Germans Ermičs (b. 1985) is a Latvian designer, who lives and works in Amsterdam. For the past few years, Ermičs has crafted refined and ethereal pieces of glass furniture with exquisite chromatic expressions. Like the minimalists of California’s Light and Space Movement, Ermičs explores the field of color and materials to catalyze a shift in how we perceive objects and space. After studying design in Denmark, he carried out an internship at the Rasmus Koch Studio (Copenhagen) where he developed his skills in graphic design. In 2007, he co-founded the Latvian culture magazine Veto, serving as art director, while studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the department Man & Living, where his primary focus was on furniture and interiors. In 2014, he founded his own studio in Amsterdam. Ermičs was awarded the Wallpaper* Design Awards in 2017 and 2018, and has realized important site-specific installations and collaborations with Instagram and Bang & Olufsen, among others. Ermičs’ works have been exhibited worldwide in museums such as Toyama Museum of Art & Design, Japan, and Designmuseum Danmark.
Exhibitions:
2021
Modernism Crystallized. Family Affair, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2020
Radiant, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2019
Where the Rainbow Ends, Collaboration with Instagram, Cannes
A Slant of Light, Palazzo Biscari, Catania
PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris
Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel
PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London
Vers d’Autres Rives, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris
2018
Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel
PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris
PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London
The Salon, Galerie Maria Wettergren, New York
2017
Dialogue with materials, Toyama Museum of Art & Design
Side by Side, Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen
Retina, kim?, Riga
Morphosis, Schloss Hollenegg, Hollenegg
Talisman, Palazzo Clerici, Milan
Rossana Orlandi, Salone del Mobile, Milan
International Summer School of Design, Riga
2016
RGA Rocket, Miami
Gallery S. Bensimon, Paris
Design Parade 11, Villa Noailles, Hyères
Sight Unseen Offsite, New York
Rossana Orlandi, Salone del Mobile, Milan
2015
Mint, Londond design festival, London
Gallery S. Bensimon, Paris
Favoris #01 curated by Moustache, Paris
Dutch Invertuals, D’Days, Paris
Dutch Design Exhibition, Beirut Design Week, Beirut
Rossana Orlandi, Salone del Mobile, Milan
Dutch Invertuals, Salone del Mobile, Milan
2012
Eat Drink Design, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Mint, Londond design festival, London
50, Salone del Mobile, Milan
Rossana Orlandi, Salone del Mobile, Milan
JUSTMAD, contemporary artfair, Madrid
2011
Graduation Galleries, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
