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Philippe Starck (Template:IPA; born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles. His most popular pieces were made in the 1980s and the 1990s.<ref name="Britannica">Template:Cite web</ref> He is considered one of the pioneers of democratic design, aiming to offer the best possible service while using the minimum of materials, in order to improve the life of the user.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Life

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Starck was born on 18 January 1949 in Paris. He is the son of André Starck, who was an aeronautics engineer. He says that his father often inspired him because he was an engineer, who made invention a "duty". His family is originally from, and lived in, the Alsace region, before his grandfather moved to Paris. He studied at the École Nissim de Camondo in Paris.<ref name="Britannica" />

Career

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While working for Adidas, Starck set up his first industrial design company, Starck Product, which he later renamed Ubik<ref>Designer of the Year (1985). Management n°24, p 122, February 1997</ref> after Philip K. Dick's novel. For this company, he built relationships with manufacturers across Europe including: Driade,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alessi, and Kartell, in Italy, Drimmer in Austria, Vitra in Switzerland, and Disform and Andreu World<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Spain.

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Aprilia Moto 6.5
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Juicy Salif edited by Alessi

In 1983, then-French President François Mitterrand, on the recommendation of his Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, chose Starck to refurbish the president's private apartments at the Élysée.<ref name="Britannica" /> The following year he designed the Café Costes.<ref>Philippe Starck pulled off his first feat with his interior for the Parisian nightclub and restaurant Les Bains-Douches, followed by Café Costes, "Psychoanalysis of the Starck Object", Le Monde, 27 January 1994</ref> One of his best-known creations is the Juicy Salif for Alessi in 1987 and the Louis Ghost Chair for Kartell (2000), which sold over two million copies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After this, Starck's output expanded to include furniture, decoration, architecture, street furniture, industry (wind turbines, photo booths), bathroom fittings, kitchens, floor, and wall coverings, lighting, domestic appliances, office equipment such as staplers, utensils, tableware, clothing, accessories, toys, glassware, graphic design and publishing, food, and vehicles for land, sea, air and space.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Architecture

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Asahi Breweries Headquarters

The buildings Starck designed in Japan, starting in 1989, went against the grain of traditional forms. The first, Nani Nani, in Tokyo,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was described as a biomorphic shed.<ref name="Britannica" /> A year later he designed the Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo, a building topped with a golden flame. This was followed in 1992 by Le Baron Vert office complex in Osaka.<ref>Penn Library, Fine Arts Library Image Collection.</ref>

In France, with Luc Arsène-Henry, Starck designed the extension of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris (1998).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1991, Starck designed one of the pavilions for the new Groninger Museum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

At the 2024 Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza, Alpine and Philippe Starck unveil the new motorhome for the French Alpine F1 Team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In October 2024, LA Almazara, entirely imagined by Philippe Starck, opens in Ronda in Andalusia. The project is the first olive oil mill designed by an internationally renowned designer; a unique and immersive place, with an oil press, museum and restaurant.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is present in the list of the World's Greatest Places of 2025 by the Times magazine.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Since the late 1980s, Starck has designed several hotels in different countries, these include the Royalton Hotel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (1988) and the lobby of the Paramount Hotel (1990) in New York City,<ref name="Britannica" /> the Delano in Miami,<ref name="Britannica" /> the Hudson Hotel,Template:Sfn the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, the Sanderson, Template:Sfn the Saint Martin's Lane in London,Template:Sfn Le Meurice renovations in 2016, the Royal Monceau (2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and, more recently, the Hotel Brach (2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Hotel 9Confidentiel (2018),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Paris. Also in France, in the South West, Philippe Starck designed La Co(o)rniche<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Ha(a)itza<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> hotels, both in Arcachon, near the Dune of Pilat. In 2019, Starck created the Lily of the Valley Hotel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> on the French Riviera and in 2020, opened La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2022 Philippe Starck was appointed artistic director of the TOO Hotel, which opened its doors at the top of one of Jean Nouvel's DUO Towers in Paris.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, he collaborated once again with architect Jean Nouvel to design the Rosewood Sao Paulo,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a hotel in which most of the materials used were locally sourced and inspired by Brazilian culture.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Also in 2022, Cyril Aouizerate, Michel Reybier and Philippe Starck joined forces to open the MOB House hotel and restaurant in Saint-Ouen, a concept designed for longer stays.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023, Philippe Starck was appointed artistic director of Mondrian Bordeaux les Carmes, a hotel in the heart of Bordeaux's Chartrons district, inspired by Japanese culture and featuring typical Bordeaux architecture.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Starck has designed several restaurants, including in the early years, the Café Costes (1984) in Paris, Manin (1985) in Tokyo, Theatron (1985) in Mexico City, Teatriz (1990) in Madrid,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Britannica" /> and, more recently, several restaurants with the Alajmo brothers in Paris, Venice and Milan: Caffe Stern (2014),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Amo (2016),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Gran Caffe Quadri (2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Amor (2019),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> La Réserve à la Plage in Saint Tropez, with Michel Reybier Hospitality, and The Avenue at Saks in New York in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Alhondiga, a 43,000 square-meter culture and leisure venue in Bilbao designed by Starck, opened in 2010.<ref>Philippe Starck has transformed this former oil and wine warehouse into an arts and leisure centre Template:In lang El pais</ref>

Starck also designed affordable and adjustable pre-fabricated P.A.T.H. houses.<ref>Archdaily.</ref>

Starck was commissioned by the Hilton Worldwide to create an entirely new hotel in Metz, France. Maison Heler is a phantasmagoric building topped by a traditional Alsatian house, a poetic symbol of the region that will open in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Yachts

