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Architonic ID: 20231418
SKU: Mod. 8200-00
Year of Launch: 2005
Stool made of polypropylene available in black, white, pure orange, traffic red, wine red, light blue, yellow green. Stackable. Indoor and outdoor use, recyclable.
Mod. 8200-00 dimensions (cm):
height: 81 / seat height: 78 / depht: 40 / width: 47
Design Awards:
- 100% Design Blueprint Best Product Award 2005
- Interior Innovation Award imm Cologne 2006- Best of the Best in Category Best Item
- Red Dot: Product Design Award Winner 2006
- IF Product Design Award 2006 – Gold selection
- Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2007, Silver Award
Represented in following Museum Collections:
- Die Neue Sammlung, The Design Museum- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
- MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
- Art Institute of Chicago, USA
- Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy
Publications:
MIURA stool, photographed by Florian Böhm, NYC 2006, ISBN 978-88-902728-0-6
Concept
The Miura stool is made of reinforced polypropylene produced (injected) in one block. The innovative injecting technology as well as the requirement to develop a barstool for contract and domestic environments has lead to the characteristic form of MIURA. Optically this stool has a truly dynamic shape, of which construction and ergonomics are developing into a powerful and expressive harmony.
Technical details stool: Stackable stool made of reinforced polypropylene available in black, white, red, orange, yellow green, wine red, light blue. Indoor and outdoor use. Recyclable and UV-rays resistant.
As a supplement to the barstool the MIURA table was developed. Because of its material and function is highly suitable for destinations like cafeteria, bistro, catering industry, but also for private homes.
The three leg steel frame is manufactured by an elliptical profile and produced with 3D laser technique. The table tops are produced in various sizes (Ø60cm- Ø110cm and 70x70cm) and materials (metal, MDF or HPL) and available with a folding mechanism to stack tables together. The table is produced in 3 heights and available in black, white and red (metal only).
Application areas: Domestic and contract spaces, for Indoor and Outdoor use.
Technical details table: Table system, structure in powder coated metal, table top in metal, HPL full color in the colors black, white, red (metal only). With folding table top.
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Specifications
Material
Base plastic, Plastic, Seat plastic
Variants
6
You can visit the product page for these variants—just click on them!
Design files
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Designers
Profile Konstantin Grcic (*1965) was trained as a cabinet maker at The John Makepeace School (Dorset, England) before studying 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 some of the leading companies in the design field. Amongst his renowned clients are Authentics, BD Ediciones, ClassiCon, Flos, Flötotto, Laufen, Magis, Mattiazzi, Muji, Nespresso, Plank, Serafino Zani, Thomas-Rosenthal and Vitra. For Galerie kreo in Paris, he has created a number of limited edition pieces since 2004. Many of his products have received international design awards such as the prestigious Compasso d`Oro for his MAYDAY lamp (Flos) in 2001 and the MYTO chair (Plank) in 2011. Work by Konstantin Grcic forms part of the permanent collections of the world´s most important design museums (a.o. MoMA/New York, Centre Georges Pompidou/Paris). 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). In 2012 he was responsible for the exhibition design of the German Pavillon at the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Solo exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, 2006), Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2006), The Art Institute of Chicago (2009) and most recently at the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, 2014). The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) appointed Konstantin Grcic "Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (Hon RDI)", in 2010 he was fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome. Design Miami/ arwarded him the title "2010 Designer of the Year". Konstantin Grcic defines function in human terms, combining formal strictness with considerable mental acuity and humour. Each of his products is characterized by a careful research into the history of design and architecture and his passion for technology and materials. Known for pared-down pieces, Grcic is often called a minimalist but the designer himself prefers to speak of simplicity.
