Philippe Starck is certainly one of the most famous designers, architects, creators of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We call him an artist, because because of his versatility, he is.

He was born in Paris, January 18, 1949. years. Already at an early age he showed an interest in design, inspired by the works of his father, an aircraft designer. Philippe Starck is a French product designer and probably the most famous interior designer in the NEW DESIGNE style. Each of its smallest objects gives a special place to the space in which it is located.

He was educated in Paris at the COMODO school from 1965 to 1967, and immediately afterwards became director of his firm in collaboration with Pierre Cardin. Since then, he has been designing and designing all over the world, from houses, interiors, furniture, to toothbrushes, with an exceptional talent to turn the subject of his task into a place of charm, pleasure and comfort. In 1975, he began to independently design interiors and products. His career began to develop seriously in 1982 when he designed the interior of the private apartment of then-French President Francois Mitterrand. A year after he decorated the presidential suite, his fame grew with the decoration of the famous CAFE COSTES in Paris.

Philippe Starck believes that if there is no vision either human, social or love, the project has no right to exist. Although he is not considered a greater architect than a designer.
1989 begins to create buildings in Japan, each in its new form. As a true euphoric, he treated each of his spaces as if it were a theater in which a story should be created, creating a new kind of drama. This is how the TEATRON restaurant in Mexico (1985) and THEATER in Madrid (1988) were created, in old theaters, and are a true example of its phenomenalism.
The year 1988 was decisive in the world of hotels. Hotels no longer have only a transit role, but a role of living, pleasant spaces combined with humor and irony. When Ian Schrager, the impresario and co-owner of the legendary Studio 54 after the excellent reception of his 1984 Morgans Hotel, decided in 1988 to hire Starck to renovate the Royalton Hotel in New York, and soon in 1990 the Paramount Hotel, it was the trigger for a change of incredible proportions. not only the philosophy of hotel design, but also the rhetoric of cultural theories of tourism. Followed by Stark’s refurbishment of the 1995 Delano Hotel in Miami Beach, the 1996 Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles, St. Louis. The 1999 Martins Lane Hotel and the 2000 Sanderson Hotel in London, the 2001 Clift Hotel in San Francisco, the 2004 Jia Hotel in Hong Kong, and the 2005 Hudson Hotel, again in New York City.
Philip Starck’s position is that every object, shape, every style must have meaning, and meaning is what affects us every day! Believing that honest, modern elegance stems from the multiplication of a single object, contrary to the ideology of limited series, where prejudice about rarity leads to the selection of money before need, Starck has successfully dedicated his life to fighting design to go ahead of elitism.

His work changes our daily lives! It is a favorite because it strives to make our lives easier, and thus make life more beautiful. It is difficult to find a common denominator of his style, except to listen to many critics and call him “free and emotional”.

It always remains consistent that his DESIGNS – MODELS should respect NATURE and the future of mankind.

Always and everywhere he seems to understand better than all our dreams, desires and needs, and our responsibility towards the future.

“… Honest, full of enthusiasm…”, he considers it his duty to share with us a subversive vision of a better world, a better world that is his own, but still suits us like a glove. He is tireless in changing the reality of our daily lives, sublimating our roots and the deepest source of our being into his changes. ”

SLS Hotel, Los Angeles

SLS in Beverly Hills is the first luxury hotel designed by Starck in North America, after completely refreshing every aspect of the hotel experience in the 1990s, and encouraging the hotel’s “boutique” movement. Introducing a unique “dual” guest lobby concept, where one will provide personalized service and check-in for hotel guests, and the other will host a vibrant public dining and interactive retail. Starck’s innovative changes promise surprise, calm, excitement and enchanting effects that represent an important evolution for the famous designer.

KONG restaurant, Paris

Kong Restaurant is located on the top two floors of Kenz’s office building. The attic of the building has a glass ceiling overlooking the city. The restaurant was called “the clash of modern and

of ancient Japan. ”The interior is dominated by Starck’s famous LOUIS GHOST chairs with an Asian face print on the backs of the chairs and hence the name“ KONG CHAIRS ”. The restaurant is also marked by an atypical cartoon design that is unique and original.

