Philippe Starck

The thousands of projects, his global fame, and tireless protean inventiveness should never distract from Philippe Starck’s fundamental vision: creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible.

Phillipe’s vehemently believes that this poetic and political duty, rebellious and benevolent, pragmatic and subversive, should be shared by everyone, and he sums it up with the humour that has set him apart from the very beginning:

“No one has to be a genius, but everyone has to participate. ”

Phillipe’s precocious awareness of ecological implications, his enthusiasm for imagining new lifestyles, his determination to change the world, his love of ideas, his concern with defending the intelligence of usefulness — and the usefulness of intelligence — has taken him from iconic creation to iconic creation.

From the everyday products — furniture and lemon squeezers — to revolutionary mega-yachts, hotels that stimulate the senses, phantasmagorical venues and individual wind turbines, Phillipe never stops pushing the limits and criteria of contemporary design. His dreams are solutions, solutions so vital that he was the first Frenchman to be invited to the TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) conferences alongside renowned participants such as Bill Clinton and Richard Branson.

Inventor, creator, architect, designer, artistic director, Philippe Starck is certainly all of the above, but more than anything else he is an honest man, a direct descendent from the artists of the Renaissance.