Katrin Greiling

Katrin Greiling grew up in Munich, Germany. After graduating at Konstfack in Stockholm in 2005 she opened her Studio Greiling in the capital before she left for a research trip to Dubai in 2007, working as interior architect, furniture designer and photographer. The sofa series Bidoun, which she designed with inspiration of the nomadic culture, received recently the award 'Furniture of the Year 2010'. Since July 2010 she is back to Sweden. Katrin is regarded by many as one of the most promising young designers in Scandinavia.

1978 born in Germany

Education

2000-05 MFA in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at Konstfack, Stockholm

1998-00 Cabinet making at Capellagården, Carl Malmsten School on Öland, Sweden

1997-98 Kunstwerkstätten Munich

Work

2010 Photographer for the second volume of Al Manakh, published by Archis and OMA

2009 Director Industrial Design at Traffic, Dubai (- 10)

2007 Interior architect for Limitless, Dubai (- 08)

2007 Assistant for Konstantin Grcic at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

2006 Lecture at Tama Art University, Tokyo

2005 Nyréns interior architect, Stockholm (- 07)

Abitare 504 SOS

Bidoun Sofas discussed by Jurgen Bey and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

written by Anniina Koivu

DAMn°25

On art and design in post-hype Dubai

Text by Adrian Murphy, photographs by Katrin Greiling

Al Manakh Gulf Continued

May 2010

published by OMA and Archis

Plaza Magazine Middle East

Summer Issue 2010

Independent Design Guide

Je m'appelle Moustache, page 174

by Laura Houseley

Thames & Hudson 2009

Architecture & Urbanism 466

2007:09

2010 Furniture of the Year by Sköna Hem

2008 Winner of the Traffic Design Competition

2007 Young Swedish Design Award

2005 Art of Shopping award, together with Åsa Arvidsson

2010 Hat-Hat commissioned for Wallpaper Handmade, Milan

2007 Young Swedish Design 06/07 in Tokyo & London

2007 Salone Satellite Milan

2007 Inspired by Cologne, IMM Cologne

2006 Forest Aesthetics, Je m`appelle Moustache and Beauty for all at Collex in Tokyo

2006 Swedish Design Award, traveling exhibition in Sweden and USA

2006 Young Swedish Design 06/07, all over Sweden

2005 Stars! Gallery Pascale Cottard Olsson in Stockholm

2005 Möbelcirkus at Gallery Enformsak in Malmö

2005 Forest Aesthetics Gallery Formargruppen in Malmö

2005 Forest Aesthetics Konstfack Graduation Exhibition in Stockholm

2004 Möbelcirkus live performance in Stockholm