MAGIS CHAIR ONE
DESIGN BY KONSTANTIN GRCIC
MAGIS CHAIR ONE
DESIGN BY KONSTANTIN GRCIC
Chair_ONE is constructed just like a football: a number of
flat planes assembled at angles to each other, creating the three-dimensional
form. I think my approach was a mixture of naivety and bluntness. Given the
chance to work with aluminium casting I thought that I should take it all the
way. The more we worked on the models the more we learnt to understand the
structural logic behind what we were doing. What began as a simple sketch, a
series of cardboard models, prototypes, is now a real chair.
Project assistants: Stefan Diez (KGID), Benoit Steenackers (KGID), Jan Heinzelmann (KGID), Sami Ayadi (KGID).
Project assistants: Stefan Diez (KGID), Benoit Steenackers (KGID), Jan Heinzelmann (KGID), Sami Ayadi (KGID).
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KONSTANTIN GRCIC
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Konstantin Grcic (*1965) was trained as a cabinet maker at The John
Makepeace School (Dorset, England) before studying Design at the Royal College
of Art in London. Since setting up his own practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial
Design (KGID) in Munich in 1991, he has developed furniture, products and
lighting for some of the leading companies in the design field. Amongst his
renowned clients are Authentics, BD Ediciones, ClassiCon, Flos, Magis,
Mattiazzi, Muji, Nespresso, Plank, Serafino Zani, Thomas-Rosenthal and Vitra.
For Galerie kreo in Paris, he has created a number of limited edition pieces
since 2004. Many of his products have received international design awards such
as the prestigious Compasso d`Oro for his MAYDAY lamp (Flos) in 2001 and the
MYTO chair (Plank) in 2011. Work by Konstantin Grcic forms part of the
permanent collections of the world´s most important design museums (a.o.
MoMA/New York, Centre Georges Pompidou/Paris).
Most recently Konstantin Grcic has curated a number of significant design
exhibitions such as DESIGN-REAL for The Serpentine Gallery, London (2009),
COMFORT for the St.Etienne Design Biennale (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) and The Art Institute of
Chicago (2009). The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
and Commerce (RSA) appointed Konstantin Grcic "Royal Designer for
Industry", in 2010 he was fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome. Design Miami/
arwarded him the title "2010 Designer of the Year".
Konstantin Grcic defines function in human terms, combining formal strictness
with considerable mental acuity and humour. Each of his products is
characterized by a careful research into the history of design and architecture
and his passion for technology and materials. Known for pared-down pieces,
Grcic is often called a minimalist but the designer himself prefers to speak of
simplicity.
