How old is Philippe Starck?

Philippe Starck, (born January 18, 1949, Paris, France), French designer known for his wide range of designs, including everything from interior design to household objects to boats to watches. He also worked as an architect.

What did Philippe Starck do for architecture?

Philippe Starck. Starck also worked as an architect, with many commissions in Japan. Although not as well known as his interiors and product design, his buildings also displayed the fluid lines and playful details for which his industrial designs were known. His best-known works are the Asahi Beer Hall (1990) in Tokyo, an austere,…

What is Starck Paris?

In 2016 Philippe Starck presents Starck Paris, a first collection of perfumes made in collaboration with three master perfumers: Daphné Bugey, Annick Ménardo and Dominique Ropion. His work on the fragrances proposes an “exploration through us, of elsewhere, of the unconscious.”

What makes Philippe Starck’s Ma Cocotte unique?

With the external architecture of the restaurant Ma Cocotte, Philippe Starck pays tribute to the typical buildings of the neighbourhood and its inhabitants, a kingdom of market traders whose authenticity and effervescence has long fascinated him. It’s a lifestyle he has endeavoured to reproduce with this comfortable and welcoming place.

What is Philippe Starck’s approach to design?

This has always been Philippe Starck’s combat, from democratic design to democratic ecology; he wishes above all to create accessible, ecological objects for the largest possible audience.

Who is Jean-Michel Starck?

He was a listless student at the Ecole Nissim de Camondo in Paris, but in 1969 Starck designed an inflatable structure, based on the idea of materiality, reflecting his early interest in living spaces. This revelation bought his first success at the Salon de l’Enfance.

What does creation mean to Philippe Starck?

The emergence of a new space, restaurant, bar or hotel is always an occasion for Philippe Starck to consider the meaning of creation in depth: the sense of a space within its environment, the sense and sentiment of a place for the tribes who inhabit it, the sense of a project, regardless of its size, within human evolution.