Born in 1949, Paris, France

. graduated from École Nissim de Camondo (Paris),
. founded his first design firm specialized in inflatable objects in 1968,
. became a year after art director of his firm along with Pierre Cardin,
. moved to the United States in 1974
. designed his first nightclub: "La main bleu", Paris in 1976,
. created elegant interiors for the Royalton and Paramount hotels in New York, the Delano in Miami and the Mondrian in Los Angeles
. found the business "Starck Product" in 1979,
. designed the interior for the private apartments of then French President François Mitterrand in 1982,
. worked on the interiors of the Café Manin in Tokyo in 1985,
. created the Juicy Salif for Alessi in 1990,
. participates in construction of the Groningen Museum in 1991,
. created a number of relatively inexpensive product designs for the large American retailer Target Stores in 2002,
. redesigned the train service of Eurostar in 2003,
. designed an optical mouse for Microsoft in 2004,
. lives in four different cities: Paris, New York, Burano (Italy) and London.

Awards
Oscar de luminaire (Paris, 1980)
Trois premièrs prix au Neocon (Chicago, 1986)
Delta de Plaia (Barcelona, 1986)
Platinum Circle Award (Chicago, 1987)
Grand Prix National de la Création Industrielle (France, 1988)
Troix Prix pour les hotêls Royalton et Paramount de New York (U.S., 1988/1990)
Officier des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1995)
Design Zentrum NordRhein-Westfallen (Germany, 1995)
Premio Internacional de Diseño (Barcelona, 1995)
Harvard Excellence in Design Award (U.S., 1997)
Commandant de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1998)
Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (France, 2000)
Pratt Institute Black Alumni Award (U.S., 2001)
Compasso d'Oro (Italy, 2001)
Red Dot Best of the Best Award (2001)
IF Design Award (2002)
Observeur de Design d'Etoile (2002)
Observeur de Design d'Etoile (2002)

Famous Works
Café Costes, 1984 Paris
Juicy Salif, 1990 for Alessi
Hot Bertaa Kettle, 1990 for Alessi
W.W. Stool, 1990 for Vitra
Groningen Museum, with Alessandro Mendini, 1993 Holland
Lord Yo chair, 1994 for Sabz
Moto 6,5 - motorcycle, 1995 for Aprilia
Optical Mouse, 2004 for Microsoft