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Konstantin Grcic

Germany — b. 1965

Available Works

465 Table - Konstantin Grcic - Table - Galerie kreo

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Chest L - Konstantin Grcic - Storage - Galerie kreo

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Chest S - Konstantin Grcic - Storage - Galerie kreo

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Hieronymus Metal - Konstantin Grcic - Seating - Galerie kreo

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Hieronymus Minero® - Konstantin Grcic - Seating - Galerie kreo

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Hieronymus Stone - Konstantin Grcic - Seating - Galerie kreo

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Hieronymus Stone - Konstantin Grcic - Seating - Galerie kreo

Konstantin Grcic

Biography

Konstantin Grcic (*1965) was trained as a cabinet maker at The John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood before studying Design at the Royal College of Art in London. Since setting up his own practice in 1991 in Munich he has developed furniture, products and lighting for leading design companies. Today, Konstantin Grcic Design is based in Berlin and is active in several fields ranging from industrial design projects, design editions, exhibition design and collaborations in architecture and fashion.

Among his producers are Artek, Authentics, Cassina, ClassiCon, Flos, Flötotto, Kettal, Laufen, Magis, Mattiazzi, Muji, Mutina, Nespresso, Plank, Serafino Zani and Vitra...

Konstantin Grcic (*1965) was trained as a cabinet maker at The John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood before studying Design at the Royal College of Art in London. Since setting up his own practice in 1991 in Munich he has developed furniture, products and lighting for leading design companies. Today, Konstantin Grcic Design is based in Berlin and is active in several fields ranging from industrial design projects, design editions, exhibition design and collaborations in architecture and fashion.

Among his producers are Artek, Authentics, Cassina, ClassiCon, Flos, Flötotto, Kettal, Laufen, Magis, Mattiazzi, Muji, Mutina, Nespresso, Plank, Serafino Zani and Vitra.
From the fashion and lifestyle sector he has worked with Audi, Hugo Boss, Issey Miyake, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Rado and smart/Daimler amongst others.

Konstantin Grcic has curated a number of significant design exhibitions such as « Design-Real » for The Serpentine Gallery, London (2009), « Comfort » for the Biennale internationale du design de Saint-Étienne (2010) and « Black2 » for the Istituto Svizzero, Rome (2010). In 2012 he was responsible for the exhibition design of the German Pavillon at the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Solo exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, 2006), Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2006), The Art Institute of Chicago (2009), the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2014), the Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2016), the Haus am Waldsee (Berlin, 2022) and the HFBK (Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2022).

For Galerie kreo in Paris, he has created a number of limited-edition pieces since 2004; in turn Galerie kreo already devoted him several solo shows: « Champions » (2011), « Man Machine » (2014) and « Hieronymus » (2016), « Volumes » (2018) and « Transformers » (2023).

Many of his products have won international design awards, such as the Compasso d’Oro and the German Design Award in Gold.

The world’s most important design museums (including MoMA, New York/Centre Pompidou, Paris/Die Neue Sammlung, Munich) have included his designs in their permanent collections.

In 2009, Grcic has been appointed as Honorary Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA / UK). In 2010 he was fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome. Design Miami/ awarded him the title « 2010 Designer of the Year ».

Since 2020, Grcic holds a professorship at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste) and has been appointed member of the Academy of Arts (Akademie der Künste), Berlin in 2021.

Photo credits: © Gerry Kellermann

Solo Shows

Konstantin Grcic  - Konstantin Grcic 'Transformers'
Solo Show

25 May - 26 August, 2023

Konstantin Grcic  - Volumes
Solo Show

08 June - 22 September, 2018

Konstantin Grcic  - Volumes
Solo Show

17 May - 10 September, 2018

Konstantin Grcic  - Hieronymus
Solo Show

23 March - 16 July, 2016

Konstantin Grcic  - Man Machine
Solo Show

13 February - 17 May, 2014

Konstantin Grcic  - >Champions<
Solo Show

11 June - 23 July, 2011

Group Shows

Konstantin Grcic  - PAD London 2024
Fair

08 October - 13 October, 2024

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami/ Basel 2024
Fair

10 June - 16 June, 2024

Konstantin Grcic  - TEFAF New York 2024
Fair

09 May - 14 May, 2024

Konstantin Grcic  -
Off-site event

22 February - 30 April, 2024

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami/ Paris 2023
Fair

17 October - 22 October, 2023

Konstantin Grcic  - PAD London 2023
Fair

10 October - 15 October, 2023

Konstantin Grcic  - VIRGIL ABLOH: ECHOSYSTEMS
Group Show

21 September - 28 October, 2023

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami/ Basel 2023
Fair

12 June - 18 June, 2023

Konstantin Grcic  - step by step
Group Show

16 September - 05 November, 2022

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami/ Basel 2022
Fair

13 June - 19 June, 2022

Konstantin Grcic  - TEFAF New York 2022
Fair

05 May - 10 May, 2022

Konstantin Grcic  - 'inside'
Group Show

08 December, 2021 - 09 April, 2022

Konstantin Grcic  - fiac! 2021
Fair

20 October - 24 October, 2021

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami / Basel 2021
Fair

20 September - 26 September, 2021

Konstantin Grcic  - artmonte-carlo 2021
Fair

15 July - 17 July, 2021

Konstantin Grcic  - 20 years
Group Show

25 September - 24 December, 2019

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami / Basel 2018
Fair

12 June - 17 June, 2018

Konstantin Grcic  - TEFAF New York 2018
Fair

04 May - 06 May, 2018

Konstantin Grcic  - Didier Lavier
Group Show

13 September - 04 November, 2017

Konstantin Grcic  - TEFAF New York 2017
Fair

04 May - 08 May, 2017

Konstantin Grcic  - à table !
Group Show

07 April - 30 July, 2017

Konstantin Grcic  - silvershadow
Group Show

01 February - 18 March, 2017

Konstantin Grcic  - monobloc
Group Show

19 January - 25 March, 2017

Konstantin Grcic  - PAD London 2016
Fair

04 October - 09 October, 2016

Konstantin Grcic  - One piece a day
Group Show

12 September - 22 October, 2016

Konstantin Grcic  - Design Miami / Basel 2016
Fair

13 June - 19 June, 2016

Konstantin Grcic  - FOG Art+Design San Francisco
Fair

13 January - 17 January, 2016

Konstantin Grcic  - shades of variety
Group Show

25 March - 23 May, 2015

Konstantin Grcic  - Only wood
Group Show

05 November - 20 December, 2014

Konstantin Grcic  - des formes utiles
Group Show

17 September - 30 October, 2014

Konstantin Grcic  - contrast control
Group Show

06 September - 31 October, 2014

Konstantin Grcic  - convergences
Group Show

21 May - 26 July, 2014

Konstantin Grcic  - Ensemble
Group Show

12 October - 24 November, 2012

Konstantin Grcic  - Tandem
Group Show

12 January - 03 March, 2012

Konstantin Grcic  - 10 printemps en automne
Group Show

12 September - 31 October, 2009

Konstantin Grcic  - Tabourets
Group Show

08 September - 13 October, 2007

Konstantin Grcic  - Miroirs
Group Show

15 November - 20 December, 2003