Stine Gam was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1975. She is educated architect with a master in furniture design. Enrico Fratesi was born in Pesaro, Italy in 1978. He has studied architecture and graduated with a master in industrial design. Gam and Fratesi gained experience as architects in several architecture studio in Japan and Scandinavia before establishing their own design studio in 2006.
The studio is based in Copenhagen, though Gam and Fratesi are continuously traveling between Italy and Denmark for development and research of new projects. GamFratesi’s design takes its creative drive from a fusion of tradition and renewal and in an experimental approach to their chosen materials and techniques. With their dual traditional background, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi draw on the classic Danish furniture and craft tradition as well as the classic Italian intellectual and conceptual approach. Understanding a tradition and addressing it actively in the workshop makes it possible to expand on it. From this cross-cultural substrate they create furniture that respectfully reflects tradition while also featuring unique embedded stories, symbols and associations, often expressed in a minimalist idiom.
GamFratesi aim to create furniture that illustrates the process and the techniques that created it, and which reflect a persistent exploration of the diverse border zone between harmony and disharmony. GamFratesi have received significant awards including Elle Decoration International design award (EDIDA) as International Young Designer of the Year 2013, Guest of Honor Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2014, selection Compasso D’oro / ADI , Nomination Best Designer Icon design award 2014, Vico Magistretti Award by De Padova, the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Architecture’s Good Design Award, Best Danish Designer 2012 by Bolig magasinet, ‘Walk the Plank award 2009’ and Best Danish Designer 2009 by RUM.
Their work have been shown in numerous exhibitions, Triennale di Milano, solo exhibitions at the Museum of Art and Design Copenhagen, Art Museum Trapholt Kolding, Palazzo Litta, Shanghai as well as collective exhibitions Mindcraft in Milano, Royal Danish Embassy in Tokyo, and Design Miami/Basel.
GamFratesi
semi matt brass
black
antique brass
chrome
black chrome
Beetle lounge
antique brass base
from 1558,80 €
Beetle lounge
chromed base
from 1378,80 €
footstool
semi matt brass base
from 862,80 €
Beetle lounge
semi matt brass base
from 1462,80 €
footstool
chromed black base
from 862,80 €
Beetle lounge
chromed black base
from 1462,80 €
footstool
black base
from 754,80 €
Beetle lounge
black base
from 1330,80 €
footstool
1689 €
lounge chair
4099 €
footstool
1249 €
lounge chair
3009 €
footstool
899 €
lounge chair
1869 €
footstool
1219 €
lounge chair
3089 €
footstool
1249 €
lounge chair
3289 €
footstool
1009 €
lounge chair
2009 €
footstool
1129 €
lounge chair
2729 €
footstool
1009 €
lounge chair
2009 €
footstool
969 €
lounge chair
1849 €
footstool
899 €
lounge chair
1869 €
footstool
859 €
lounge chair
1729 €
footstool
969 €
lounge chair
1849 €
footstool
949 €
lounge chair
1689 €
footstool
789 €
lounge chair
1409 €
footstool
949 €
lounge chair
1689 €
fabric Velluto di Cotone green 787 + Luce 53 piping
+ semi matt brass base
fabric Velluto di Cotone blue 420 + semi matt brass base
fabric À Contre Jour rosa tramonto 005
+ semi matt brass base
fabric Colline 118 + black leather piping
+ semi matt brass base
fabric Pfauenauge M7829A05 + Luce 17 piping
+ semi matt brass base
fabric Silkbird Jaquard 002 + Luce 17 piping
+ semi matt brass base
fabric Korb MC741E00 + Luce 13 piping
+ black chrome base
Ready-made Beetle lounge
The Beetle lounge chair can be made on order with a wide range of fabrics and leather. If you need fabric samples, we will gladly send them freely to you (against deposit). Do not hesitate to contact us to talk directly of your project. Lead-time approx. 6-8 weeks.
Legs black, chrome, black chrome, semi matt brass, Antique brass
customize your Beetle
GamFratesi is a partnership between Stine Gam (1975-), danish, and Enrico Fratesi (1978-), italian. Several of the studio's designs play with the contours established by designers such as Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, using new proportions, materials and constructions to challenge the look of contemporary furniture archetypes. The Beetle Lounge chair was born of this research on the legacy of the great masters of Scandinavian design.
The seat and back are made of laminated moulded veneer 10mm thick. This fully upholstered chair is available in a wide range of fabrics or leathers. The seat and Beetle chair back are made of plywood 10 mm thick. They are covered with foam and fabric or leather. The base is available in black powder coated steel, chrome, black chrome, semi matt brass or in Antique brass. The Beetle chair is non-stackable.
Dimensions H82 x D63 x W72cm. Seat height 36cm.
Legs black, chrome, black chrome, semi matt brass, Antique brass
Pierre Frey Mauritius + semi matt brass base
Pierre Frey Jungle + black leather piping + black base
fabric Backhausen Jardin MC397B05 + black base
fabric Backhausen Jardin MC397B03 + Velluto 130 piping black base
fabric Dedar About Flowers 4 + semi matt brass base
Black Sierra leather + black base
fabric Remix Black 183 + black base
fabric Velluto di cotone green 234 + semi matt brass base
