PHILIPPE STARCK

Contents

The Designer

His Education

His Early Career

Hotels

His Design

His Life

His Works

His Awards

See also

External links

The Designer

'Philippe Patrick Starck' (born January 18, 1949) is a well-known French designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. His designs range from spectacular interior designs to mass produced consumer goods such as toothbrushes, chairs, and even houses.

His Education

He was educated in Paris at École Nissim de Camondo and in 1968, he founded his first design firm, which specialized in inflatable objects. In 1969, he became art director of his firm along with Pierre Cardin. Starck has worked independently as an interior designer and as a product designer since 1975. Most notably, he has created a number of relatively inexpensive product designs for the large American retailer Target Stores.

His Early Career

Starck's career started to climb in earnest in 1982 when he designed the interior for the private apartments of then French President François Mitterrand. After this date, more and more works appeared on his CV. His most recent notable designs include an optical mouse for Microsoft, yachts, and even new packaging for a beer company. He has been commissioned to design the Virgin Galactic "spaceport" in New Mexico [1].

Hotels

In 1988 Starck was commissioned by famed nightclub impresario Ian Schrager, Studio 54, to refit the Royalton Hotel on New York’s E 44th Street. It was a design moment that has since changed the hotel industry. Boutique hotels, where there lobby becomes a destination for guests and locals a-like, where design is tantamount, became the industry buzz. The partnership continued in New York at the Paramount, and then spread to LA with the Mondrian, Miami with the Delano, London with both St. Martins Lane and the Sanderson, San Francisco and the Clift, and finally back to New York with the Hudson Hotel. The look and feel has been widely copied, notably at Starwood’s W hotels, however not very successfully.

His Design

Unlike most other New Design artists, Starck's work does not concentrate on the creation of provocative and expensive single pieces. Instead, his product designs are of usable household items which Starck himself helps to market for mass production. His products are often stylized, streamlined and organic in their look and are also constructed using unusual combinations of materials (such as glass and stone, plastic and aluminum, plush fabric and chrome, etc.). Two of these designs include stylized toothbrushes (1989) and a sleek juicer dubbed the ''Juicy Salif'' created for Alessi in 1990. The Juicy Salif, in fact, has since become an affordable and popular cult item. A notable and world famous interior design job performed by Starck was for the Café Costes in Paris 1984. He has also been involved in the relaunch of the World War II-era Navy Chair in the U.S., designing a classic furniture collection around it.

His Life

Starck lives in four different cities: Paris for public relations; New York, where he does most of his technical work; Burano (Italy), where he also works; and London.

His Works

★ Eurostar

★ Kronenbourg 1664 by Starck

★ Microsoft optical mouse

★ Jia - the first Philippe Starck-designed boutique hotel in Asia

★ Juicy Salif

★ Philippe Starck condo in Toronto

★ Volar, a nightclub in Shanghai

His Awards

★ ''Oscar de luminaire'' (Paris, 1980)

★ ''Trois premièrs prix au Neocon'' (Chicago, 1986)

★ ''Delta de Plaia'' (Barcelona, 1986)

★ ''Platinum Circle Award'' (Chicago, 1987)

★ ''Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle'' (France, 1988)

★ ''Troix Prix pour les hotêls Royalton et Paramount de New York'' (USA, 1988/1990)

★ ''Officier des Arts et des Lettres'' (France, 1995)

★ ''Design Zentrum NordRhein-Westfallen'' (Germany, 1995)

★ ''Premio Internacional de Diseño'' (Barcelona, 1995)

★ ''Harvard Excellence in Design Award'' (USA, 1997)

★ ''Commandant de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (France, 1998)

★ ''Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur'' (France, 2000)

★ ''Pratt Institute Black Alumni Award'' (USA, 2001)

★ ''Compasso d'Oro'' (Italy, 2001)

★ ''Red Dot Best of the Best Award'' (2001)

★ ''IF Design Award'' (2002)

★ ''Observeur de Design d'Etoile'' (2002)

★ ''Observeur de Design d'Etoile'' (2002)

See also

★ Aprilia

★ The Peninsula Hong Kong

External links

★ Morgan's Hotel Group

★ Slideshow of Cafe Costes and Boutique Creeks

★ Philippe Starck's Official Homepage

★ Philippe Starck's Tribe Blog

★ Coliseum-shop.com Selected Philippe Starck furnitures

★ Coliseum-shop.com Related Information about XO Design

★ Philippe Starck furniture designs

★ Philippe Starck furniture designs

★ Details about Phillipe Stark and his Alessi products

★ BBC Imagine... A unique Exquisite Corpse which Philippe Starck has contributed artwork to