Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck is one of the few designers whose name a non-design person might actually recognize, and that's the whole point of him. The Juicy Salif lemon squeezer is famously useless and famously iconic, which tells you everything about his provocateur streak. His real peak was the 80s and 90s, but the breadth still amazes me: interiors, hotels, furniture, boats, even toothbrushes. The data tags him American, but he's Parisian through and through, born 1949. I don't love every piece, plenty are more statement than tool, yet I respect that he made design a public conversation.

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Name (English)

Philippe Starck

Name (Japanese)

フィリップ・スタルク

Reading

ふぃりっぷ・すたるく

Born

January 18, 1949 (age 77)

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

industrial designer / designer / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
• 2000 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2001 Compasso d'Oro
• 2005 Red Dot
• Prix Versailles
• 2004 Lucky Strike Designer Award
• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

• Official sitehttps://www.starck.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Starck
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316906

Tags

• industrial designer
• designer
• businessperson

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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