Biografia de philippe starck biography

Born in Paris’s wealthy outskirts, Philippe Starck () studies at the French capital’s Ecole Nissim de Camondo. He comes under the spotlight starting from the s, as the first actual star-designer in the history of his profession. While the leading exponents of post-war Italian design democratize the discipline, their objects spreading to populate “modern” houses, Starck contributes in mediatizing the designer’s very own persona, projecting his personality (the one of an enfant terrible, according to many), as well as his products, in the imagery of the postmodern man.

Love and desire are two fundamental notions of Philippe Starck’s approach to design, an activity which he charges with the ambitious task to “improve the lives of as many people as possible”. This inclusive and optimistic vision stands in an ideal continuity with such Italian established masters as Achille Castiglioni (to whom Starck is admittedly largely indebted). On this regard, on the occasion of a conversation with Elizabeth Laville in , Starck reflects on the relation between the designed object’s form and function (meant in a broader sense, as role): “We have to re