Erik Griffioen didn’t set out to be a designer but at some point in the creative process design found him.
Many of the chairs of his first collection are interconnected. From the first chair came a second, a third and a fourth. And each generation would produce one or two new designs. He allowed himself only to change a design to create a new one, by rearranging points and lines according to a certain number of rules. This method of working has made Griffioens work into a recognizable visual idiom.

Says Griffioen "My work has to be exciting from every angle, have character, beauty, quality of materials and comfort ."

After a few years he changed his way of working and broke with his own rules. He started designing more intuitively and more from his imagination but without losing his visual signature. This opened another creative door and resulted in a great number of new designs.

Erik Griffioen graduated fine arts in 2001 in Enschede Holland. After a few years of making prototypes in his free time he made his debut in Belgium at Interieur 08 in November 2008. He then went to the Salone del Mobile in Milan 2009. He has since then shown work at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, the Homes and Interiors Scotland Exhibition in Glasgow, The Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam and most recently he was in England for the London Design Festival where he showed work at 100 % design.

Exibitions & Awards

Selection by Neli Rodi Style Agency for Maison & Objet, Paris 2010

Hold The Line, Group Expo, Galerie Seine 51, Paris, 2010

Selected by l'OFFICIEL Design 2009-10 as one of the years best designs.

Interior 08. Youngdesignersfair. Kortrijk Belgium

Stockholm Furniture Fair 09. Stockholm Sweden

Salone Del Mobile 09. Milaan. Italy

The Homes and Interiors Exhibition 09. Glascow. UK

100% Design London 09. UK.

The Affordable Art Fair. Amsterdam. The Netherlands

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