Designer
EOOS
EOOS is a design studio from Vienna, founded in 1995 by Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann and Harald Gründl. German Wikipedia says the three met while studying at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the class of Paolo Piva. The studio's…
Biography
Background
EOOS is a design studio from Vienna, founded in 1995 by Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann and Harald Gründl. German Wikipedia says the three met while studying at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the class of Paolo Piva. The studio's own About page says it spent a decade on store design for clients such as Armani and Adidas, and set up a social design division in 2010.
Signature Style
The studio works with a method it calls poetical analysis, which treats design as a poetic discipline and uses intuitive images, rituals and mythological stories as starting points. On its site EOOS describes itself as an author-driven studio that creates furniture and products for international manufacturers in Europe and North America.
Notable Works
- Embrace Armchair for Carl Hansen & Søn (2015) and Embrace Table (2019), listed with those years on the studio's site
- Embrace series pieces for Carl Hansen & Søn including the E015 lounge chair, E004 chair, sofa and outdoor models
- Crosshatch for Geiger, MillerKnoll (2014), Sheru EVO for Walter Knoll (2023) and ST8 for Hussl (2022)
- Blue Diversion Toilet (2011), Social Furniture (2015) and ZUV (2021) from the social design work
Recognition
The studio states more than 250 international design awards. It represented Austria at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale and the 2019 Milan Triennale, and the MAK in Vienna showed an EOOS exhibition in 2015 for its 20th anniversary.
Collections
Products
Isanka Stool
Yuuto Console
Leadchair evo
Jaan Bed
E005 Embrace Armchair
EOOS's 2015 Embrace Armchair: a floating soft cushion in a continuous solid wood frame, 59 x 55 cm
E023 Embrace Lounge Table
EOOS's low Embrace Outdoor Lounge Table: untreated teak daisy top on a steel base, Ø80 cm, H38 cm
E006 Embrace Bar Stool
EOOS's Embrace Bar Stool in bar and counter heights: padded back, minimalist oak frame, 49 x 54.5 cm
E022 Embrace Outdoor Table
EOOS's round Embrace Outdoor Dining Table in untreated teak on a steel wire base, Ø140 cm, H74 cm
E300 Embrace Sofa
EOOS's modular Embrace Sofa: ten combinable modules, solid wood frames, feather-down seats
Kompass Armchair
EOOS auditorium seating arranged through a compact folding mechanism
Kube Armchair
EOOS folding auditorium seating conceived as a linear architectural module
Ison Bed
