This is a thread about one of my favorite designer. Philippe Starck is well famous for several items.

One of his item I like the least the famous Juicy Salif, it's a sleek juicer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Juicy_salif.jpg

An alarm clock for Telefunken

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Telefunken_Digitale_45.jpg

And some stuff from him I've bought and love

The Top Top table (exists in various shape and size)

http://www.novamob.fr/admin/img/Kartell-toptop-starck-quitlet-table.jpg

http://www.lv-mobilier-contemporain.com/photos/fauteuil_louis_ghost_et_table_toptop_de_philippe_starck.jpg

http://www.neopiecedesign.com/images/products/KARTELL_TABLE_TOP_TOP_GLASS_z2.jpg

And the Louis Ghost chairs

http://www.e-architekt.cz/obrazky2006/03/_6104_polykarbonat/xl/05.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OX-n2e-aPh4/TBNEF9v1DqI/AAAAAAAAGFM/Qy6tR9sxLvA/s400/louis+ghost+chair.jpg

http://www.voltex.fr/images/Louis-Ghost1.jpg

The Tip Top is the small version of the Top Top

http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/photo/mw430_c18/tiptop-starck-kartell.jpg

http://furnish.co.uk/photos/items/original/side-tables/193444/side-tables-1119019.png

http://www.blog-deco-maison.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/table-appoint-philippe-starck-neuf-couleurs.jpg

I'll post pictures of my Top Top with 4 Louis Ghost later so you people can see how these work together

Is there also a Philippe Starck disappreciation thread? :D

Is there also a Philippe Starck disappreciation thread? :D

+1

He's the most overrated product designer. :S

Matthieu,don't forget wide range of PC accessories designed by Starck.

Mouse.
http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/3137_04.jpg

Wifi speakers.
http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/parrot-by-starck-zikmu-wireless-speakers-wifi-bluetooth-and-ipod-dock.jpg

External HDD drives.
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lacie-hard-drives-by-starck.jpg

Umm,I think there were few more external HDD's designed by him...

Love him or hate him,I personally think that Starck has many interesting ideas and without him world would be lot duller place. :D

Yeah many people seem to hate his stuffs.

However, they're really good looking and not overdone either.

I like his PC accessories, not his other stuff.

I've bought his Juicy Salif from a bazaar in Izmir for a really ridiculous price, $8~ :lol: I like his designs (Well, except his chairs), but I agree with Concrete Stereo about him being an overrated designer.

La Marie, the first transparent chairs:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjSPkNGPwyA/TJP7m7C9RsI/AAAAAAAAAuw/n3SmWvbfD_I/s1600/kartell-starck-la-marie-1686_z1.jpg

hmm, I think his work either looks unspectacular (e.g. the clock) or cheap (e.g. mouse and plastic chairs)..
I don't like it.

those transparent chairs are ugly.

I've got 4 Louis Ghost and everyone who's seen them in real fell in love ;).

These are something that should be seen in real I think, in picture they look a bit crap indeed.

I hate plastic. Its cheap and tacky.

I've got 4 Louis Ghost and everyone who's seen them in real fell in love ;).

These are something that should be seen in real I think, in picture they look a bit crap indeed.

Agreed...the Louis Ghost chairs are genius.....and if Kartell ever stop production of them they will become collectors items.

The Louis Ghost its a reinvention from the Louis XIV chair, brilliant sober design, and elegant also it's not plastic...

The Louis Ghost its a reinvention from the Louis XIV chair, brilliant sober design, and elegant also it's not plastic...

Isn't polycarbonate a type of plastic?

http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/3137_04.jpg

Fucking awesome!

Isn't polycarbonate a type of plastic?

A kind.. but not totally plastic

I like them all

my mom collects tonnes of Philippe Starck's creations. I remember she was so mad when I used his juicer to make orange juice lol... we also have some of his creations that are not produced anymore hence making it collectible items ;)

The electronic accessories look much better.

Mademoiselle

Maison Moschino
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLNSyviPbI/AAAAAAAABbQ/p1wvGVB3zOE/s400/200807041612.jpg
http://www.questodesign.com/shop/images/furniture/kartell/4895.jpg

Dolce & Gabbana
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLNm_ZtaTI/AAAAAAAABbg/P7Ql77_efJ0/s200/DG2.JPG

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLgNMXkiCI/AAAAAAAABcw/j1cviqph-r4/s400/l302_3.jpg

Etro
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLOsWZ0jfI/AAAAAAAABcY/byp4Ws4AHYw/s320/etro.jpg

Burberry
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLOja9pxvI/AAAAAAAABcQ/hkfg9DKZ3Z4/s200/burberry.JPG

Valentino
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLOaHF17PI/AAAAAAAABcI/WygSRTE1gZI/s200/valentino1.JPG

Ermenegildo Zegna
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLONSZbHKI/AAAAAAAABb4/SEiBk6S6Ad8/s320/zegna.JPG

Missoni
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLNWhmZHOI/AAAAAAAABbY/m8KGVmory_I/s200/missoni.JPG

The Wallpaper
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YMkcGzRyodU/THLMiIopKYI/AAAAAAAABbI/-3d3nZd3DTk/s320/wallpaper-2.jpg

Philippe Starck designed Felix Bar at the Hongkong Peninsula is a little subtle if not staid light-dependent interiors with focus on occasional shock value like it did to me when I peed facing the glass wall inside the men's washroom.

I have to say I'm disatisfied with my Top Top table (the one with a glass plate). I had the good idea to clean it with water and apparently the lacquer is apparently not covering the whole table and there are parts in which the water can infiltrate, causing the plastic to swell up.

Of course Kartell says these tables are not meant to be cleaned with water.

My piece of advice is that if you want a black table with a glass plate. Get something from Zeus instead, steel>plastic and it'll be cheaper.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5295/5560677257_4d923319fd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonashansel/5560677257/)
The Groninger Museum in my hometown - the cylindrical section in the foreground was designed by Phillipe Starck.

Philippe is in the Philipp-ines

Currently he's working on a project in Manila, it would probably be an interesting tower.


New Manila Tower to be Designed by Philippe Starck
3rd Feb 2012

yoo and Century Properties Group have teamed up for a new and exciting residential project in the Philippines. yoo inspired by Starck will define the amenity spaces of the new building and provide interior design inspirations for the living spaces. The project will officially launch the second quarter of 2012.

http://www.yoo.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Antonios-with-Philippe-Starck-1024x769.jpg

Set to launch in the second quarter of 2012, the tower will be literally a vertical community. Think a whole village that has levels instead of streets. This is the fourth such project by Century Properties in Manila; others include Trump Tower Manila, The Milano Residences designed by Versace Home and a condominium project designed by Missoni Home.

“This project interests me a lot because it’s about quality of life and the happiness of people who will live in this place, which will be so, so different,” stated Philippe Stark. “After finding the best location for the project, the local architect, and the best developer, Century Properties, we are now starting to work on creating a great and incredible vertical village. You will be proud to be part of this project which I have designed for you in the middle of Manila, Philippines.”

http://www.yoo.com/news/?p=571

my mom collects tonnes of Philippe Starck's creations. I remember she was so mad when I used his juicer to make orange juice lol... we also have some of his creations that are not produced anymore hence making it collectible items ;)

You should post pictures of his stuff :)

I appreciate only this Stark's product:

http://www.mangaforever.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MARK2.jpg

http://www.mikeverta.com/Posts/SI_WIP_v3.jpg