NEWS UPDATE /
2010
2010
JUNE / JULY 2010
Konstantin Grcic receives a scholarship from the German Academy in Rome. The 2 months residency at Villa Massimo provides a workplace for independent studies and advanced research.
FEBRUARY 2010,
The 360° chair and 360° stool are selected into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
JANUARY 2010,
Konstantin Grcic is winner of the Wallpaper* Design Award 2010 in the category "Furniture Designer of the Year" (jury: Pedro Almodóvar, John Galliano, Carsten Höller, Steven Holl, James Murdoch and Kelly Wearstier).
"Konstantin Grcic is a man who tirelessly experiments, reinvents and improves. Meticulous as an industrial designer by training, he applies the same level of attention and detail to all that he turns his hand to, from larger pieces of furniture to smaller accessories, leaving them all with an unmistakable Grcic stamp. (...)"
DECEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic's Table B for BD Barcelona has been awarded a Silver Delta Award by ADI FAD, the most prestigeous Spanish Design Association. These prizes award the best industrial designs released during the last two years.
NOVEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic is awarded Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI) by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
The title 'Royal Designer for Industry' (RDI) was introduced by the RSA in 1936 to honour designers of excellence and promote the important contribution of design in manufacturing and industry. Outside the UK, only a limited number of designers are given the award of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI). These include Dieter Rams, Milton Glaser, and Yohji Yamamoto.
NOVEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic curates an exhibition of contemporary design at the Serpentine Gallery in London. DESIGN REAL is opening on 26th November 2009 (until 07th February 2010).
Konstantin Grcic receives a scholarship from the German Academy in Rome. The 2 months residency at Villa Massimo provides a workplace for independent studies and advanced research.
FEBRUARY 2010,
The 360° chair and 360° stool are selected into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
JANUARY 2010,
Konstantin Grcic is winner of the Wallpaper* Design Award 2010 in the category "Furniture Designer of the Year" (jury: Pedro Almodóvar, John Galliano, Carsten Höller, Steven Holl, James Murdoch and Kelly Wearstier).
"Konstantin Grcic is a man who tirelessly experiments, reinvents and improves. Meticulous as an industrial designer by training, he applies the same level of attention and detail to all that he turns his hand to, from larger pieces of furniture to smaller accessories, leaving them all with an unmistakable Grcic stamp. (...)"
DECEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic's Table B for BD Barcelona has been awarded a Silver Delta Award by ADI FAD, the most prestigeous Spanish Design Association. These prizes award the best industrial designs released during the last two years.
NOVEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic is awarded Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI) by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
The title 'Royal Designer for Industry' (RDI) was introduced by the RSA in 1936 to honour designers of excellence and promote the important contribution of design in manufacturing and industry. Outside the UK, only a limited number of designers are given the award of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI). These include Dieter Rams, Milton Glaser, and Yohji Yamamoto.
NOVEMBER 2009,
Konstantin Grcic curates an exhibition of contemporary design at the Serpentine Gallery in London. DESIGN REAL is opening on 26th November 2009 (until 07th February 2010).