Philippe Starck

He was born on January 18, 1949 in Paris (France). He studied at the Nissim de Camondo school in Paris. In 1968 he founded his first company, which produces inflatable objects. In 1969 he became artistic director of Cardin. In 1974 he settled in the United States and two years later he returned to Paris, where he planned his first night club: "La main bleu" and planned the nightclub "Les Bains-Douches". In 1979 he founded the company "Starck Product". During the 1980s, he renovated the private apartments of French President François Mitterand in the Palais de l'Elysée, decorated the interiors of the Café Costes in Paris, and was in charge of the interiors of the caffé Manin in Tokyo. He was also responsible for decorating the interiors of the Hotel Royalton in New York and designed the plans for the premises of the French cutlery company Lagouiole. In the late 1980s, he built the ship "La Fiamma" for the Asahi company and built the Nani Nani building for Rikugo in Tokyo. He also dealt with the interior design of the Teatriz and Ramses in Madrid and was responsible for the interior decoration of the Hotel Paramont. In 1991 he participated in the construction of the Groningen Museum, built the Le Baron Vert office building in Osaka for Meisei and took care of a series of private residences, such as Lemoult (Paris), L'Angle (Antwerp), 18 maisons de rapport in Los Angeles and a private residence in Madrid. At the end of the 90s, he created the Good Goods catalog with La Redoute.