Robert Stadler was born in 1966 in Vienna, Austria. He studied design at IED/Milan and at ENSCI/Paris. In 1992 he cofounded the Radi Designers group which was active until 2008. The group created limited edition pieces for Galerie kreo and also major industrial design commissions for Air France or Moulinex.

In 2001 Robert Stadler set up his own design studio in Paris. He works for clients such as Drucker, Fabbian, Ghidini1961, Hermès, Lobmeyr, Thonet and Vitra and also has created a number of limited edition pieces for Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

His work is included in several permanent collections amongst which the Centre Georges Pompidou, MAK - Museum for Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna, MAD Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art contemporain, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Kunstmuseen Krefeld and Vitra Design Museum.

Stadler also regularly curates exhibitions amongst which QUIZ at Galerie Poirel in Nancy and at MUDAM Luxemburg and Typecasting - An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters at La Pelota during Milan Design Week 2018.

In 2017, You May Also Like: Robert Stadler, his first survey exhibition, was shown at the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau in Dresden, Germany. In the same year the Noguchi Museum in New York presented Solid Doubts, his first institutional exhibition in the US in dialogue with Isamu Noguchi’s works. Stadler’s presence in the US continued in 2022 with Playdate a solo show at The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut and START!, a duo presentation with the works of Richard Artschwager at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in NYC.

Photo: Julien Labrosse

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