Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck on the future of superyacht design, Elon Musk, and ‘saving the sea’

Few designers have done more to re-shape the identity of the modern superyacht than the Frenchman Philippe Starck. Over the course of two decades, naval architecture and design has formed a considerable – if largely unseen – chunk of Starck’s...

Philippe Starck reflects on what makes a successful furniture brand

Think of the Italian company Driade and its hard not to also think of Philippe Starck, the designer has been one of the most pivotal figures in its success having worked for the brand – now entering its 50th year...

Set superstar Alexandre de Betak’s Paris apartment interiors go under the hammer

For 30 years French art director, scenographer and designer Alexandre de Betak has pulled off some the fashion world’s most outstanding catwalk shows. Who could forget the 59 ft mountain of blue delphiniums he constructed in the courtyard of the...

Geneva Motor Show powers up with a Philippe Starck and Bentley collaboration

Bentley kicks off this year’s Geneva Motor Show with the launch of the very first high luxury hybrid. By kitting out the Bentayga SUV with an advanced electric motor – and adding a charging dock designed by one-time Wallpaper* Guest Editor Phillippe...

A former printworks makes an impression as a gallery and home for designer Xavier Lust

Xavier Lust’s new home and showroom in the leafy Ixelles neighbourhood of Brussels is an early modernist structure that still bears a sign declaring ‘Imprimerie des Sciences’, a relic of its past as the nearby university’s in-house print shop. It...

Design’s deep thinker Philippe Starck calls on seven sharp minds to reflect on time

21 years, 21 Guest Editors: from Dieter Rams to Jeff Koons, via Zaha Hadid and Hedi Slimane

A hole in one: celebrating 21 years of life-enhancing stuff

This month marks Wallpaper’s coming of age: our 21st anniversary. It’s also my tenth year as editor-in-chief, having switched from being creative director in April 2007. I must confess that my coming of age came a number of years earlier...

Sun, sea and skyscrapers: new towers rise over downtown Miami

Argentinian property developer Carlos Rosso is completely transparent in his devotion to Miami, hailing the ‘tremendous growth of its cultural institutions, public parks and retail and entertainment offerings.’ This, he says, was the impetus for the aggressive output of...

Wallpaper* turns 20: celebrating two decades of history-making, era-defining design

Welcome to the 20th anniversary issue of Wallpaper* – at 508 pages, our biggest issue ever. What a change there has been over those 20 years. Back in the dark ages of 1996, ‘design’ was still largely considered a last-minute...

Team spirit: Miami’s SLS Hotel & Residences Brickell prepares to open its doors

The Related Group, designer Philippe Starck and lifestyle hospitality firm SBE have joined forces on a striking new project that is about to throw open its doors at the heart of Miami’s Brickell neighbourhood. This is not only the team’s...

Making scents: Philippe Starck debuts a trio of fragrances under his own label, Starck Paris

As one of the world’s pre-eminent designers, it’s hard to imagine any gaps in Philippe Starck’s enduring career. In truth, Starck, who spent most of his childhood in a perfumerie that his mother operated, has long been fascinated with the...