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Cory Grosser
American industrial designer and interior architect Cory Grosser [1]

Cory Grosser (born 1975) is an American industrial designer and interior architect based in Pasadena, California.[2] Known for a minimalist style of design that he calls Happy Minimalism (TM),[3] Grosser’s multidisciplinary design studio, Cory Grosser + Associates, has worked with a range of European brands and clients such as Bernhardt Design and The Walt Disney Company.[4] [5] [6]

Early Life and Education[edit]

Grosser was born in Rochester, New York in 1975.[7] He had an "All American" upbringing and played on his high school football team.[8] Grosser earned an Architecture degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo then moved to Los Angeles, California to attend the ArtCenter College of Design. He earned a second degree in Environmental Product Design in 2001.[9]

Career[edit]

Grosser’s first big break came with his debut at Salone di Mobile Milan Furniture Fair in 2002 and he formed his design studio in the same year.[10][11] Since then, he has gone on to complete projects for Agape,[12] Bentley Motors,[13] Bernhardt Design,[5] BuzziSpace,[14] Coalesse / Steelcase, [15], Cumberland,[1] Frighetto,[16] Johanson Design,[17] MDF Italia,[18] Mogg,[19] SupplyFrame Design Lab,[20] [21] SpHaus,[22] The Walt Disney Company,[6] the World Wildlife Fund[23] and more.

While running a multidisciplinary design studio, Grosser has worked on a wide-range of projects from furniture and product design, to environmental design, and branding.[24] Notable designs include the BuzziShroom acoustic floor light for Buzzispace (2024),[25] Mulholland Chair (2022),[26] the Automatic Chair (2021)[27] [28] and the Astra Chair (2019)[29] for Bernhardt Design, and the Airline 009 Chair for The Walt Disney Company (2009).[6]

Awards and Exhibitions[edit]

Grosser won the HIP Award for Product Designer of the Year from Interior Design Magazine in 2022.[30] He was a HIP honoree for Lighting in 2024 for BuzziShroom and won another HIP Award in 2017 for BuzziMood.[31] [32] Previous awards include: NYC x Design Award Honoree for Mulholland Chair in 2022,[33] an IIDA Calibre Design Award for his work at SupplyFrame Design Lab in 2017,[34] and the Cristalplant Design Competition for Slide towel shelf in 2014.[35] Grosser won Best of Neocon Silver Award for CG_Table in 2011[36] and the ID Magazine Design Review Award for Gradient Collection in 2006.[37] His work has been shown in exhibitions around the world such as Salone del Mobile Milan Furniture Fair, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City, and NeoCon in Chicago.[38] [39] [40] [41]

Publications[edit]

His work has been featured in several publications and media outlets worldwide including Surface Magazine, who named him one of the “Top Avant-Garde Designers in America” in 2003.[42] He has since been interviewed on The BOM[43], Clever Podcast[8] and he appeared in the television series America ByDesign which was syndicated nationwide in 2024.[44]

Grosser appeared in book The Other Office Three published by Frame in 2018[45] [46] and The Hand of The Designer published by Moleskine in 2010. [47] [48] He is also in the 2007 Italian publication Avverati A Dream Come True which was created by several people at SaloneSatellite. [49] [50]

Academic Career[edit]

Grosser is a faculty member of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California where he teaches graduate-level furniture design and spacial branding courses along with studios sponsored by large brands like Haworth.[51] His teaching career and his studio practice are similar in theory and he has given talks and lectures about design.[52]

He has served as a judge in several design competitions over the years. Grosser is a member of Be Original Americas[53] and was a juror for the inaugural Next Generation of Originality Award in 2024.[54] He was also a juror at the Good Design Awards in 2019[55] and the Spark awards in 2009.[56]

See also[edit]

