Philippe Starck

Born in Paris in 1949, he is considered the number one of European designers. He also works as an architect designing numerous premises in Paris, New York and Tokyo. Between 1971 and 1972 he was artistic director of Pierre Cardin. In 1984, commissioned by François Mitterand, he designed the furnishings of the Elysée. He is the winner of important prizes such as the Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle (1988) and the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects in 1992, for the Paramount Hotel in New York. He is the owner of an important didactic activity. In 2000 he redesigned the entire collection of Emeco, the American company considered an American classic, which produces the legendary Navy chair, the hand-finished aluminum chair designed for the US Navy that is found in Hollywood films, in New York bars, in Frank Gehry's villas.