Didier Gomez has designed a resolutely modern but equally glamorous and sexy collection for Maletti. His design catches the eye and soul. It's pure and essential, soft and cosy: it puts everybody at ease. His design is neutral, with no forced stylistic interpretation and formal excesses.

Claudio Silvetrin's design is like his architecture: austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, elegant but not flamboyant. These features have won him collaborations with important names such as Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and "Illy Caffè".

Lucidity of expression and the search for simplicity are the key principles: the lightness of touch In the work of Christophe Pillet is elegance epitomized.

Winner of numerous prizes and competitions, their works are part of the permanent archives of the Georges Pompidou Centre and the collections of the MOMA in New York.

Described as the only designer to have reached the "status of a rockstar", Philippe Starck is an equally praised and criticized genius. Modern though distrustful of progress, cautiously "self-promoting" but contemptuous of the press, Starck has built an empire of design on fertile, contradictory foundations. Indeed, Starck's design crosses different genres and challenges any traditional classification

Ross Lovegrove is one of the most interesting and fascinating of the contemporary designers. His work ranges from furniture to high-tech products, from water bottles to airplane seats, and explores the creation of sculptural and organic shapes using sophisticated technology and materials.