Avec Locker Box, Konstantin Grcic a conçu pour Vitra un accessoire pratique pour transporter tous les ustensiles de travail à la maison comme au bureau, et les ranger facilement en fin de journée. Disponible en deux tailles, ce petit rangement fonctionnel et transportable facilement s’adapte aux nouvelles méthodes de travail flexibles, pouvant contenir tout ce qui est nécessaire aux tâches professionnelles : ordinateur portable, clavier, papiers, stylos, câbles, disques durs, écouteurs… Locker Box se caractérise par une construction simple et robuste. Deux panneaux latéraux en plastique recyclé sont assemblés à l‘aide de tubes en aluminium. Le tube supérieur sert de poignée. Une structure de panneaux textiles avec des coutures soudées est suspendue sur les cinq tubes restants, formant des compartiments.
Born in Munich, Germany, in 1965, Konstantin Grcic trained as a cabinetmaker at Parnham College, Dorset, before studying industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London. From 1990 to 1991 he worked in Jasper Morrison's studio in London. In 1991, he set up his own structure in Munich, "Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design", which served as both his workshop and studio. Since then, he has been designing furniture, objects and lamps for renowned manufacturers such as Magis and Flos. An adept of a functionalism that is "contemporary, feasible and concrete", his creations are not simply minimalist, but radical, pure, direct and simple, while never repeating themselves. With the publisher Plank, Konstantin Grcic is experimenting with cantilever seating and has created Miura, a stackable bar stool with sharp lines.
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VITRA
Vitra was founded in 1950 by Willi Fehlbaum and Erika Fehlbaum. The design furniture company Vitra is located near Basel, in Switzerland. Starting in 1981, the brand Vitra expanded and opened many subsidiaries around the world. The founders spotted the Eames chairs, including the Eames armchairs, the Vitra tables and the office chairs created by Charles and Ray Eames, Antonio Citterio or also the Bouroullec brothers.