Konstantin Grcic, 8 Pack
740 × 1600 × 350 mm
powder-coated steel
Product info
‘8 pack is what it is: a rectangular top propped up on a set of legs. Eight to be precise. It is about designing what normally would not be designed, producing what normally would not be produced. A simple piece of furniture, almost too obvious to be considered. Doing what we know, just from a different prespective. Concentrating on quality, and precision. Exactly eight, exactly right. A work so essential, so beautiful.’ Konstantin Grcic
Konstantin Grcic (b.1965) trained as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England and studied 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 leading design companies. Many of his products have received international design awards (a.o. Compasso d’Oro 2001) and form part of the permanent collections of the world’s most prestigious 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). Solo exhibitions of his work have been shown at Boijmans van Beuningen Museum (Rotterdam, 2006), Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2006) and The Art Institute of Chicago (2009). The Royal Society for the Arts appointed Konstantin Grcic ‘Royal Designer for Industry’, in 2010 he was fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome. Design Miami/ arwarded him ‘Designer of the Year’ for 2010.
‘The table has a depth—it becomes alive.’ An interview with Konstantin Grcic
