Philippe Starck

Born in Paris in 1949, at the age of twenty Starck became the art director of Cardin. At the age of twenty-seven, after a period in United States, he returned to Paris where he designed two nightclubs, Main Bleue and Bains Douches, as well as the Café Costes and the private apartment of President Mitterrand at the Elysée, becoming one of the most famous "new designers" on the international scene. He now designs furniture, lamps, scales, televisions, clocks, suitcases, vases, kitchen utensils, scooters and handles. In 1984 he started working with Baleri Italia, one of the first companies to industrialize his projects, which launched him into the world of product design.