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Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18 , 1949 ) is a well-known French Design er and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. His designs range from spectacular Interior Design s to mass produced consumer goods such as toothbrushes, chairs, and even houses. He was educated in Paris at Ecole Nissim De Camondo and founded his first Design firm in 1968 (the firm specialized in inflatable objects). In 1969 he became art director of his firm along with Pierre Cardin . Starck has worked independently as an Interior Design er and as a Product Design er since 1975. Most notably he has created a number of relatively inexpensive product designs for the large American retailer Target Stores . Starck's career started to climb in earnest in "spaceport" in New Mexico {Link without Title} . Unlike most other New Design artists, Starck's work does not concentrate on the creation of provocative and expensive single pieces. Instead his product designs are of usable household items who Starck himself helps to market for mass production. His products are often stylized, streamlined and organic in their look and are also constructed using unusual combinations of materials (such as glass and stone, plastic and aluminum, plush fabric and chrome, etc.). Two of these designs include stylish Toothbrushes 1989 and a sleek lemon press dubbed the ''Juicy Salif'' 1990 . The Juicy Salif, in fact, has since become an affordable and popular cult item. A notable and world famous interior design job performed by Starck was for the Café Costes in Paris 1984 . He lives in four different cities; Paris for public relations, New York where he does most of his technical work, Burano (Italy) where he works also and London . AWARDS
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