Philippe Starck is also a master of the large scale and a genius of atmospherics. He was invited to redesign the presidential suite at the Elysée Palace in Paris by President François Mitterand. With the Hotel Paramount in New York, the Café Costes in Paris and the Manin Restaurant in Tokyo he proved once and for all that he has no peer in the design of lively and exquisitely enjoyable interior spaces.

The world has caught his message. Philippe Starck, sometimes qualified as 'enfant terrible' is really a gentle visionary dreamer and talented inventor. He will take up any design challenge: from household objects, furniture, bathroom fixtures and lighting to boats, cafés, hotels and high-rise buildings.

Among the Italian producers of Philippe Starck's work are Baleri, Cassina, Driade, Flos and Kartell.