French designer Christophe Pillet studied at the Decorative Arts School in Nice. His first designs were produced by the French company XO in 1991, he worked with Martine Bedin in Milan as well as Philippe Starck before establishing his own studio in 1993. Pillet works across product and furniture design and interior decoration, architecture, scenography and artistic direction. He works for many design groups including Driade, Loreal, Lacoste, Porro, Renault and Zanotta.