Philippe Starck | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Phillipe Starck, the son of an aircraft designer, has been designing since the late 1960s when he worked for various companies including Pierre Cardin. He gained notoriety in the early 1980s when he was appointed to design a room in President Francois Mitterand’s quarters in the Élysée Palace. In 1984, he achieved international prominence, virtually overnight, with his design of the Café Costes and the Costes chair produced by Driade. Since then, he has continued to be regarded as a leader of contemporary French design. His works include full interiors, their furnishings, table-top wares in a variety of media, and utilitarian items such as juicers and toothbrushes.

We have 15 objects that Philippe Starck has been involved with.

This small radio is egg-like, white, with a smooth ovoid body. There is a small, curved, hill-like protrusion emerging from the surface near the top left of the radio. At the bottom center is a round, built-in speaker. On the upper right is a small window with station number indicator above and off to the side of the small protusion. Control dials on back are not visible in photo, and there is an antenna cord trailing from lower right.

Philippe Starck has collaborated with
Alessi S.p.A. and
Matalie Crasset and
Daum and
X.O. and
Vitra AG and
Fluocaril and
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and
Bibliothèques Sans Frontières and
Franz Schneider Brakel and
Driade, S.p.A.
and one more.

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