Residences at Evoq are designed by Philippe Starck and feature, among much else, metallic-gold bathrooms.
But for sheer whimsy, nothing matches Asahi's Super Dry Hall (Philippe Starck, 1989) in Asakusa district.
Starck's influence is evident from the complex design concept to the hands-on manufacturing process.
ENGADGET: LaCie teams up with Philippe Starck on the Blade Runner limited edition hard drive
But for years Mr. Starck couldn't shake off the feeling of being an outsider.
Much has been made of Mr. Starck's remarkable ability to marry different objects and perspectives.
Under the elegant design of Philippe Starck, the ZIK Parrot by Starck Bluetooth headset features high-end technology.
They all lured hot celebrities, had overflowing bar scenes and eccentric interiors by design star Philippe Starck.
Blade Runner, however, Mr. Starck pushes the boundary of form this drive looks like no other to improve function.
The LaCie Starck is described by its designer as "incandescent magma" surrounded in a toaster-like metal enclosure.
The baroque-meets-modern interior, designed by Philippe Starck, includes original art from the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Allen Jones.
Morgans' new hotels won't have the services of Philippe Starck, but young designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz is on the case.
Starck says that Jobs was very pleased with the result of the work.
Hotel Fasano, designed by Philippe Starck, is Rio's top destination for celebutantes.
Many of Mr. Schrager's initial project interiors were designed by Phillipe Starck, whose whimsical minimalism defined a generation of projects.
Zikmu Solo takes up the unique, sober and elegant drawing of the Zikmu speakers, which were born from Philippe Starck's pencil.
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The LaCie Blade Runner also features an LED power button in the form of Starck's signature symbol that glows to indicate activity.
ENGADGET: LaCie teams up with Philippe Starck on the Blade Runner limited edition hard drive
The only exception would be Philippe Starck who has a higher expression of design than any other person I have worked with.
The inside is almost entirely decorated with objects that Mr. Starck picked out from the flea-market over the course of two years.
Similarly, Starck - who has written obituaries for British, American and Australian publications - says academics and business leaders can be hard work.
Cabot in Germany, Starck in Germany, Ulba in Kazakhstan, a handful in China: maybe a couple of others but not many.
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Starck says he finished the design after just one conversation in which Jobs gave him the length (around 80m) and the number of bedrooms.
Their indoor rooms may contain examples of work inspired by such modern masters as Le Corbusier, Breuer and Starck, with prints by Warhol and Matisse.
"As it's me who put everything more or less in place, for me it is very clear why everything has its place, " says Mr. Starck.
Since then, Scottish designer Neil Poulton has been producing "designer drives" for LaCie and Philippe Starck's aptly named "LaCie Starck" hard drive debuted in 2009.
So when a marquee designer like Philippe Starck restyles one, our first question is: How much of a premium are we paying for a prettier box?
Although Jobs was noted as harnessing high quality design to power the success of Apple's products, Starck says that this product has little to do with Apple.
In Mexico Perez just broke ground on the three-tower oceanfront Icon Vallarta, whose interiors will be designed by Philippe Starck (the creative force behind Cafe Costas in Paris).
From the outside, Ma Cocotte resembles a solid, if rather chic, workmen's canteen a "Monopoly house, " in Mr. Starck's words with its redbrick ground level beneath a gray zinc first floor.
Twenty years after LaCie's first collaboration with Philippe Starck, which resulted in the award-winning "Toaster" hard drives, the partnership continues to develop products that are as functional as they are stunning.
ENGADGET: LaCie teams up with Philippe Starck on the Blade Runner limited edition hard drive
Perez and another partner, Simon Property Group (nyse: SPG - news - people ), the REIT, will break ground on the first of two Starck towers in the first quarter of 2008.
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