Reference[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Cory Grosser". Cumberland Furniture. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ^ "CORY GROSSER + ASSOCIATES product design on Architonic". www.architonic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  3. ^ "USPTO Trademark". tmsearch.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ Softfobia, Admin (2013-05-07). "Born in the USA". Interni Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  5. ^ a b "Cory Grosser". Bernhardt Design. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. ^ a b c "AIRLINE_009 for Walt Disney Signature by Cory Grosser + Associates | Short runs". Architonic. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  7. ^ "Designer - Cory Grosser". ESTEL Group. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  8. ^ a b "Ep. 72: Cory Grosser — Clever Podcast - Candid, Creative, Human". Clever with Amy Devers. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  9. ^ Winder, Mike (2011-11-16). "For Alumnus and Instructor Cory Grosser, "Sometimes Furniture is Too Small a Word"". ArtCenter News. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  10. ^ "Milan design week: Cory Grosser: 'Milan helped me start my journey as an international designer'". Yahoo News. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  11. ^ Madlener, Adrian (2019-04-24). "The founder of SaloneSatellite talks emerging talents and Milan". AN Interior. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ^ "History". Cristalplant. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ^ "Bentley".
  14. ^ "Cory-grosser". www.buzzi.space. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  15. ^ "CG_1 Modern Occasional Tables". Coalesse. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  16. ^ "VICTORY for Frighetto by Cory Grosser + Associates | Short runs". Architonic. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  17. ^ "Cory Grosser | Johanson Design". johansondesign.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  18. ^ "MDF Italia: Switch Modern". www.switchmodern.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  19. ^ "Cory Grosser | Designer | Mogg | Unlimited Design" (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  20. ^ "Supplyframe DesignLab / Cory Grosser + Associates". ArchDaily. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  21. ^ "6 Innovative New Offices". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  22. ^ "bucket 90". spHaus. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  23. ^ Williamson, Caroline (2011-12-13). "Turtle/Turtle by Cory Grosser". Design Milk. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  24. ^ "Cory Grosser, the multi-faceted design studio | Magazine Belles Demeures". magazine.bellesdemeures.com. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  25. ^ "Nature's Inspiration: Inside the World of BuzziShroom". www.buzzi.space. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  26. ^ "Mulholland". Bernhardt Design. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  27. ^ "Automatic". Bernhardt Design. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  28. ^ "Automatic Chair". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  29. ^ "11 Trending Designers Launch Seating Products". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  30. ^ "HiP Award Winners 2022". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  31. ^ "BuzziShroom from BuzziSpace for Lighting". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  32. ^ "HiP Award Winners 2018". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  33. ^ "NYCxDESIGN Award Winners 2022". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  34. ^ "IIDA SoCal". iida-socal.org. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  35. ^ ""CRISTALPLANT DESIGN CONTEST 2014": TWO WINNERS AND ONE MENTION".
  36. ^ "Coalesse at NeoCon 2011: Cory Grosser Shares the Story behind the "CG-1" Table". Core77. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  37. ^ PrintMag (2008-03-13). "2006 Annual Design Review Furniture Honorable Mention". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  38. ^ "Salone Satellite - Young designers showcase, Milan 2017". Design.daily. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  39. ^ Mutrie, Eric (2022-05-04). "NYCxDesign 2022: Preview of 5 New Product Launches". Azure Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  40. ^ "Preview the Standout Designs at ICFF 2019". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  41. ^ Williamson, Caroline (2018-06-19). "Best of NeoCon 2018". Design Milk. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  42. ^ "SURFACE Magazine Issue #41 Design Issue 2003 TAG They're It FASHION ARCHITECTURE". eBay. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  43. ^ ""The BOM" Episode 15: Evoking Feeling with Spaces w/ Cory Grosser (Podcast Episode 2022) - Technical specifications". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  44. ^ ByDesign TV (2024-05-14). This Piece of Furniture is Designed to Move With You | America ByDesign. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via YouTube.
  45. ^ Martins, Ana; Grieco, Lauren, eds. (2018). The other office 3: creative Worklplace design; 3. Amsterdam: FRAME Publ. ISBN 978-94-92311-20-7.
  46. ^ "PREVIEW The Other Office 3: Creative Workplace Design by Frame - Issuu". issuu.com. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  47. ^ Serrazanetti, Francesca; Schubert, Matteo; Fondo per l'ambiente italiano, eds. (2010). La mano del designer (1 ed.). Milano: Moleskine. ISBN 978-88-6293-531-9. OCLC 0601075611.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  48. ^ designboom, ridhika naidoo I. (2010-03-15). "moleskine: the hand of the designer". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  49. ^ Avverati A Dream Come True (in Italian and English). Italy: Skira. 2007. ISBN 886130335. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  50. ^ "avverati". Skira. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  51. ^ "Cory Grosser". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  52. ^ HACKADAY (2017-12-28). Cory Grosser: Understanding the Power of Emotional Design. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via YouTube.
  53. ^ "Members". Be Original Americas. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  54. ^ DeMeester, T. R.; Johnson, L. F. "Evaluation of the Nissen antireflux procedure by esophageal manometry and twenty-four hour pH monitoring". American Journal of Surgery. 129 (1): 94–100. doi:10.1016/0002-9610(75)90174-9. ISSN 0002-9610. PMID 2024.
  55. ^ "The Chicago Athenaeum". www.chi-athenaeum.org. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  56. ^ Kuchnicki, Peter. "Jury Alumni". Spark Awards - International Design Competition. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

External Links[edit]

https://www.corygrosser.com/

https://neocon.com/

https://www.salonemilano.it/en/exhibitions/salonesatellite

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