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Venus motor yacht

Starck designed the Wedge Too, a Template:Convert superyacht, built by Feadship and launched in 2002.<ref name="Boat International">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2004, commissioned by Russian Oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, Starck designed the Motor Yacht A<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and then, in 2012, A (sailing yacht), one of the world's largest sailing yachts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>5 of the best Philippe Starck-designed Yachts boatsinternational.com</ref><ref>Sam Dangremond, World’s Largest Sailing Yacht Meets Its Baby Brother In Monaco, 10 May 2017 Town&Country</ref>

Starck designed the luxury marina renovation in the Port Adriano harbor, on the south-west bay of Palma de Mallorca<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It opened in April 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2008, he designed for Steve Jobs the Template:Convert superyacht Venus, launched in October 2012, just over a year after Jobs' death. The yacht was built at Aalsmeer in the Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Boat International" />

Furniture

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Hudson chair designed for Emeco (2000)

Zartan, created for Magis by Stark in 2010, is a chair entirely made from natural material like bamboo, linen and hemp fiber, a non-toxic and biodegradable alternative to replace plastic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012, Starck released Broom for Emeco, an anti-waste chair made of materials collected in lumber and plastic plants.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Starck released Cassina Croque la pomme in 2019, a furniture collection for Cassina, entirely made from a vegan fabric, with apple leather.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, he created Smart Wood for Kartell, a collection of seats designed with a minimum of material thanks to a molding technique using wood residues.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

For Salone del Mobile 2022, Dior Maison invited Starck to reinterpret the timeless Médallion seat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Technology

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In 1996, Starck worked with Alain Mikli to launch Starck Eyes. In 2013 Luxottica bought Starck Eyes and renamed it Starck Biotech Paris in 2019. Starck Biotech Paris is inspired by the human body to create revolutionary eyewear, merging design with biomechanics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Starck helped design the Xiaomi Mi MIX smartphone, notable for having a 6.4-inch "whole surface screen".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2016, Starck developed a GPS-tracking wristband, DIAL (Individual Alert and Localization Device) for Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer, which allows endangered people to share their exact location with rescue services from the sea or the beach.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018, Starck collaborated with Axiom Space and created the interior of the International Space Station's housing module – a comfortable and luxurious living space adapted to weightlessness, with suede-textured walls, big windows to appreciate the view and all the technology needed to stay connected.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2019, Starck unveiled the AI chair to the public. The AI chair was developed in collaboration with experts of the 3D software company Autodesk and designed with help of Artificial Intelligence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2021 Starck teams up with Delta Café to create RISE Delta Q, a coffee machine featuring the RISE system, a revolutionary reverse coffee extraction process.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In spring 2023, Baliston by Starck launches a collection of shoes featuring augmented technology and 100% recyclability. They incorporate a patented sensor module that analyzes the way the wearer moves to provide personalized information and recommendations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The same year, at COP 28 in Dubai, the HRS by Starck refueling stations were presented. These hydrogen refueling stations are accessible to all, considerably reducing fossil fuel emissions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Collections

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Starck's work is seen in the collections of European and American museums, including the Musée National d'Art Moderne<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (to which he has donated several pieces, in particular, prototypes) the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,<ref>Template:In langMAD paris Philippe Starck Le design pour tous, Coffret maison Starck.</ref> MOMA<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Brooklyn Museum<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in New York City, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Design Museum in London.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> More than 660 of his designs were inventoried in French public collections in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Philosophy

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Democratic design

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Starck's concept of democratic design led him to focus on mass-produced consumer goods rather than one-off pieces, seeking ways to reduce cost and improve quality in mass market goods.<ref>Designs on love, Le Monde, 10 February 2008</ref>

Through his "democratic design" concept, Starck has campaigned for well-designed objects that are affordable to the masses. He has expressed this as a utopian ideal, approached in practice by increasing production quantities to cut costs and by using mail-order,<ref>"So it is absolutely possible to talk about a utopian project with Starck", Benoît Heilbrunn, Starck in Words, 2003</ref> via Les 3 Suisses. In 1998, Starck established the Good Goods catalogue with La Redoute, proposing 170 sustainable and respectful everyday life objects "for the future moral market".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2000 he worked with Target Stores and proposed a collection of more than 50 products.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Starck released Ideas Box in 2011 for Bibliothèques Sans Frontières. These kit media libraries give refugee populations access to culture and information and can be installed anywhere around the world providing screens, books, games, cameras and more.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Starck has been involved in the development of Fluocaril toothbrushes and Laguiole Knives.<ref>Museum of Design in Plastics, Philippe Starck toothbrush and holder.</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Working with electric bicycle maker Moustache Bikes, Starck designed the M.A.S.S. (Mud, Asphalt, Sand and Snow) line, released in 2014. The collection comprised four ebikes, each intended to handle a particular terrain, powered by a Bosch motor.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In January 2013, Starck redesigned the Navigo travel pass.<ref>Philippe Starck waived his fee for designing this new-generation card, said transport authority STIF. Its pared-down design is intended to make it last, Le Parisien, January 2012</ref>

In 2016, the SNSM called on Philippe Starck to come up with the design for a portable warning device, he graciously created the design for DIAL - an individual warning and location device.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Philippe Starck also designed the cauldron and Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as the Panneaux Histoire de Paris (sometimes called “Starck shovels” or “Starck lollipops”) installed in 1992 during Jacques Chirac's last municipal term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023, to celebrate 160 years of Perrier, Philippe Starck reimagines the iconic green bottle with the new Perrier + Starck limited edition. His design echoes the Fresnel lens and its diffraction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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