35 Facts About Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck 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.

Philippe Starck is the son of Andre Starck, who was an aeronautics engineer.

Philippe Starck says that his father often inspired him because he was an engineer, who made invention a "duty".

Philippe Starck's family is originally from, and lived in, the Alsace region, before his grandfather moved to Paris.

Philippe Starck studied at the Ecole Nissim de Camondo in Paris.

The buildings Philippe Starck designed in Japan, starting in 1989, went against the grain of traditional forms.

In France, with Luc Arsene-Henry, Philippe Starck designed the extension of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

In 1991, Philippe Starck designed one of the pavilions for the new Groninger Museum.

At the 2024 Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza, Alpine and Philippe Starck unveil the new motorhome for the French Alpine F1 Team.

In October 2024, LA Almazara, entirely imagined by Philippe Starck, opens in Ronda in Andalusia.

Since the late 1980s, Philippe Starck has designed several hotels in different countries, these include the Royalton Hotel and the lobby of the Paramount Hotel in New York City, the Delano in Miami, the Hudson Hotel, the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, the Sanderson, the Saint Martin's Lane in London, Le Meurice renovations in 2016, the Royal Monceau and, more recently, the Hotel Brach and the Hotel 9Confidentiel, in Paris.

Also in France, in the South West, Philippe Starck designed La Corniche and Haitza hotels, both in Arcachon, near the Dune of Pilat.

In 2019, Philippe Starck created the Lily of the Valley Hotel on the French Riviera and in 2020, opened La Reserve Eden au Lac Zurich.

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.

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.

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.

Philippe Starck has designed several restaurants, including in the early years, the Cafe Costes in Paris, Manin in Tokyo, Theatron in Mexico City, Teatriz in Madrid, and, more recently, several restaurants with the Alajmo brothers in Paris, Venice and Milan: Caffe Stern, Amo, Gran Caffe Quadri and Amor, La Reserve a la Plage in Saint Tropez, with Michel Reybier Hospitality, and The Avenue at Saks in New York in 2019.

The Alhondiga, a 43,000 square-meter culture and leisure venue in Bilbao designed by Philippe Starck, opened in 2010.

Philippe Starck was commissioned by the Hilton Worldwide to create an entirely new hotel in Metz, France.

In 2004, commissioned by Russian Oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, Philippe Starck designed the Motor Yacht A and then, in 2012, A, one of the world's largest sailing yachts.

Philippe Starck designed the luxury marina renovation in the Port Adriano harbor, on the south-west bay of Palma de Mallorca It opened in April 2012.

In 2012, Philippe Starck released Broom for Emeco, an anti-waste chair made of materials collected in lumber and plastic plants.

Philippe Starck released Cassina Croque la pomme in 2019, a furniture collection for Cassina, entirely made from a vegan fabric, with apple leather.

For Salone del Mobile 2022, Dior Maison invited Philippe Starck to reinterpret the timeless Medallion seat.

In 1996, Philippe Starck worked with Alain Mikli to launch Philippe Starck Eyes.

Philippe Starck helped design the Xiaomi Mi MIX smartphone, notable for having a 6.4-inch "whole surface screen".

In 2016, Philippe Starck developed a GPS-tracking wristband, DIAL for Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer, which allows endangered people to share their exact location with rescue services from the sea or the beach.

In 2019, Philippe Starck unveiled the AI chair to the public.

Philippe Starck's work is seen in the collections of European and American museums, including the Musee National d'Art Moderne the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, MOMA and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel and the Design Museum in London.

Philippe Starck has expressed this as a utopian ideal, approached in practice by increasing production quantities to cut costs and by using mail-order, via Les 3 Suisses.

In 1998, Philippe Starck established the Good Goods catalogue with La Redoute, proposing 170 sustainable and respectful everyday life objects "for the future moral market".

Philippe Starck released Ideas Box in 2011 for Bibliotheques Sans Frontieres.

Philippe Starck has been involved in the development of Fluocaril toothbrushes and Laguiole Knives.

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.

Philippe Starck designed the cauldron and Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, as well as the Panneaux Histoire de Paris installed in 1992 during Jacques Chirac's last municipal term.