Kong restaurant is something that should definitely be visited, because it is both visual and gastronomic

pleasure. Pleasure for all the senses.

YOO collab projects with Philipp Starck & John Hitchcox

The YOO is a vision of life created in collaboration with Philipp Starck with property entrepreneur Jonh Hitchcox. Since 1999, he has been working with international investors, designing housing and tourism projects throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America and the Middle East.

LOUIS GHOST chair

Experimenting with new materials, modern plastics has contributed to a new era in furniture making. One of the most interesting chairs is the Louis ghost, designed in 2000 by Philippe Starck and made by Kartell from polycarbonate. The chair is made in several colors, and the most dominant and even the most interesting for our market is the one that is completely transparent.

Motorboat "A "

Philippe Starck designed a 119-meter-long motor yacht for Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko. This yacht has been given its individual identity and is the only one in the world of this type of design with an upturned hull. It is also made special by 3 pools on decks, 2 11 m tenders, which were also designed by Starck. The name of the yacht is the first letter of the name of Andrej Melnichenko’s wife, Serbian model Aleksandra Nikolić. The yacht offers an unsurpassed sense of style, comfort, luxury and efficiency. Its luxury can be enjoyed by up to 14 guests, cared for by a 37-member crew.

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How did your Kare story start in Split?

– Kare has been to our city before and I was their customer. When I was arranging something, I often just bought in Karea and on one occasion there was a topic that the store would close or change owners, and since I love interiors, it sounded interesting to me and I thought how I could deal with it. below the ad

How did you decide on this venture given that you graduated from colleges that have nothing to do with this job?

– In the meantime, I finished interior design, while the path of life took me to completely different paths. As a girl, I was an athlete, so I graduated from the Faculty of Kinesiology, then I got my master’s degree from the Faculty of Economics, and after that I finished in interiors and I deal with that today. It’s my job, my hobby, something I love. Therefore, this store is one of my big offices where I like to stay and, as they usually say, my job is what I love and do with a smile. There are days when I am literally in operation 24 hours a day, but I always have satisfaction when I see the final product and that the customer is satisfied.

Why did you decide on Kare?

– I like the Karea brand itself because it offers different styles that everyone can find, and so does the price. They offer from minimalist pieces to the most ornate, from industrial design to shabby chick, French design … That’s why anyone who comes to our store can go with a piece. What I prefer in my store is to be a boutique, we change the collections every now and then because people like to look at what we offer, that is the charm of Kare and the store itself.

The birthday celebration started yesterday …

– Considering that we are celebrating our 11th birthday, and that is also my lucky number, we have prepared an action for our clients, which lasts for a week and started on November 11th.

What do the people of Split look for the most when decorating their interiors?

– Split has always preferred the Italian style of home decoration, where straight lines and the same furniture are represented, however, other trends have started to follow in our country, so the industrial style of interior design is in great demand, Oxford sofas and beds are always current. Wooden furniture is very popular for decorating apartments, but I can’t single out anything special because, after all, Kare has over seven thousand items. Realistically to exhibit all the items that Kare has should fill this entire Mall, so we always try to choose the required pieces and novelties to bring them closer to our customers.

What is current this season in interior design?

– This year, the most popular combination with rose gold is rose gold, from tables, lighting and the like, because it is also current in fashion.

You are working on numerous projects …

– I make interiors for apartments, business premises, shops, apartments, hotels and hostels and I always try to make each of the spaces different and to combine the experience of something I have seen abroad. A lot of things go stenciled with us, if one chair is current in a couple of months, ten bars have such a chair. I kind of try to impose something different on my customers, something no one has, that’s my point. I try to make the decoration with a dose of classics, as my clients are not obliged to change the interior every now and then due to trends. I love timeless pieces and I don’t like to blindly follow trends, but rather to have a dose of classics, naturalness and I don’t like unnatural materials. Stone, leather and wood attract me the most and so far everyone has been satisfied and I hope it will stay that way.

