Paulo itself as an international art center. Due to the large influx of Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian and Arab immigrants & etc., the Portuguese idiom spoken in the metropolitan area of São Paulo reflects some significant influences from those languages. During the 19th century, many Italians fled the

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