Philippe Patrick Starck (Paris, January 18, 1949) is a French industrial designer recognized worldwide for the functionality and aesthetics of his designs.

Starck studied at the school of Nissim de Camondo in Italy. In 1968 he founded his first company, which produced inflatable objects. In 1969 he became artistic director of Cardin.[1]​.

In 1974 he settled in the United States and two years later returned to Paris, where he launched his first night club, La Main Bleu, and the nightclub Les Bains-Douches. In 1979 he founded the company Starck Product.[1]​.

During the 1980s he renovated the private apartments of French President François Mitterrand at the Palais de l'Elysée, decorated the interiors of Café Costes in Paris and was in charge of the interiors of Caffé Manin in Tokyo. He was also responsible for decorating the interiors of the Royalton Hotel in New York[2] and designed the plans for the premises of the French cutlery company Laguiole. At the end of the 1980s, he built the ship La Fiamma for the Asahi company and the property Nani Nani for Rikugo in Tokyo.[3]​ He also took care of the interior design of the Teatriz[4]​ and Ramses in Madrid and was responsible for the interior decoration of the Paramount Hotel.[5]​.

In 1991 he participated in the construction of the Groningen Museum"),[6]​ built the office building Le Baron Vert in Osaka[7]​ for Meisei and took care of a series of private residences, such as Lemoult (Paris), L'Angle (Antwerp), 18 maisons de rapport in Los Angeles and a private residence in Madrid. In the late 1990s, he created the Good Goods catalog with La Redoute.[8]​.

In 2018, it inaugurated two buildings in Quito, Ecuador, one within the urban area of ​​the city and another in the parish of Cumbayá "Cumbayá (parish)"); For Starck, the buildings propose community life: "We live in a society in which we are increasingly alone, envying our neighbors. Here it is the opposite, I use a concept of modern surrealism that offers surprise in everything you see," he said during the inauguration of both projects. The projects were promoted by Uribe & Schwarzkopf, a real estate developer led by Tommy Schwarzkopf"), which has been responsible for leading the urban renewal of the city.[9]​[10]​.