Johanna Grawunder

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Johanna Grawunder (born 1961 in San Diego, California) is an American architect, artist, and designer known for her work in lighting.

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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. [1]

Grawunder's architectural work and design art objects have been reviewed repeatedly by the New York Times [2] [3] [4] and architectural publications like Dwell [5] and Wallpaper. [6]

Works

Architecture

With Ettore Sottsass  :

Interiors

Industrial Design

Installations and Commissions

Limited Editions

Unique Pieces

Publications

Museums and awards

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

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. [25]

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