| Design hotels are a popular concept, particularly in | | | | Starwood W Hotels among other designer |
| designer boutique hotels. Famous fashion | | | | boutique hotels throughout the world. |
| designers, couture houses and interior decorators | | | | Starck has worked on a number of luxury hotels |
| alike have all contributed to the world of luxury | | | | in London and the UK including the St Martin's |
| hotel interiors, creating uniquely individual spaces to | | | | Lane Hotel giving it a fun and funky interior with |
| wow guests. One of the top names in design is | | | | gold tooth bar stools and luminescent yellow glass |
| Philippe Starck and his work goes far beyond | | | | to the foyer and revolving glass doors. Glass |
| luxury hotels. | | | | cubes, 3D art and velvet upholstery mix the |
| Philippe Starck is a French product designer and | | | | modern with the baroque at the Sanderson Hotel |
| his New Design style can be seen in countless | | | | in London's Soho. The Clift Hotel in San Francisco |
| chairs, lamps, Fossil watches and practical | | | | also has the "Starck" finish with a collection of |
| household appliances such as toothbrushes and | | | | modern furnishings in this gracious Art Deco |
| even a juicer. In the late 1980s he began working | | | | luxury hotel in San Francisco's Union Square |
| with Ian Schrager on refurbishing the Royalton | | | | district.. |
| Hotel in New York and the result changed hotel | | | | One of Starck's latest creations is the SLS Los |
| history. Their acclaimed success was the talk of | | | | Angeles at Beverly Hills, formerly Le Meridian. It |
| the town. Their next joint project was the | | | | features Starck-designed display cases in the |
| Paramount Hotel in New York, followed by the | | | | lobby which showcase rotating designer items by |
| Delano Hotel in Miami's south beach area. While | | | | Murray Moss. Now joined in business by his |
| Schrager produced a stunning foyer, Philippe | | | | daughter Ara, Philippe Starck continues his work |
| Starck designed the white-on-white guest rooms | | | | through his company, Yoo Ltd, in several |
| with angel figures hovering over the bed. The | | | | high-class apartment buildings bringing style and |
| Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles was the next to | | | | simplicity to the residential world as well as to |
| receive the Starck-Schrager designer touch in | | | | luxury hotels worldwide. |
| 1996. | | | | The best way to appreciate Philippe Starck's |
| The designer duo created a highly influential style | | | | innovative designs and style is by choosing one of |
| of modern fitments such as lighting and faucets | | | | these luxury hotels in cities across the world |
| as well as furniture and overall luxury hotel design | | | | where guests can enjoy five-star pampering and |
| all in a contemporary, modernist style. Their use | | | | service in designer boutique hotels with a touch of |
| of ultra sleek lines became a look adopted by the | | | | Philippe Starck design too. |