Philippe Starck

About

Designer Philippe Starck has created a huge range of objects over the course of his career, which has spanned architecture, product design, industrial design, furniture design, and many other creative disciplines. Having been influenced by his aircraft engineer father, Starck studied at Paris’s École Nissim de Camondo, and went on to set up his first company, which produced inflatable objects, in 1968. In the 70s he built his reputation designing interiors, and by the 80s was coming to international attention. He’s well known for his practical-yet-playful approach to product design, which has seen him design toothbrushes, luggage, watches and the iconic rocket-shaped Juicy Salif lemon squeezer for Alessi. Starck has been prolific, to say the least, over the last 50 years, designing several buildings in Japan, hotels, restaurants, yachts and, in 2020, the interior of the International Space Station’s housing module.