• Source: Johanna Grawunder

Johanna Grawunder (born 1961 in San Diego, California) is an American architect, artist, and designer known for her work in lighting.
Her work spans a broad range of projects and scales, from large-scale public installations, architecture and interiors, to limited edition furniture and lights and custom commissions. She also designs products for select companies including Flos, Boffi, and Glas Italia among others.
Notable designs include Robert, the restaurant atop New York City's Museum of Arts and Design, and a lighting installation for the Luxembourg Freeport.




Career


Grawunder attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1984. Soon after, she moved to Italy to study, and began working for Sottsass Associati from 1985 to 2001. She became a partner in 1989. At the Sottsass Studio she was involved primarily with architecture and interiors, co-designing many of the firm's most prestigious projects with Ettore Sottsass. In 2001 she left to found a studio, where she has produced lighting object collections for different lighting companies and designed several private residences worldwide.
Grawunder's lighting work often consists of obscured sources in vibrant colors, which lead to unique and interesting glows.
Grawunder's architectural work and design art objects have been reviewed repeatedly by the New York Times and architectural publications like Dwell and Wallpaper.




Works






= Architecture

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With Ettore Sottsass :

Casa Wolf, Ridgway, Colorado, United-States – 1987–1989
Esprit House, Wels, Austria – 1987–1988 with Marco Zanini
Mayer Schwartz Gallery, Beverly-Hills, Los Angeles, United-States – 1988–1989
Casa Olabuenaga, Maui, Hawaï, United-States – 1989
Gallery for the Museum of Contemporary Furniture, Ravenna, Italy – 1992 with Federica Barbiero
Bruno Bischofberger House, Zurich, Switzerland – 1991–1996
Casa Yuko, Tokyo, Japan – 1992
Zhaoqing Golf Club and Resort, Zhaoqing, China – 1994–1996 with Federica Barbiero
Mourmans House, Lanaken, Belgium – 1995–2002
Nanon House, Lanaken, Belgium – 1995–1998
Van Impe House, St Lievens Houtem, Belgium – 1996–1998 with Gianluigi Mutti
Jasmin Hill, Singapore 1996 – 2000 with Federica Barbiero and Marco Pollini




= Interiors

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BRW & Partners – 1999–2000
GIPI, Panepinto Showroom, Milan, Italy – 2002
Beach House, Milan, Italy – 2003–2004
Casa Enzo Cucchi, Siracusa, Italy – 2006–2007
HK House, Hong-Kong – 2006–2009
Casa Rossella, Rome, Italy – 2012–2013
Casa Côte d’Azur, Monte-Carlo, Monaco – 2015




= Industrial Design

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Crack, Glasitalia – 2014
Boxy, Glasitalia – 2011
Colour on colour – 2010
XXX, Glasitalia – 2009
WAN, Flos – 2005
Wedge, Boffi –
Sunset & Swimming Pool, B&B –
Jazz Collection, tableware, Mikasa – 2000–2003




= Installations and Commissions

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Daring the Gap, with Konstantin Grcic and Timo Salli, Cologne, Germany – 2001
Motocross, Roppongi-Hills streetscape, Tokyo, Japan – 2006–2007
Percorso Illuminato, Paris, France – 2006, Galerie Italienne, Paris
Robert Restaurant, Museum of Art&Design, New-York, NY – 2010
The Singapore Freeport, Singapore – 2010, Galerie Italienne, Paris
Fendi « Un Art Autre », Tokyo & Beijing – 2013
5 W's, San Francisco, USA – 2013
Freeport Luxembourg, Luxembourg – 2014, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Fendi Miami, USA – 2015, Galleria O, Roma
Lucepiatti, Geneva, Switzerland – 2015




= Limited Editions

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Many Small Works, The Gallery Mourmans – 1995
Superluminal, Design Gallery Milano and The Gallery Mourmans
Air Conditioning, Design Gallery Milano – 1995
Abyss, Salviati – 2003
Mémoires de Chine, Mourmans Gallery – 1996
Lighting Management, Post Design Gallery, Milan – 1997
Fractals, Post Design Gallery, Milan – 1999
Lowrider, Post Design Gallery, Milan – 2001
Masks, Gallery Roberto Giustini – 2002
In The Desert, Design Gallery Milano – 2003
Arielle, Galerie Italienne, Paris – 2004
Street Glow, Galerie Italienne, Paris – 2005
New Positions, Gallery Roberto Giustini – 2006
Sakura, Roberto Giustini&Partners, Rome – 2007
I'm Bringing Sexy Back, Designer's Gallery, Köln, Germany – 2008
Cylinders, Friedman Benda / Afsoun, New-York – 2010
Giolight, Roberto Giustini&Partners, Rome – 2008
Davos Dilemma, Roberto Giustini&Partners, Rome – 2008
Primum Non Nocere, Galleria Antonella Villanova, Firenze – 2011
Corbubaby, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA, Paris – 2011
Big Sky, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris London – 2012
Noguchigogo, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA, Paris – 2013
DirtyToys, The Workshop Residence, Los Angeles – 2013
No Whining on the Yacht, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris London – 2013




= Unique Pieces

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Praga, Prague – 2005, Galerie Italienne, Paris
Sacem, Paris – 2007, Galerie Italienne, Paris
AA Furniture, Geneva, Switzerland – 2009, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Tempest WS, Private Yacht – 2009–2010, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
MLJ Furniture, Paris, France – 2009, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
LB Ceiling Lights, Paris, France – 2010, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Wind Ceiling Light, Saint Martin de Belleville, France – 2010, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Giant Circle Game and Crystal Lights, London, UK – 2010, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Joos Light, Saint-Moritz, Switzerland – 2011
Park Avenue Lighting Furniture, NYC – 2012, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
New-York Flat Screens, NYC – 2013
Kalligraphy Light, Paris, France – 2013, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Chopi Chopi, Private Yacht – 2013, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Giant Circle Game Light, Beyrouth, Lebanon – 2014, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
The Jay Z Light, Paris, France – 2014, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Madame Kate, Private Yacht – 2014, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA
Magic Cloud – 2015
Chanel Gold Bar, Madrid, Spain – 2015, Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Slab Table, London, UK – 2016, Ivan Mietton/ IMDA




Publications


Foreign Policy, Recent International Light and Design Projects, Marie-Laure Jousset, Galerie Italienne Edition 2007
Ettore Sottsass Big and Small Works, Johanna Grawunder Many Small Works, Gallery Mourmans Edition, 1995




Museums and awards


Her work has been shown and is included in many Museum permanent collections, including

LACMA, Los Angeles
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
FNAC, Paris
San Francisco MOMA
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
High Museum of Atlanta
In 2012, she won the WALLPAPER* Design Award " best use of colour " for the Boxy table made by Glasitalia and in 2010 " best lit lunch " for the lighting installation at Robert, Museum of Art and Design, New-York.




References






External links


Johanna Grawunder Studio

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Johanna Grawunder
• Ettore Sottsass
• Le Freeport
• Vishaan Chakrabarti
• Luxembourg High Security Hub
• Forum AID Award
• Languages of the Caucasus