Konstantin Grcic

Born in Munich in 1965, Konstantin began his career when he moved to Britain in 1985 to enrol on the cabinet making course at Parnham College Dorset. In 1988 he attended the Royal College of Art in London to study Industrial Design and after his graduation in 1990 spent a year working at Jasper Morrison’s studio in London.In 1991, with this impressive base of training, he set up his own studio, Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design, in Munich. His collaboration with SCP began in the early stages of his career. SCP commissioned his first ever production pieces with the Bishop table in 1991 shortly followed by the Tom Tom and Tam Tam side tables in 1992, the Mono side tables in 1995 and the Prado desk in 1996.Since these early collaborations with SCP, Konstantin has gone on to develop furniture, lighting and products for some of Europe’s leading design companies such as Authentics, Classicon, Driade, Iittala, Krups, Magis, Moroso, Muji, and Plank. Renowned for his simple but ingenious designs he is often described as one of the most influential designers of our time. In 2001 his Mayday lamp for Flos was selected to be in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in 2005 Phaidon Press launched the first comprehensive monography about his work enColord KGID.In 2008 SCP played host to the UK launch of his critically acclaimed Myto chair for Italian manufacturers Plank which went on to win this years furniture category at the Brit Insurance Design awards. This year, SCP is proud to re-issue the Tom Tom and Tam Tam side tables, originally designed by Konstantin Grcic for SCP in 1992.