Arif-Furniture Design: Phillipe Starck

Phillipe Starck was educated in Paris at Ecole Nissim de Camondo and founded his first design firm, which specialized in inflatable objects, in 1968. Starck’s design does not consist of expensive single pieces but instead usable household items which he himself helps to market for mass production. His products and furnishings are often stylized,streamlined and organic looking and also made using mixed media such as glass and stone,plastic and aluminum and etc.He is famous for his designs for Kartell, an Italian manufacturer where many were made from polycarbonate plastic which includes the Louis Ghost Chair and La Boheme stool.Starck has also became famous for his juicer design for Alessi called , the Juicy Salif.Below are examples of his previous work.