EOOS
Vienna, Austria

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EOOS

Zelinkagasse 2/6
1010 Vienna
Austria

Biography

Gernot Bohmann was born in 1968 in Krieglach/Styria, Harald Gründl in 1967 in Vienna, and Martin Bergmann in 1963 in Lienz/East Tyrol.

They studied industrial design together at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and then founded EOOS in 1995. The studio’s name is inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the name of one of the four chariot horses of the sun god Helios.

EOOS developed “Poetical Analysis” as a research tool, which the designers use to investigate rituals, myths, and intuitive imagery and employ as the departure point for their designs. For EOOS, design is a poetical discipline, which oscillates between the realm of the archaic and high-tech.
EOOS operates in the fields of furniture and product design for clients such as Alessi, Bene, Bite Beauty, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bulthaup, Carl Hansen & Søn, Dedon, Duravit, Fürstenberg, Geiger, Herman Miller, Hussl, Keilhauer, Lamy, Laufen, Nuki, Poltrona Frau, Walter Knoll and Zumtobel.

In 2019 EOOS designed the official Austrian contribution to the XXII International Exhibition of La Triennale di Milano with the project “Circular Flows: The Toilet Revolution”. 2016 EOOS represented Austria at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale die Venezia, with their project “social furniture”. The MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art – celebrated the work of EOOS with its first major solo exhibition in 2015. In this context the monograph “by: EOOS” (Birkhäuser/Basel) was published. In 2007 the EOOS founders were nominated by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and readers of the daily newspaper “Die Presse” as “Austrians of the Year”.

To date EOOS has received over 200 international design awards, among them the Italian design prize “Compasso d’Oro” for the auditorium seating system “Kube”, produced by Poltrona Frau, the “Black Bee Award” of the Triennale di Milano, the “Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany” in gold, 38 Red Dot awards, 19 IF awards, 18 Good Design awards, and several Wallpaper, Elle Deco, and AZ awards.

Articles about EOOS

INTERVIEWS

The Power of Water

4/5/2024

Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe recently opened a show entitled “Water Pressure – Designing for the Future”. Curator Jane Withers tells us in this interview how the exhibition wants to change our awareness of water as a resource.

REVIEW – STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR 2024

Pragmatic and upbeat

2/16/2024

“A test bed for new ideas” was the overarching theme of the Stockholm Furniture Fair from February 6 to 10, 2024. The presentation was by no means as prosaic as the title, and in fact it quickly became clear: This ongoing experiment is starting to get playful.

STYLEPARK LAUFEN

Creating a sharper awareness

11/30/2023

Sustainability manager Cristiane Kopp at Laufen, the Swiss bathroom specialist, explains in this interview what topics are currently the priorities in their sustainability approach and why the circular economy should be introduced at the local level.

DESIGN

Hardwoods, Hand-Made, Hansen

7/3/2023

Our author Claudia Simone Hoff paid a visit to Carl Hansen & Søn: In the factory on the Danish island of Funen she found out what is behind a classic furniture item such as the “Wishbone Chair” by Hans J. Wegner, sanded down a chair leg herself, and visited Knud Erik Hansen’s manor house.

REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2022

On the center lane

6/13/2022

Salone del Mobile and the Milan Design Week took place on June 7-12, 2022. What trends, contrasts and issues did the international event highlight? Our review.

INTERVIEWS

Planning More Flexibly

3/23/2022

Hubert Klumpner is a professor of architecture and urban design at the ETH Zurich's Department of Architecture and a founding partner of Urbanthinktank_next. In an interview he told us what is important in the planning of urban space today, what is lacking and what we can learn from cities in the global south.

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2021 – REVIEW

Knowledge transfer for greater appreciation

9/27/2021

This year, the Vienna Design Week offers a lot of space for design research, social design and experimental approaches. Its function as a multidisciplinary platform is underlined in numerous talks, workshops and tours. Our review.

DESIGN

A sofa for all occasions

9/8/2021

"Embrace" is the name of the new modular sofa by EOOS for Carl Hansen & Søn, which can be flexibly adapted to any need.

INTERVIEWS

Setting new standards

3/17/2021

Antonio Linares, Senior Managing Director Laufen and CNEE Division in an interview about the fascination of the bathroom, attractive markets and the importance of "Swissness".

IMM COLOGNE 2020

Documentation Center for Social Practices

1/21/2020

imm cologne 2020 has provided its annual update on the state of our lifestyles. Our review of the trade fair.

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2019 – REVIEW

Vienna Showroom

10/4/2019

From 27 September to 6 October 2019, Vienna Design Week presented local and international design positions.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2019

From bottom to top

4/4/2019

Nature's broken. What next? If you look at the XXII. Triennale di Milano, the answer is: rethink! What you can expect from “Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival” is what Paola Antonelli tells us in an interview.