Philippe Starck was born in Paris on 18th Janary 1949. As a youngster he was already an enthusiastic draughtsman, probably inspiered by his father, who worked as an aircraft designer. From the mid-sixties, Starck attended the Ecole Nissim de Camondo in Paris, and he set up his first company in 1968 to produce inflatable objects. In the 1970s he fitted out the Paris night-clubs La Main Bleue (1976) and Les Bains-Douches (1978). In 1979 he founded the "Starck Product" company.
As an interior designer he was responsible in 1982 for refurbishing the private apartaments in the Elysée Palace in Paris for President Mitterrand of France.…
