Greta Grossman

It’s not often that history opens up to acknowledge a long-lost icon. And yet interest in Greta Grossman furniture and lighting has skyrocketed recently, largely due to the reintroduction of her designs by Danish design house Gubi. All sophisticated silhouettes and organic textures, designs like the Grasshopper Floor Lamp have a timeless, hypnotic allure — as avant-garde today as they were back then. In mixing materials like wood, plastic and metal, she was a master of contrast, as much in demand during her heyday as other icons like Charles & Ray Eames.