Philippe Starck continues to surprise, intrigue and provoke us. First of all, fertility. From the bright pool of new products in 2015, one cannot but notice “Mademoiselle” - chairs, upholstered according to Sottsass drawings (Kartell goes Sottsass project. A tribute to Memphis); ovens, hoods, cookers - a series of high-tech household appliances Gorenje by Starck. Music lovers are crazy about the latest version of Parrot Zik wireless headphones (which, he says, Stark himself doesn't part with).

Headphones Parrot Zik 3, Parrot, 2015.

Stark is not just a Frenchman, he is a Parisian and a hereditary designer. His father designed airplanes, Philip spent all his childhood at his drawing board. After a short course in subject design, in an independent creative life, he plunged not only into a profession, but also into the intricacies of PR. And the first was to benefit from globalization. As his biographer Ed Cooper wrote, "Italians entrusted him with their furniture, and French President Francois Mitterrand entrusted to change the life of the Elysian Palace." Stark is removed with a naked torso, setting an example to the national leaders of some states, or arranging performances with friends, such as the destruction of the hotel Le Meurice, albeit for subsequent renovation.

Photos from his wedding in December 2007 with c Jasmin Abdelatif, for whom all the guests took off their masks depicting the face of the maestro, went around the world press. On the 62nd year of his life, he became a father for the fifth time - to the daughter Are and to the sons Oa, Lago and K on May 2, 2011 one more daughter was added - Justine.

Philippe Starck Designer. Born on January 18, 1949. He studied at the Camondo School of Paris. He worked with Pierre Cardin, in 1984 he plunged into industrial design, working with the Italian factory Baleri Italia. Today it collaborates with Baccarat, Kartell, Flos, Duravit, Warendorf and many others. In 2008, he served as the “artistic director of the French Presidency of the EEC”. More than ten years ago, he founded the design company YOO. He designs luxury hotels, houses and restaurants around the world.

Stark constantly moves around the world and, by his own admission, sometimes just lives on Air France airplanes. Then they see him in America on a private space station, then they meet him in Moscow at the presentation of the kitchen. He has projects of yachts and electric vehicles, residential interiors, hotels, boutiques, chairs, sofas, faucets, toilets, chandeliers, clocks, slippers and God knows what.

Call Mixer Axor Starck V, Hansgrohe, 2015 IF Design Award. Chandelier Zénith, Baccarat, 2013. Black crystal. Table lamp Chapo, Flos, 2014. LED, drimer, USB-port for charging at the base of the lamp. Yacht Superyacht A. Designed by F. Stark. 2008. Cost of 323 million dollars.

Stark's headache - shocking gestures that accompany his work. At the same time, he is absolutely honest when he says that he does not go to the cinema, does not watch TV, does not read magazines and social events just for the sake of pleasure, does not attend. According to the legend, the aging bonviv is keen on science - biology, astrophysics and quantum physics, lives in two houses: one on an island near Venice, the other in the south of France, on an oyster farm. To always be unpredictable extravagant, Stark has to run for many years ahead of the engine. In 1968, he founded a company for the production of inflatable objects, in the 70s designed nightclubs, in 1982 he received the same fateful order from President Mitterrand to decorate the interiors of the Elysian Palace. From that moment began his world fame. True, he later assured that some of the furnishings just saw in a dream and, upon waking up, sketched from memory ...

The stark's most famous thing is the juicy-squeezer Juicy Salif for Alessi with thin long legs is absolutely inconvenient, it is almost impossible to reap the juice, but it is so beautiful that it has long been in the permanent collection of MoMA, and last year it celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Phillip Stark is well represented in the premium segment. However, he made up a lot of democratic things: plastic food containers, scissors, toilet paper holders, pencil cups, bags, child seats, and so on. His trump card is an ironic attitude to palace luxury in general and to French in particular. Plastic chairs Louis Ghost ("The Ghost of Louis") have reached incredible popularity in the world. Since Kartell launched them in production in 2000, 1.5 million pieces left the assembly line.

Chair Louis Ghost. Bestseller for Kartell. Transparent plastic. An ironic version of a classic Louis XV style armchair. Kitchen Cabinet Tower, Philippe Starck by Warendorf. "Tower" rotates around its axis. Inside - household appliances, storage racks, space for the TV.

In Moscow, Stark has been working for a long time. Its premieres were Bon Restaurant (2006) and Baccarat House (2008). What project is he doing in Moscow now? After working on the interiors in the LCD Barkli Park, the new object was the LCD "Breathing" on Timiryazevskaya with suggestions from YOO inspired by Starck. “When you find yourself in the lobby of your home, you will see things so unique that after every morning you will remember them. About the element of creativity that is everywhere ... "