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The return to grace of Philippe Starck

2023-01-19T17:22:58.566Z


The craze for the 1980s brings out the vintage pieces of the iconic French designer. A handful of gallery owners believe in it and push it. The beginning of a very promising market.


Starck, the return to earth?

Like the hero of

Star Trek

in the fourth episode of the famous science fiction series, the iconic French designer is making a comeback on the market.

As famous as a movie star, the autodidact who borrowed the name of his creations from the science fiction novel

Ubik

, by Philip K. Dick, is in the spotlight, propelled like a rocket by the craze of madwomen 1980s. We rediscover them today at the retrospective of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris (until April 16), where the creator has also had his permanent room since 2018. Three years ago, the Tripostal, in the framework of Lille-Métropole Capitale du design, had already paid him a fine tribute.

The beginnings of a flourishing future again.

At 74, the insatiable creator continues to embody better than anyone this artistic decade conducive to freedom, under the era of François Mitterrand, who had him redecorate his apartments at the Élysée, on the recommendation of his Minister for…

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Source: lefigaro

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