Hasta La Ideas

NOWNESS is pleased to present a new short by Stefan Henrichs featuring “lauded industrial design iconoclast” Konstantin Grcic fawning over Enzo Mari’s “Box” chair. (We’re also fans of the legendary Italian designer.)

Originally trained as a cabinet maker, Grcic made the bold step into industrial design before studying at the Royal College of Art, London. “As a craftsman I became so fascinated by machinery and this idea of working through the processes and limitations of design,” explains Munich-based Grcic… “The machine really forces you to work and think as a designer.”

Not that the video diptych is self-serving in any way—he doesn’t refer to his work at any point—but one can imagine that Grcic hopes his own Chair One for Magis inspires the same reaction from some of his admirers. Then again, what artist or designer wouldn’t want to hear a bit of high praise from one of their esteemed peers?

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