Alexander Groves
Born 1983, UK
2003–2006: Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK
2009–2011: Royal College of Art, UK
Azusa Murakami
Born 1984, Japan
2003–2006: Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK
2008–2010: Royal College of Art, UK
Awards
2018
EDIDA International Award, Young Talent of the Year
RIBA London Award for Best Public Space
Best Newcomer, Milan Award (nominated)
2017
EDIDA Japan Award, Elle Deco Japan
Best Installation for Engagement, Milano Salone Award, Italy
Rising Talent Award, Maison & Objet France
Arts Foundation, Material Innovation Award (finalist), UK
2016
Fast Forward Award, Architectural Digest, Germany
Winston Churchill Memorial Award, UK
2015
Telegraph Visionaries 2015, UK
The Hospital Club 100 Award, UK
SA-UK Seasons, British Council, UK
2014
Cannes Young Directors Award, France
SEED Award, New York, USA
Cluj Shorts International Film Festival, Romania
2013
PID Global Award, France
International Short Film Contest, Hungary
2012
Gold Medal, BIO.23 Slovenia
Green Award, BIO.23 Slovenia
Beijing Art and Science International Exhibition Award, China
2011
Victorinox Award (Shortlisted), Switzerland
Deutsche Bank Award (Shortlisted), UK
Collections
MoMA, New York
Centre Pompidou, Paris
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
MAO, Slovenia
Vitra Design Museum, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2018
Homo Faber, The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Halte à la croissance, Centre for Innovation and Design, Belgium
Common Good, The Museum of Applied Arts and Science, Australia
POÈME BRUT, Design Museum Gent, Belgium
Doppia Firma, Villa Mozart, Italy
Centre Création Industrielle, National Museum of Modern Art, Belgium
2017
New Spring, Art/Basel, Miami
Kogei, Toyama, Japan
5KV, Kvalitář Gallery, Czech Republic
REHOGAR 8, Museu del Disseny, Barcelona
New Spring, Cinema Arti, Italy
Mutations-Creations / Imprimer Le Monde, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2016
Ex-Evolution Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany
Fordlandia, Fashion Space Gallery, UK
New Territories, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
Brutal Beauty MARTa Herford Museum, Germany
Haar, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Ideas in Action, Shanghai Art & Design Biennale, China
2015
New-Craft, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Domestic Affairs, Shenzhen Architectural Biennale, China
New Territories, Albuquerque Museum, USA
Our Domestic Futures, National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Vita Vitale, Venice Art Biennale, Italy
What is Luxury?, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Can City, Centro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadani´a, Madrid, Spain
2014
New Territories, Museum of Art & Design, New York, USA
25th Anniversary Global Art Showcase Arts Brook eld, Los Angeles, USA
2013
City of Counterlight, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Surface Tension, Kitchener Museum, Ontario, Canada
Can City, Coletivo Amor de Madre, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
Art and Science International Exhibiton & Symposium, Beijing, China
Inspiring Matter, Henry Moore Gallery, London, UK