Overview
Born in 1949 in Paris.
Philippe Starck is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicules. Considered in France as one of the pioneers of democratic design, he has been internationally renowned since the 1980's.
Works
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Vase Gabriel, Ca. 1992
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Guéridon Costes plateau carré, Ca. 1990
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Vase Etrangeté n°3 petit modèle, Ca. 1990
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Chaise Anna Rustica, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Bob Dubois, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Dick Deck, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Jane Paille, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Placide of the Wood, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Tessa Nature, Ca. 1989
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Chaise Lilla Hunter, Ca. 1988
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Canapé Prince de Fribourg et Treyer, Ca. 1987
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Chaise Hashwood, Ca. 1987
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Maquette Europark, Ca. 1987
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Miroir de table Miss Donna, Ca. 1987
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Paire de fauteuils modèle « J. série Lang » , ca. 1987
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Chaise Ed Archer, Ca. 1986
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Chaise Wendy Wright, Ca. 1986
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Chaise-table Lola Mundo, Ca. 1986
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Fauteuil Pat Conley II, Ca. 1986
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Armoire Fred Zafsky, Ca. 1985
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Banquette Len Niggelman, ca. 1985
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Cendrier Ray Hollis, Ca. 1985
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Chaise pliante Mrs. Frick, Ca. 1985
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Fauteuil Len Niggelman, Ca. 1985
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Fauteuil Pratfall, Ca. 1985
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Fauteuil Von Vogelsang, Ca. 1985
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Lampadaire portemanteaux Roi Egon Groat, Ca. 1985
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Lampe Sandy Jesperson, Ca. 1985
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Paire de chaises La Villette, Ca. 1985
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Psyché Tom Double, Ca. 1985
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Table Nina Freed, Ca. 1985
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Chaise Miss Beasone, Ca. 1984
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Lampe Tamish, Ca. 1984
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Fauteuil Dr. Sonderbar, Ca. 1983
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Fauteuil Pat Conley I, Ca. 1983
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Chaise Miss Dorn, Ca. 1982
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Chaise Miss Wirt, Ca. 1982
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Fauteuil Mister Bliss, Ca. 1982
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Table Joe Ship, Ca. 1982
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Chaise Francesca Spanish I, Ca. 1980
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Easylight, Ca. 1979
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Paravent lumineux Stanton Mick, Ca. 1979
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Prototype de chaise Francesca Spanish II, Ca. 1979
Biography
With more than 10,000 creations to date, his global reputation and his tireless protean inventiveness should not make us forget the essential. Philippe Starck has a mission, a vision: that creation, whatever form it takes, should make life better for the greatest number. This eminently poetic and political, rebellious and benevolent, pragmatic and subversive duty, Starck believes it should be shared by all and sums it up with the humor that has accompanied his approach since the beginning: "No one is obliged to be a genius, but everyone is obliged to participate."
This global citizen considers it a duty to share his ethical and subversive vision of a fairer planet, and creates unconventional places and objects whose goal is to be "good" before they are beautiful.
His deep understanding of contemporary mutations, his enthusiasm to imagine new ways of living, his determination to change the world, his commitment to positive degrowth, his love of ideas, his concern to defend the intelligence of the useful - and the usefulness of intelligence - have carried him from iconic creation to iconic creation... From everyday products such as furniture or a juicer to revolutionary mega-yachts, hotels and restaurants aspiring to be stimulating, phantasmagorical and intensely alive places, he has constantly pushed the boundaries and criteria of contemporary creation.
An individual wind turbine, a smart thermostat, electrically assisted bicycles, or an innovative and ecological prefabricated wooden house - soon to be followed by solar boats and space station housing modules, his technological miracles thus become the vectors of a democratic ecology, turned towards action and respectful of the double human and natural heritage.
Prefiguring the phenomena of convergence and dematerialization, Philippe Starck has always elaborated objects that never cease to seek the more in the less. His dreams are so vital, so essential, that Starck was the first Frenchman invited to participate in the famous TED conferences.
Inventor, creator, architect, designer, artistic director, Philippe Starck is all of these things, but above all he is an honest man in the pure tradition of the artists of the Renaissance.
Translated from French from the biography written by Jonathan Wingfield in December 2018.
Press
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A STARCK IS BORN
Isabelle Soing, Marie Claire Maison, 16 May 2023 -
Philippe Starck, Facétieux, original et inattendu
Elien Haentjens, Collect Arts Antiques Auctions, 1 May 2023 -
La nouvelle Starck Mania
Marie Farman, Les Echos Week-end, 7 April 2023 -
Philippe Starck : un marché du design en devenir
Judith Benhamou, Les Échos, 5 April 2023 -
« Ubik « et Starck, un design uchronien
Cécile Papapietro-Matsuda, Intramuros Paris, 16 February 2023 -
KETABI BOURDET PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION PHILIPPE STARCK
Emily Leung & Nikey Cheng, Sphere Art, 31 January 2023 -
In a Philippe Starck Retrospective, The Designer’s Early Work Reads As Both Vintage and Prescient
Deborah Shapiro, Sight Unseen, 30 January 2023 -
Starck et les années 1980
Emmanuelle Graffin, In Interiors, 26 January 2023 -
Philippe Starck et le don d’« ubikuité »
Véronique Lorelle, Le Monde, 25 January 2023 -
Il fotografo e il designer Un passo a due nell’arte
Silvia Nani, Corriere della Sera, 21 January 2023 -
Philippe Starck : son mobilier clin d'œil à la science-fiction exposé à Paris
Anouk Sarfati, AD Magazine, 20 January 2023 -
Philippe Starck a de nouveau la cote
Béatrice de Rochebouët , Le Figaro, 20 January 2023 -
Ketabi Bourdet: L'art et le design réunis
Marie Claire Maison, 1 November 2022 -
Philippe Starck: Le Boudoir de Charlotte
DAMN Magazine, 13 June 2022
Exhibitions
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Sculptures
Set design by Bruno Rousseaud 12 - 18 June 2023The desire to present this ensemble came after the visual shock of the exhibition of Thierry Barbier Mueller’s chair collection staged by Robert Wilson at the MUDAC in Lausanne last...Read more -
Philippe Starck, Ubik
Ketabi Bourdet - 22 passage Dauphine, 75006 Paris 19 January - 18 February 2023Tout le monde connaît Philippe Starck ! Lui qui a tout fait, des pâtes, des brosses à dents, des palaces, des avions, du riz, des megayachts, du parfum, des maisons...Read more
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