Featuring: GamFratesi, Oliver Schick, Jacques Adnet, Jacob Gubi Olsen, Robert D. Best, Louis Weisdorf, Gubi Olsen, Bonderup & Thorup, Komplot Design, Gudmund Olsen & Greta M. Grossman. issue #2 A Global Design House on a Journey

Cobra Wall Lamp By Greta M. Grossman, 1950 Reedition 2013 Ronde Pendant By Oliver Schick New Design 2013 Gräshoppa Pendant By Greta M. Grossman, 1948 Reedition 2013 Semi Pendant - Metallic By Bonderup & Thorup, 1965 Reedition 2013 Gräshoppa Task Lamp By Greta M. Grossman, 1948 Reedition 2013 Bestlite Porcelain By Robert D. Best, 1930 Extension 2013 Beetle Chair By GamFratesi New Design 2013 Turbo Pendant By Louis Weisdorf, 1965 Reedition 2013 Gubi Dining Table By Komplot Design, 2003 New Design 2013 Gubi Chair & Stool - Center base By Komplot Design, 2003 Extension 2013 Paper Tables By GamFratesi...

gubi magazine circular oliver schick A rebel with From a The bestlite a british bauhaus legend architect Louis Weisdorf Decorative Arts Words by Adam Štěch, Anders Eske Hansen, Alex Tieghi-Walker, Cédric Morriset, Jacob Gubi Olsen, Julie Ralphs & Louise Zastrow jacques adnet Photos by Adam Mørk, Heidi Lerkenfeldt, Julius Schulman, Anders Ingvartsen, Packshotfactory, GamFratesi & Sacha Maric Artwork by Stine Laurberg Hansen & Delphine Piault Changing within Thanks to Evan Snyderman & Lily Kane, Sofie Brunner, GamFratesi, Oliver Schick, Louis Weisdorf, Boris Berlin & Alex Iskos, Pernille Brunse...

journey At Gubi we’re on a continual quest. A journey. Fuelled by our passion to discover overlooked icons from the past and future icons in the making, we’re aiming to make a distinctive name for ourselves in the international design arena and we consider ourselves a dynamic design force to be reckoned with. I firmly believe that curiosity, courage and intuition are key components for Gubi’s current success. To me design is all about discovering gems and following your instincts. It involves constant travelling – physically and mentally, searching and finding long-lost remnants from the past...

LIGHT SENSIBILITY & At Gubi we have a love affair with Grossman and it is essential to us, that this unique Swedish female design icon, who took the US by storm in the 1940’s and 50’s stays honored and remembered for her contributions to the Californian Design movement. gräshoppa task lamp color options among men, she quickly proved herself and got a sense of the craftsmanship and materials – she got a feel of the furniture industry from the ground up - something that without a doubt made her able to keep her designs equally aesthetic and useful later in life. Few have accomplished what Greta...

Cobra wall lamp color options The Gräshoppa Floor Lamp, Grossman 62-Series Desk & Masculo Chair by GamFratesi Gräshoppa Pendant She used new materials, introduced a playful nature to her pieces, and responded to the changing lifestyle of the modern California household. The most famous of these lights is the Gräshoppa floor lamp from 1948 and the Cobra table lamp from 1950, that also won the Good Design Award and was subsequently exhibited at the Good Design Show at the Museum of Modern Art. color options In 2013 and from exactly these two iconic designs Gubi will extend the Grossman Collection...

A car and some shorts In October 2012 the PMCA, Pasadena Museum of California Art opened the exhibition A Car and Some Shorts a retrospective show about Grossman’s life. This time in the US where Grossman first had her big break-through. In the press release for A Car and Some Shorts the lack of recognition of Grosmann’s (brilliant) talent is underlined: “Her role in the Southern California design movement has been largely under-recognized; this exhibition rediscovers her influential and rare accomplishments as both an industrial designer and architect.” Gräshoppa Floor lamp Organized by the...

How do you get from the first idea to a final model? A idea can come from a deep reflection or from a spontaneous vision. Often even in the most unexpected moments. Research and working in the workshop are very important to us and it is never just a drawing. We work strictly with the Scandinavian approach. In all the projects we are used to having our hands on the materials, working directly on the physical prototype. What is your fascination with insects? Why Beetle… We first designed the Beetle chair prototype for the annual exhibition Mindcraft12 in Milan curated by Danish Crafts. We found...

How do you maintain the balance between traditional & surprising? beetle looks Often, a small detail is all it takes to achieve or ruin an expression, and we are very curious about that. We work intensely with the balance between harmony and disharmony, believing that somewhere in between you obtain reflection. This for instance, can be seen in the use of piping on the Bettle chair which also defines the shape. It is particularly clear on the back where the two shells meet. You continually travel and work in two places… What do you get from this? Studying, researching and moving constantly between...

Paper Tables… There’s almost a contradiction in the name itself. How did this come about? It was not a project that was defined in advance. One day the placing of two sheets of paper suddenly created a focus in the chaos on the desk. By catching and enclosing in the confusion of lines in circles, they started to appear with a certain geometrical beauty and logic. The result is simply reinterpreted in the tables by the use of veneer. What has been the main challenge in the design process? For the Beetle is was the issue of merging the two shells, avoiding any visible connection, and resolving...

We’re on a Journey // page 21 We’re on a Journey // page 20 Japanese rice paper lamps The Turbo Pendant is Louis Weisdorf’s first product for Gubi and will be launched in 2013. spherical surface His unique sense of form, function and aesthetics is characterized by sculptural elegance and great lighting qualities. It is with pleasure that Gubi will be reintroducing the Turbo Pendant in the autumn of 2013, a glowing architectonic gem from 1965 which most certainly deserves a place back in the spotlight. beautiful sculptural unity Design of lamps and lighting has been a significant and noteworthy...