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. Designs by Konstantin Grcic form part of the permanent collections of the most important design museums (a.o. MoMA-New York, Centre Georges Pompidou-Paris).
Most recently he 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 exhibitious 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 2009, in 2010 he was fellow at Villa Massimo in Rome. Design Miami/awarded him "Designer of the Year" for 2010. A comprehensive monography of his work was published by Phaidon Press, London.
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