How much does fashion affect interior design?

– It’s all followed with each other, now I don’t really believe that they are blindly followed with each other, but fashion today is nonchalant, today you have a hole in your T-shirt and you call it modern, so it is with furniture. It looks more shabby, but it’s more interesting and goes through styles like shabby chick and industrial design. It’s the same in fashion. Everything is somehow connected, and I like to follow both, so I’m happy.

What is it like to be an entrepreneur in Croatia today?

– Terrible in the sense that you are a woman because it is getting harder for you. I know that many men would not agree with that now, but it retaliates a lot more because you need to be twice as persistent, educated to take you seriously. Even if you are attractive, they look at you more than they listen to you, and that doesn’t help you in the long run. As I lived outside Croatia for a long time, I didn’t work, I was a mother and a housewife, so I told myself to at least study something I love.

Today you can choose what you will do …

– Exactly. The state itself does not give you any incentive for work, you need to have huge nerves and perseverance and great ambition not to give up after three months. Today people don’t have money, they would want anything for nothing, and that’s impossible.

As you yourself said, the situation in the country is not easy at all. How to make something attractive for a small budget?

– I practiced to make something that looks like a big budget for small budgets and I think it’s art today. It’s easiest today when someone gives you open arms and an unlimited budget, and when you start with a small one and it goes down, it’s exhausting. We live in such a situation that I have to work twice as hard for something, I am not against work because my family members rarely see me at home, but no one today can charge for their work as much as it is actually worth. People underestimate other people’s occupations, but they do not know what a man does 24 hours a day, and many will agree that it is both the most beautiful and the hardest thing to work with people. Happiness in everything is that I love this job and I have my own ultimate goal, and that is the satisfaction of my customer and when people around me are proud of my success.

How satisfied are you with the location of your store?

– I am satisfied with the location and it is available to everyone, I sincerely hope that Mall’s future will be better than its beginnings. However, things are getting better, so I believe that everything will come to its own. Ultimately, a skating rink will soon arrive in front of Kare, so people will stop by us as well.

What are your plans for the future?

– My wish is to do this job as successfully as before, to work on the most interesting projects, challenging and for my store to operate successfully. In addition, my family’s health is first and foremost a desire for the future. I am oriented towards furniture and design.

End message …

– We invite everyone to our 11th birthday. In our birthday environment, we have prepared numerous benefits and actions that are attractive to everyone. Here are opportunities for our fellow citizens and their guests to choose something at lower prices. They will be greeted by friendly staff, which I want to emphasize. I am happy to work with people who love their job because this is not the job of salesmen but of young and ambitious people who love design and have finished school, who are getting into it. Come to work and see their smiling faces, it comes at no cost.

by Dalmatinski portal

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Maslinica, a village on the island of Solta, is for many one of the most beautiful places on the Adriatic. Many tourists swear that it is here that they have experienced sunsets that they will never forget, and the place itself is captivated by the beautiful nature, natural beaches, crystal clear sea and picturesque stone houses.

No wonder then that one family decided to make their dream cottage right here. And they did just that – a house that invites every inch of relaxation, rest, enjoyment … In short, a hedonistic stay. The trump card of this house is definitely the almost unreal view from each of its rooms, which extends to the nearby islands of Polebrnjak, Saskinja, Stipanska, Kamik, Balkun, Rudula and Grmej. The view is actually amazing, and at dusk it seems almost transcendental.

– Teren za kuću kupljen je pred nekih desetak godina, a prednosti ove lokacije su blizina Splita, dobra povezanost s kopnom te unatoč tome što je od centra Maslinice dijeli svega 5-6 minuta hoda, kuća zbog svoje arhitekture pruža gotovo apsolutnu privatnost. Radi se o niskoenergetskoj kući, betonske konstrukcije i modernog stila gradnje.

It spreads over two floors following the configuration of the terrain in the shape of an irregular letter L, where the upper floor only leans on the ground floor in front of which the pool is located.

