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10 Products Designed by Starchitects That Aren’t Buildings

10 Products Designed by Starchitects That Aren’t Buildings

Read today’s standout story redefining design at Parametric Architecture!

Yagmur Baydır
November 23, 2025

✨ Editor’s Pick ✨

10 Iconic Products Designed by Starchitects That Aren’t Buildings

Architecture’s most influential figures have long demonstrated that their ideas are not confined to skylines or masterplans. The same minds who script museums, towers, and cultural landmarks increasingly turn to the scale of the hand, exploring how everyday objects might carry the identity of their architectural worlds. Across shelves, lamps, eyewear, and even rescue devices, these pieces become distillations of larger philosophies, small-scale architectures that fit on a desk, a wall, or a wrist.

The following selection traces ten such works, objects conceived by renowned architects that expand their design language beyond buildings, offering a glimpse into how architecture behaves when scaled down to the intimacy of use.

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