Patrik Fredrikson (born 16 August 1968 in Malmö, Sweden) and Ian Stallard (born 6 October 1973 in Essex, United Kingdom), are two artists who work together as the collaborative art and design studio Fredrikson Stallard.
'How To Spend It'', 20 September 2015 Their

furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Fu ...

and

sculptures Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

are recognised as examples of the British avant garde.Eagle, Sam
“Fredrikson Stallard Biography”
''Design Gallerist'', 1 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2019Admin
"Fredrikson Stallard"
''Artsy'', 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2019Admin
“Fredrikson Stallard for Swarovski"
''Artsy'', 17 June 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2019

Early lives

Ian Stallard was born in

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England.Chalcraft, Emilie
“Crush by Fredrikson Stallard at David Gill Galleries”
’’

Dezeen ''Dezeen'' is an online architecture, interiors and design magazine based in London, with offices in Hoxton and also previously in New York City. History ''Dezeen'' was launched in London by Marcus Fairs at the end of November 2006. Its New Yo ...

’’, 13 July 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2019 Patrik Fredrikson was born in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

, Sweden.CW Contributor
"Our Evening with Fredrikson Stallard"
'Culture Whisper'', 31 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019Krejci, Petr
"Intoview - Fredrikson Stallard"
''Intoview'', 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2019 The two met at Central St. Martins in 1995.Turrell, Claire
“Patrick Fredrikson and Ian Stallard: Rocking The Art World”
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Harpers Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...

Singapore'', 18 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019 Stallard specialised in

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

,Admin
“People - Ian Stallard”
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University of the Arts London University of the Arts London is a collegiate university in London, England, specialising in arts, design, fashion and the performing arts. It is a federation of six arts colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea Coll ...

'', 13 July 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2019 ”Bloomfield, Ruth
“Two Artists Create Eclectic Décor”
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'', 7 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019 and Fredrikson in

. They began to exhibit their work separately at small art fairs in the UK, before they started their collaboration.Semperton, Jules
“Perspective - Fredrikson Stallard”
, ’’Pocket Mags’’, 13 Sept 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019

Career

''Table #1'' (2001) and ''Pyrenees'' (2007)were acquired by the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

in 2011 Admi
"Table #1 by Fredrikson Stallard"
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Victoria & Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

", 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2019 In 2005, Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard officially launched their joint practice, ”Fredrikson Stallard” at the Williamsburg gallery Citizen Citizen in New York.Bloomfield, Rut
"Abstract Expressionism at Home From their London studio, two artists create decor—side tables, wall hangings, seating—with an industrial edge"
"

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

", 7 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2019 Their practice operates as an artist's studio,AD Contributor
"London's Hipster Design Duo Fredrikson Stallard Make Waves with a New David Gill Gallery Show"
'Architectural Digest'', 1 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019 using natural and synthetic materials such as

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...

crystal A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

, fibre-glass, and

polyester Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in every repeat unit of their main chain. As a specific material, it most commonly refers to a type called polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Polyesters include natural ...

to create

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

worksMorris, Ali
"Grand gestures: Fredrikson Stallard’s latest work makes a bold statement"
' Wallpaper Magazine'', 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019 that blur the line between art and design.CW Contributor
"UK Designers Patrik Fredrikson And Ian Stallard Dissolve The Line Between Art And Design"
''Design Klout'', 13 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019Admin

'Damn Magazine'', 3 July 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019 Their process often begins with the creation of tiny models. Created in 2011, their Crush series included a glass table with a polished metal sheet inside it and a mirror with a hollow pocket on one side. The form of their ''King Bonk'' armchairs and footstools were generated by tying upholstery foam with string before using a chainsaw to carve the final shape from polystyrene. Made from fiberglass, the chairs were available in four paint colours, which were created by

Bentley Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs. Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded as Bentley Motors Limited by W. O. Bentley (1888–1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North ...

. In 2006, their work was exhibited at the

Design Museum The Design Museum in Kensington, London exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. The museum operates as a registered charity, and all funds generat ...

and works were acquired by the French National Art Collection.
'Rob Report'' (13 October 2018) David Gill Gallery has represented Fredrikson Stallard since 2006.
'Dezeen'' (30 September 2015) Described in an interview with Wallpaper Magazine as ''"Kings of avant-garde design,"'' they are perhaps best known for their vermilion-red sofas, titled ''Species'', which were sculpted from polyurethane, glass fibre and polyester and created for their 10th Anniversary "Momentum" exhibition. The pieces were first displayed at the studio's headquarters in Holborn, London in 2015. ''Species'' is in the permanent collection of the

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and was ...

. Since 2012, their studio has been based in

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, in an 18th-century warehouse.Stratford, Oli
"Fredrikson Stallard Interview"
,''Disegno'', 27 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2019

Collaborations

As a global

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of design for

Swarovski Swarovski (, ) is an Austrian producer of glass based in Wattens, Austria, and has existed as a family-owned business since its founding in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski. The company is split into three major industry areas: the Swarovski Crystal ...

Nadja Swarovski Nadja Lyn Swarovski (born 5 May 1970) is an Austrian-American businesswoman. She joined the Swarovski family company in 1995, 100 years after it was founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Wattens, Austria. She was t ...

first commissioned Fredrikson Stallard in 2007 to participate in Crystal Palace, at the Salone de Mobile in Milan. The kinetic chandelier they presented, Pandora, featured 1,190 crystals on servo-controlled wires, which moved up and down to repeatedly create and then destroy the form of a traditional chandelier. Since 2015, their ''Prologue'' sculpture, consisting of 8,000

crystals, has been installed annually, on The British Fashion Awards red carpet.Sherman, Lauren
"The Fashion Awards Goes Global"
'

The Business of Fashion Imran Amed is a Canadian-British fashion expert and founder and editor-in-chief of ''The Business of Fashion''. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honors for services to fashion. Background A ...

'', 6 December 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2019 Commissioned by

, Fredrikson Stallard designed the trophy for the

British Independent Film Awards The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...

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Exhibitions and collections

Their work is in the permanent collections of the

, the

in London and the French National Art Collection,. Their work was exhibited at the

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. They have presented group shows all around the world: Ming 1

Publications

Fredrikson Stallard's first monograph (written in part by design scholar and curator

Glenn Adamson Glenn Adamson (born 1972) is an American curator, author, and historian whose research and work focuses on the intersections of design, craft, and contemporary art. Adamson is currently editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques, editor of Journal ...

) surveying their entire career and, presenting it as a case study of 21st century design, is being published by Skira Editore in 2019 They have also self published a series of artist books: *Intuitive Gestures''– London: David Gill Gallery, 2017, Edition 500. *Hybrideae''– London: Fredrikson Stallard, 2017, Edition 150. *Momentum''– London: Fredrikson Stallard, 2015, Edition 350.

Awards

A work by Fredrikson Stallard was named one of top ten designs of the last decade by ''

The Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikk ...

''. and in the top 3 most collectible designs by

HSBC Private Bank HSBC Global Private Banking is part of the Wealth and Personal Banking division within the HSBC Group (as of 2020, HSBC was the world's sixth largest bank by total assets and market capitalization) They provide award winning private banking ser ...

. They have also received the following: *2017 – Design of the Year, Wallpaper Magazine *2016 – Designer of the Year, Nomination by

London *2014 – Best Trophy, Azure Magazine *2010 – Red Dot Design Award, Hyde Chair for Bernhardt Design *2006 – Fellowship to The Arts Foundation
'The Arts Foundation'' (02 March 2006)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fredrikson Stallard 1960 births Living people Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Art duos British sculptors British fashion designers Gay artists English contemporary artists