It has a total of 280 m2, with two spacious terraces, spread over two floors following the configuration of the terrain in the shape of an irregular letter L, where the upper floor actually leans on the ground floor in front of which is the pool – says Tihana Runje, famous Croatian designer who signs the project interior design of this building.

Tihana is a designer who always stays true to her belief that the project must be unique, not a copy of someone else, and she incorporates a part of her casual and rebellious style into everything she does. Each of these spaces is a new and unique work, the design is always attractive, but never neglects the functionality of the same. This is best seen in the project of this beautiful house on Solta, the architectural part of which is signed by the company Heros from Split.

The interior is devoid of unnecessary details, and the main trump card is the unreal view of the sea from each room

The house has as many as four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two toilets, a modern kitchen with dining area, living room, outdoor kitchen with dining area, wine cellar and gym.

– Considering that this is a holiday home, the ideological advantage is given to functionality. Thus, the interior is devoid of unnecessary details, clean lines, modern, and a special charm is given by selected pieces of natural wood furniture, as well as black and white photographs with rowing and sea motifs, photographer and former active rower, today head coach at HVK Gusar Denis Bobana.

Apart from the trendy chairs, dining table and coffee table from Kara design, most of the furniture is made to measure, so the spacious sofa and perfectly made beds in which quality sleep is guaranteed, were made in Sinj in the company Sedile d.o.o. The kitchens are also made to measure and fit perfectly into the ambience of both the interior and exterior. Everything in this house is subordinated to only one thing, and that is enjoyment, to all the senses – describes Tihana Runje.

In addition to the master bedroom, the ground floor of this villa bears the attribute of a living space, where the classic composition of sofas, armchairs and TVs is enriched with a spacious terrace. Wide open glass walls direct the living area towards the sea, the environment, the sky, and the boundaries between outdoor and indoor space disappear and the terrace becomes part of the interior.

The spacious terrace with facilities for rest, sunbathing, socializing is responsible for the complete enjoyment on the upper floor. Finally, the whole villa is airy, bathed in the sun, overlooking the greenery, olives, lavender and rosemary. Namely, the horticulture around the house is an important part of its Mediterranean identity, and every detail is carefully planned. Fitting such a building into the archaic Mediterranean landscape was a great challenge, but it turned out that the house does not have to be old or stone, and that it fits perfectly into the characteristic Dalmatian landscape – concludes the designer.The spacious terrace with facilities for rest, sunbathing, socializing is responsible for the complete enjoyment on the upper floor. Finally, the whole villa is airy, bathed in the sun, overlooking the greenery, olives, lavender and rosemary. Namely, the horticulture around the house is an important part of its Mediterranean identity, and every detail is carefully planned. Fitting such a building into the archaic Mediterranean landscape was a great challenge, but it turned out that the house does not have to be old or stone, and that it fits perfectly into the characteristic Dalmatian landscape – concludes the designer.

by Jutarnji List

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In addition to healthy food, Green Caffe also offers healthy drinks: matcha tea, grain coffee, standard espresso with a variety of herbal milk and bio organic teas in different flavors.

Green cafe is located within the newly opened Mall of Split, and the owners point out that it was built according to all European standards and represents the future of business.

The offer is colorful and varied, including smoothies, shakes made from organic fruits and vegetables, healthy pizzas, pancakes, ice cream, raw cakes, cooked stews, cream soups, vegan meatballs, sausages and burgers made entirely without meat.

They also offer matcha tea, which cleanses the body and helps with weight loss, grain coffee, standard espresso with a variety of herbal milk and bio organic teas of various flavors. All groceries are fresh and are sourced exclusively from stores with a “bio” declaration and from family farms from surrounding towns and villages.

– Our guiding thought is the taste of nature, to see how much healthier it is naturally grown and without harmful pesticides. We want to prove that one can live without unnatural dietary supplements – the owners reveal.

Tihana Runje, designer and owner of the Kare furniture salon, is responsible for arranging the space. Daniel and Gabriel emphasize that their staff will do their best to satisfy each guest and offer them the highest quality products.

by Jutarnji List

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