CLAUDIA &
CHRISTIAN
CLAUD CHRISTIAN is an award winning British design studio based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, representing the collaborative work and professional partnership of Claudia Surrage and Christian Cowper.
“Bold and honest. Christian and Claudia’s approach to design celebrates materials for what they are; expressing their beauty through form and proportion.”
Graduation of Three-Dimensional Design: Furniture & Product, alongside the study of ceramics built a strong foundation of knowledge on top of an intuitive creative grounding for the duo. A natural intrigue and sensitivity for form, proportion and material choice, combined with a sense of human and emotional connection, have allowed Claudia and Christian to create beautiful works often with a distilled simplicity.
Following their education and establishment of their studio, the pair have gone on to design in collaboration with esteemed companies as well as creating award-winning in-house designed and produced works.
With inspiration and reference collected from an array of sources, from modernist icons to ancient crafts and cultures, Christian and Claudia are able to generate rich pools of concepts and refined designs for a breadth of design briefs and audiences.
Press
Elle Decoration France (September, 2024)
Punktional Newsletter (November, 2023)
SCP - IWD Newsletter (March, 2023)
Magazine for Living (April, 2022)
Wallpaper* - Wallpaper* Design Awards (February, 2022)
Falstaff Living (January, 2022)
House & Garden - Sophie Ashby (October, 2021)
Interior Design USA - Neocon (Spetember, 2021)
Kommersant - Daria Krivolapova (October, 2020)
Elle Decoration UK - Kate Worthington (August, 2020)
Observer Design Magazine (June, 2020)
Contract Magazine - Belinda Lanks (April/May, 2020)
Ambientes Magazine (Summer, 2020)
Homes & Gardens Magazine (March, 2020)
The Tree Mag - Regno Unito (March, 2020)
DEAR Magazine - Tanja Pabelick (2019)
Wohn Designers - Sylvia Pilar (2019)
Exhibitions & Residencies
London Design Festival - Garro Éditions and Isokon ft. ‘Blue Kebab’ Textile ( September, 2024)
Stoke On Clay (September October 2024)
ICFF - New York Design Week (May, 2024)
Garro Éditions - Milan Art/Design Week (April, 2024)
Paris Déco Off ( January, 2024)
Brussels Furniture Fair (November, 2023)
Garro Éditions Official Launch - Collection #01 (October, 2023)
ICFF - New York Design Week (May, 2023)
Salone Del Mobile (April, 2023)
Now That’s What I Call Art 2 - Newcastle Contemporary Art (April, 2023)
Stockholm Furniture Fair ( February, 2023)
Brussels Furniture Fair ( November, 2022)
Bernhardt Design Showroom - NYC X Design Festival (May 2022)
Now That’s What I Call Art - Newcastle Contemporary Art (January 2021 - December 2022)
Collective Studio - The NewBridge Project (October 2020 - Present)
NewPro Foundry - Art Residency (June 2020 - Present)
The Zetter - Art Residency (October - November, 2019)
RAW at Mint - London Design Festival (September, 2019)
Design Fresh - 100% Design, London Design Festival (September, 2019)
One Year In - New Designers (July, 2019)
Pure Talents - IMM Cologne (January, 2019)
Northern Design Festival (November, 2017)
Young Furniture Makers (October, 2017)
Upcoming:
Brussels Furniture Fair (November 3-6th, 2024)
Awards
London International Creative Competition - Cannoli Sofa Collection - FINALIST (2023)
Wallpaper* Design Award: Best quiet space - ‘Bassa’ side table - WINNER (2022)
NYC X Design Award for Contract Tables - MIX Collection - WINNER (2021)
Ein & Zwanzig [One & Twenty] World’s Finest Design Talents - German Design Council - WINNER (2020)
Pure Talents Contest 2019 - Imm Cologne - 2ND PRIZE (2019)
John Lewis x Umbra: Design for Small Space Living Competition - 1ST PRIZE (2018)