KONSTANTIN GRCIC

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 he has developed furniture, products and lighting for leading design companies. Konstantin Grcic Design is based in Berlin and is active in several fields ranging from industrial design projects, exhibition design and collaborations in architecture and fashion.

Among his industrial producers are Flos, Laufen, Magis, Muji, Nespresso, and Vitra. In the fashion and lifestyle sector his clients are a.o. Audi, Hugo Boss, Issey Miyake, Prada, Rado and smart/Daimler.

Many of his products have been awarded international design prizes. He received the Compasso d’Oro in 2001 for the Mayday lamp (Flos), 2011 for the Myto chair (Plank) and 2016 for the OK lamp (Flos). For Tom and Jerry from Magis’ series The Wild Bunch he received the German Design Award in Gold in 2011.

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.

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in England admitted Konstantin Grcic to the circle of ‘Royal Designers for Industry’ in 2009 and in 2010 he was a fellow of the Villa Massimo in Rome. In 2016, Konstantin Grcic was honoured by the jury of the German Design Award with the Personality Award.

From 2020 to 2024 Grcic held a professorship at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste) and has since been Honorary Professor. He has been appointed member of the Academy of Arts (Akademie der Künste), Berlin in 2021 and of the Academy the Fine Arts (Akademie der Schönen Künste), Munich in 2022.