Philippe Starck jump-started his career by designing two nightclub interiors in Paris in the 1970s. Two years later, Starck designed the interior of the Café Costes, Paris. He created elegant interiors for the Royalton and Paramount hotels in New York, the Delano in Miami and the Mondrian in Los Angeles. He also began to produce chairs, lamps, motorbikes, boats, and a line of house wares and kitchen utensils.