Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck

France 1949

“I like to open the doors of the human brain” - Philippe Starck

School dropout Philippe Starck jump-started his career by designing two nightclub interiors in Paris in the 1970s. The success of the clubs won the attention of President Francois Mitterand, who asked Starck to refurbish one of the private apartments in the Elysee Palace. Two years later, Starck designed the interior of the Café Costes, in Paris and was on his way to becoming a design celebrity. In quick succession, he created elegant interiors for the Royalton and Paramount hotels in New York, the Delano in Miami and the Mondrian in Los Angeles. He also began to produce chairs, lamps, motorbikes, boats and a line of house wares and kitchen utensils, like his Juicy Salif for Alessi.

During the 1980s and 90s Starck continued his prolific creativity. His products have sensual, appealing forms suggestive of character or personal identity and Starck often conferred upon them clever, poetic or whimsical names (for example, his La Marie chair and playful Prince Aha stool). Starck’s furniture also often reworks earlier decorative styles. For example, the elegant Dr. No chair is a traditional club chair made unexpectedly of injection-molded plastic. While the material and form would seem to be contradictions, it is just such paradoxes that make Starck's work so compelling. Starck’s approach to design is subversive, intelligent and always interesting.

His objects surprise and delight even as they transgress boundaries and subvert expectations. During the 90s Starck has also begun to promote product longevity and to stipulate that morality, honesty and objectivity become part of the design process. He has said that the designer's role is to create more “happiness” with less. For all his fame Starck’s work remains a serious and important expression of 20th century creativity.

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    Regular $1,185.00CAD Sale $948.00CAD

  2. Alessi 05 G Walter Wayle II Wall Clock
    Regular $135.00CAD Sale $114.75CAD

  3. Kartell Only Me 50 x 70 Mirror
    Regular $689.00CAD Sale $551.20CAD

  4. Kartell Only Me 50 x 50 Mirror
    Regular $595.00CAD Sale $476.00CAD

  5. Emeco Broom Barstool
    Regular $625.00CAD Sale $531.25CAD

  6. Emeco Broom Counter Stool
    Regular $625.00CAD Sale $531.25CAD

  7. Flos Bibliotheque Nationale Lamp
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  8. Emeco Broom Chair
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  9. Kartell Tic & Tac Wall Clock
    Regular $268.00CAD Sale $214.40CAD

  10. Flos Ktribe Floor Lamp
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    Regular $1,780.00CAD Sale $1,424.00CAD

  12. Alessi 90025 Max Le Chinois Colander
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  13. Flos Ktribe S2 Suspension Lamp
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  14. Emeco Icon Stark Barstool
    Regular $1,444.00CAD Sale $1,227.40CAD

  15. Emeco Icon Stark Counter Stool
    Regular $1,444.00CAD Sale $1,227.40CAD

  16. Emeco Icon Stark Stacking Chair
    Regular $975.00CAD Sale $828.75CAD

  17. Emeco Barstool STOL-30
    Regular $813.00CAD Sale $691.05CAD

  18. Emeco Counter Stool STOL-24
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  19. Emeco Stool STOL-18
    Regular $725.00CAD Sale $616.25CAD

  20. Emeco Kong Barstool with Arms
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  21. Emeco Kong Barstool
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  22. Emeco Kong Counter Stool with Arms
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  23. Emeco Kong Counter Stool
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  24. Emeco Kong Arm Chair
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  25. Emeco Kong Chair
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  26. Emeco Heritage Rocking Armchair
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  27. Emeco Heritage Rocking Chair
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  28. Emeco Heritage Stacking Arm Chair
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  29. Emeco Heritage Stacking Chair
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  30. Emeco Hudson Swivel Arm Chair
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  31. Emeco Hudson Swivel Chair
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  32. Emeco Hudson Rocking Chair with Arms
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  33. Emeco Hudson Rocking Chair
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  34. Emeco Hudson Barstool with Arms
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  35. Emeco Hudson Barstool
    Regular $2,156.00CAD Sale $1,832.60CAD

  36. Emeco Hudson Counter Stool with Arms
    Regular $2,356.00CAD Sale $2,002.60CAD

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