Designer

GamFratesi

Founded in 2006 by Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi, the award-winning Copenhagen-based design house takes its creative drive from a fusion of tradition and renewal, drawing on both designers' experiences of Danish and Italian craft traditions. Renowned for applying an experimental approach to every project they take on, Gam and Fratesi aim to understand and expand on traditional techniques, lending each design they create both a visible historical context and unique, fresh aesthetic.

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This signature experimental approach is applied to carefully chosen materials, resulting in pieces that illustrate the processes and techniques that created them, exemplifying the design duo's continuing exploration of the relationship between harmony and disharmony, and how this can be illustrated through form. Every GamFratesi design has a unique story or inspiration that tends to be expressed through minimalist details, such as the now iconic Beetle Chair, which subtly mimics the carapace of its namesake.

The designers say of their process, "Our work is balancing between the traditional and surprising. Often it takes just a small detail to achieve or break an expression, and we are very curious about that. We work strictly with the Scandinavian approach to crafts, simplicity and functionalism, but there always happens to be a strong emotion to concept and story behind each work." Acknowledging the contrasts they are both often faced with in daily life, they draw inspiration from these diversities to create designs with subtle duality of function and beauty.

Designed in 2013 and first presented at Milan’s annual Mindcraft exhibition, the Beetle Dining Chair is the creation of young design duo, Enrico Fratesi and Stine Gam, and is inspired by the shape, shell and structure of the eponymous insect. GamFratesi found the anatomy of the beetle captivating; the structure is composed of different plates separated by thin sutures, and it is this external shell that supports and protects the animal’s body. All of these elements are perfectly linked and work together in a way that fascinated the designers.

Products by GamFratesi

Beetle Dining Chair Navy Velvet With Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£961.00
Beetle Dining Chair Dark Terracotta With Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£961.00
Beetle Dining Chair Green Velvet With Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£961.00
Beetle Chair Jabana Navy

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£904.00
Beetle Chair Jabana Dark Green

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£904.00
Beetle Chair Jabana Dark Pink

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£904.00
Beetle Chair Jabana Light Green

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£904.00
Beetle Chair Jabana Grey

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£904.00
Beetle Lounge Chair Jabana Grey

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,629.00
Beetle Lounge Chair Green Velvet With Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,595.00
Beetle Lounge Chair Navy Velvet & Brass

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,595.00
Beetle Ottoman Navy Velvet & Brass

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£893.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Black

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Pink With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Green With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Blue Grey With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Sweet Pink With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered New Beige With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered White With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£257.00
Beetle Dining Chair Front Upholstered Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£656.00
Beetle Dining Chair Front Upholstered Black Chrome Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£656.00
Beetle Dining Chair Upholstered Seat & Brass Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£479.00
Beetle Dining Chair Green Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£867.00
Beetle Dining Chair Navy Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£818.00
Beetle Chair Light Pink Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£867.00
Beetle Chair Dark Beige Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£867.00
Beetle Chair Olive Green Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£867.00
Beetle Chair Light Grey Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£867.00
Beetle Swivel Chair Sierra Cappuccino Leather

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,084.00
Beetle Stool Navy Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£971.00
Beetle Stool Terracotta Velvet With Black Legs

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£971.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Smoked Oak Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£320.00
Beetle Dining Chair Un-Upholstered Oak Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£320.00
TS Console Double Rack Black Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,440.00
TS Console Table Black Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£661.00
TS Coffee Table Black Base Medium

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£639.00
TS Side Table Black Base Small

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£452.00
TS Coffee Table Black Base Extra Large

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,396.00
TS Coffee Table Black Base Large

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£924.00
TS Console Double Rack Brass Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,622.00
TS Side Table Brass Base Small

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£511.00
TS Coffee Table Brass Base Large

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,045.00
TS Coffee Table Brass Base Medium

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£735.00
TS Console Table Brass Base

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£661.00
Masculo Lounge Chair Sierra Leather Cognac

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,365.00
Masculo Lounge Chair Sahara Leather Black

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,365.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Black Base Large

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£3,096.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Black Base Medium

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£2,433.00
Ts Column Table 130 Black Black Marble Base Marble Top Spec

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£3,096.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Black Base Small

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,483.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & White Cararra Marble Base Small

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£1,483.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Brass Base Small

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£2,241.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Brass Base Medium

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£3,363.00
TS Column Table Marble Top & Brass Base Large

by GamFratesi
for Gubi

£4,046.00

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