Robert Stadler was born in Vienna, Austria. and lives and works in Paris. He graduated in Industrial Design at IED/Milan and at ENSCI/Paris. In 1992 he cofounded the Radi Designers group which was active until 2008.

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

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.

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