Starck designed the interiors of Villa Colette, the first five-star hotel on the Cap Ferret peninsula, in the Arcachon Bay area
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Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck 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. He is considered one of the pioneers of democratic design, aiming to offer the best possible service while using the minimum of materials, in…
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business · French architect and industrial designer (born 1949) · industrial designer · designer · businessperson · also Philippe Starck, Starck
Born 18 January 1949 · Q316906
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Euronews: LA Almazara: Philippe Starck on designing his surreal olive oil mill in the heart of Andalusia
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2024· 3 entries
Artnet: Philippe Starck on the Inherent Imperfection of All Art
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Barron's: Philippe Starck Has Some Thoughts About the Future
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And in 2025 at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Philippe Starck presents two new versions of the A
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2023· 2 entries
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
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To celebrate 160 years of Perrier, Philippe Starck reimagines the iconic green bottle with the new Perrier + Starck limited edition
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2022· 3 entries
wallpaper: Philippe Starck on the future of superyacht design, Elon Musk, and ‘saving the sea’
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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
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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
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2021· 2 entries
autoevolution: Dream of Winter Gondola, Philippe Starck’s Modern Take on the Traditional Boat
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Starck teams up with Delta Café to create RISE Delta Q, a coffee machine featuring the RISE system, a revolutionary reverse coffee extraction process
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2019· 2 entries
A furniture collection for Cassina, entirely made from a vegan fabric, with apple leather
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Starck created the Lily of the Valley Hotel on the French Riviera and in 2020, opened La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich
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2018· 1 entry
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 windo
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2016· 3 entries
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
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The Royal Monceau (2010) and, more recently, the Hotel Brach (2018) and the Hotel 9Confidentiel (2018), in Paris
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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
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2013· 1 entry
Luxottica bought Starck Eyes and renamed it Starck Biotech Paris in 2019
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2012· 1 entry
Starck released Broom for Emeco, an anti-waste chair made of materials collected in lumber and plastic plants
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2010· 1 entry
Is a chair entirely made from natural material like bamboo, linen and hemp fiber, a non-toxic and biodegradable alternative to replace plastic
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2008· 2 entries
CNET: Philippe Starck and “design is dead”
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Designed for Steve Jobs the 78 m (256 ft) superyacht Venus, launched in October 2012, just over a year after Jobs' death
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2006· 1 entry
Phillippe Starck partnered with the luxury hospitality company SBE (founded by Sam Nazarian) and sushi chef Katsuya Uechi to launch "Katsuya" in Brentwood, California
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Red Dot (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Lucky Strike Designer Award (2004).
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Commissioned by Russian Oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, Starck designed the Motor Yacht A and then, in 2012, A (sailing yacht), one of the world's largest sailing yachts
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Compasso d'Oro (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2000).
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Worked with Target Stores and proposed a collection of more than 50 products
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1998).
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Starck established the Good Goods catalogue with La Redoute, proposing 170 sustainable and respectful everyday life objects "for the future moral market"
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1996· 1 entry
Starck worked with Alain Mikli to launch Starck Eyes
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1992· 2 entries
During Jacques Chirac's last municipal term
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By Le Baron Vert office complex in Osaka
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1991· 1 entry
Starck designed one of the pavilions for the new Groninger Museum
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1989· 4 entries
“It is important to inject love into the place where you live. It is not healthy to rent an interior designer to create a home for you because it is not good to live in another person's fantasy. People should select for themselves and stamp their own identity on a place. They should mix and match everything to make their own cocktail.”
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Went against the grain of traditional forms
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“The world wants water not taps, the world wants warmth not a heater.”
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“I am just a copier, an impostor. I wait, I read magazines. After a while my brains send me a product... I am my brain's publisher.”
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1987· 1 entry
And the Louis Ghost Chair for Kartell (2000), which sold over two million copies
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1983· 1 entry
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
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-01-18.
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