Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck is motorcycles, sunglasses and glam hotels, the rock star-like bad boy who can design your home.

Philippe Starck rarely needs an introduction. He is the most celebrated designer in the world, the creative mind behind everything from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris to Peninsula Hotel Restaurant in Hong Kong. His surrealist brand of modernism is instantly recognisable and yet always has an element of surprise.

For yoo, Philippe designs in four palettes. Classic is timeless appeal, urban sophistication. Culture is artistic revolution, graphic, vibrant. Minimal is white and tranquil, pure. And Nature is wild and free, sun-filled and fresh.

On entering a yoo inspired by Starck-designed space, there is no need to ponder 'is it or isn't it?' His brand of quirky modernism is as recognisable as he is famous. Every yoo inspired by Starck project is an event. A big media splash is all but assured. And for the homebuyer having a 'yoo inspired by Starck ' is like the label on haute couture or the signature on a great work of art. A luxurious original.

Philippe Starck is co-founder and creative director of yoo. 'It was only a matter of time before Starck set about creating entire homes, with characteristic originality,' The Times said when yoo launched in 1999. Philippe is, of course, the most celebrated and commercially successful designer in the world.

• Australia, Sydney
• Australia, Melbourne
• Canada, Toronto, 75 Portland St
• China, Hong Kong, JIA
• Denmark, Copenhage, yoo Adelgade
• Germany, Berlin
• Germany, Dusseldorf
• Germany, Hamburg
• Germany, Munich
• India, Pune
• Israel, Tel Aviv (1 & 2)
• Mexico, Acapulco
• Mexico, Mexico City, Santa Fe
• Mexico, Puerto Vallarta
• Mexico, Tijuana
• Morocco, Marrakech
• Panama, Panama City
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Romania, Bucharest
• Russia, Moscow, Eurasia Tower
• Russia, Moscow, Ostozhenka
• Russia, St Petersburg
• Singapore, Grange Road
• Thailand, Phuket, Cape Yamu
• Turkey, Istanbul
• UAE, G-Tower, Dubai
• UAE, Crystal, Dubai
• UAE, Qatar, Tuscan Tower
• UK, London NW8
• UK, The Lakes by yoo
• Uruguay, Punta del Este
• USA, Boston, Parris Landing
• USA, Boston, yoo D4
• USA, Dallas, The House
• USA, Miami, Aventura
• USA, Miami, Icon
• USA, Miami, Icon Brickell
• USA, New York, 42nd Street
• USA, New York, Downtown by Starck
• USA, New York, Dwell95
• USA, New York, Gramercy
  

• ‘My only luxury is to choose the best players I can, and John is one of the best in the industry.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘It’s surely the dream team of contemporary urban accommodation providers: Philippe
  Starck the popular genius, and John Hitchcox, one half of the brains behind the Manhattan Loft Corporation and the man many hold responsible for the rise and rise of loft-style living.’
  ARCHITECTS’ JOURNAL
  
  
• ‘Starck is on a mission to change home buying-habits around the world.’
  WALL STREET JOURNAL
  
  
• ‘We offer people freedom, flexibility, simplicity.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘It was only a matter of time before Starck set about creating entire homes, with characteristic originality and panache …custom-built city-centre homes, with Starck acting as a conduit through which buyers can realise their design dreams.’
  THE TIMES, STYLE
  
  
• ‘Now the design-conscious urbanite can invest his or her money in the whole package: a Starck-designed flat, decorated with a Starck interior design scheme, fitted out with a range of Starck furniture.’
  ARCHITECTS’ JOURNAL
  
  
• ‘Like all his projects, Tribeca East Melbourne will reflect Mr Starck’s passion for design that celebrates humanity and reflects individuality.’
  HERALD SUN
  
  
• ‘We don’t speak about business, we speak about yoo – it’s a human project.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘You know you’ve got it made when internationally renowned designer Philippe Starck gets involved in a project.’
  SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
  
  
• ‘Hate decorating? Get Philippe Starck to do it for you. You could of course buy a shell.’
  THE OBSERVER
  
  
• ‘The boy can’t help it. At 50, Starck is the most celebrated designer in the world.’
  THE SUNDAY TIMES
  
  
• ‘Architecture affects your life. Bad design can make you miserable.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘Now Philippe Starck is creating shock waves in Maida Vale. A casual public mention of his forthcoming flats there caught the estate agent Hamptons International unawares – it had to set up an emergency marketing suite to deal with the 250 calls that poured in overnight.’
  SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
  
  
• ‘We want to offer democratic, high-fashion living.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘The only style is freedom.’
  PHILIPPE STARCK
  
  
• ‘The influence of yoo and Starck have set ICON apart from other luxury condominium residences in South Beach and have contributed greatly in this incredibly successful partnership.’
  JORGE PEREZ, CHAIRMAN, RELATED GROUP OF FLORIDA