Franco Bertoni

Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck was born in Paris in 1949 and became the Artistic Director of Cardin at a young age. In the late seventies he realised the night clubs 'Le Main Bleue' and 'Les Baines-Douches', prototypes of the 'hard' clubs. In 1982 he refurbished the Presidential Apartments in the Elysee for Francois Mitterand. He is most famous for his work as a designer - of chairs, beds, tables, watches and kitchen equipment - objects which have met with an enthusiastic reception from both private clients and an international public. Here, his entire architectural activity is dealt with for the first time: from his interiors for the Cafe Costes and those in Tokyo (the Manin Restaurant and Cafe Mystique); through the projects for the Tokyo Opera House and French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; to the realised works in Madrid, New York and Tokyo (Asahi, 'Nani Nani' and 'Le Baron Vert') and the most recent project for the Prefabricated House for '3 Suisses' to be sold by mail. All break through the conventions of the traditional architectural discipline with their strength of innovation and symbolic power.

The Architecture of Philippe Starck

Simone Philippi

Starck

Jasper Morrison

Patricia Urquiola

Giulio Ridolfo

Alfredo Häberli

Alberto Lievore

Piergiorgio Cazzaniga

Benjamin Hubert

Eight renowned designers representing eight distinct models of practicing the same profession. They are an example of how to manage talent that should be studied in schools, not only in design schools but also in business schools as success stories. We have asked them to open the doors of their studios to us, but not to show us everything they have done, which is already well documented and published, but to explain to us in their own words how they do it and to be able to learn from them. Why have they chosen one place in the world and not another to set up shop, how they work and organize their companies Dialogues with Philippe Starck, Patricia Urquiola, Giulio Ridolfo, Alfredo Häberli, Piergiorgio Cazzaniga, Alberto Lievore, Benjamin Hubert and Jasper Morrison.

Conversations about Work

Philippe Starck

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