Plastic and mixed media
France/Germany, 1995
Philippe Starck (b. 1949) – French designer and one of the most famous representatives of the ‘New Design’
Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Dimensions: 31 x 30 x 51 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
This is a unique combination of a children’s car, designed by the internationally famous designer Philippe Stark combined with the artistic design of the surface by the German pop art artist Andora; the auction record for an object designed by Starck is set above 37,000 Euros

The French designer Philippe Starck designed this children’s vehicle for the toy company BIG in extravagant shape and technique in futuristic look. It was to resemble a moon vehicle. A moveable ball replaces the back wheel at this Bobbi car. In place of the steering wheel a handlebar in the shape of a horn is looming from the bright yellow, cylindrical vehicle body. The German pop art artist and cosmonaut Andora has worked the surface of the toy with elements of his typical pop art style. BIG The Face is both, artwork and children’s toy.



The object is in good condition, there are traces of use visible, for example at the wheels. The dimensions are 31 x 30 x 51 cm.



Philippe Starck (b. 1949)

Philippe Starck studied at the Ecole Nissim de Camondo in Paris and won his first furniture design price in 1965. He became known to a wider audience when he was called to decorate the private rooms of the French president Francois Mitterrand. Thanks to his designs for the Café Costes in Paris he rose to fame on a global scale.

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in Berlin-East, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut put on the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing for the flight from the GDR, he was expatriated to Berlin-West. He studied social education from 1980 until 1984. Afterwards, he started creating his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, conceptual installations and video techniques succeeded. Andora left the traditional canvas as a painting surface in the 90s and entered the three-dimensional reality with his pictorial language of bizarre creatures of a comic-like world and painted everyday objects. He accepted various commissions by large corporations, for example by WEST. This culminated in painting a Russian Proton rocket, which was then shot into space. Today, Andora lives and works in Berlin.

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