We make objects from the patterns that make everything else.

Geometry found in nature.

Repetition, symmetry and growth are folded into steel and crystal in Berlin.

 

The Story

Fundamental was founded in Berlin by two architects who kept the discipline of building. Trained in offices including David Chipperfield Architects and J. MAYER H., we began making small objects governed by the same rules as large structures: a lattice that carries weight, a curve that returns to itself, a surface that changes with the light. Everything we make is small architecture.

Our work has been commissioned by the Centre Pompidou and the Grand Palais in Paris, and sits on the shelves of the MoMA Design Store in New York, the boutiques of the Réunion des musées nationaux, and design retailers in more than thirty countries. We take this as a good sign: the institutions that guard the history of form keep choosing ours.

 

The Making

Everything begins as a drawing in Berlin. Crystal is pressed and cut, steel is laser-cut and folded, brass is stamped and finished, each technique chosen because the geometry demands it. Our objects are designed to be used daily and kept for decades. We pay great attention to the quality and provenance of the material we use. We assemble most of our products in workshops for the developmentally challenged here in Berlin.

 

Visit us

Our studio and showroom are in Berlin, and we like visitors. Come see the full collection, pick things up, tilt them against the light. Monday to Friday, 9–18h, Ackerstrasse 1a, 10115 Berlin. S-Bahn Hackescher Markt, U-Bahn Rosenthaler Platz. 

 

Sell with us

Fundamental objects live in homes, museums and collections worldwide. If you would like them to live in your store, we'd love to hear from you: www.gunnar@fundamental.berlin