HANNE WILLMANN

For Hanne Willmann, design begins in direct dialogue with the material. Her design process is shaped by a deep appreciation for craftsmanship, for precision in execution, and for the sensory experience of surfaces and forms. She approaches concrete, glass, wood, and metal with a fine sensitivity to their individual properties. She explores their possibilities, respects their idiosyncrasies, and brings out their natural beauty. This gives rise to objects whose soft, inviting contours are underpinned by a quiet clarity. Her craftsmanship is palpable in every detail: the care with which an edge is refined, a transition shaped, a surface perfected. Her designs possess an effortless serenity and a sensory presence that is often fully revealed only through touch.

Christian Haas

Christian Haas understands reduction as the art of making the essential visible without losing sensuality. His designs are characterized by clear silhouettes, finely tuned proportions, and a subtle tension between rigor and softness. Haas works with porcelain, glass, wood, or stone—he is interested in the particular sensitivity of each material and the way craftsmanship makes it tangible. Working in close collaboration with manufacturers and artisans, he creates objects that impress with precise details, tactile surfaces, and an understated elegance. Their beauty lies in the conscious interplay of form, material, and permanence.

Milena Kling

In Milena Kling’s work, glass becomes a vibrant material full of movement, light, and surprising textures. She harnesses the heat and malleability of molten glass to combine traditional glassblowing with experimental fabrication techniques. Her creative approach is shaped by a direct engagement with the material, a curiosity for craftsmanship, and a willingness to question conventional manufacturing processes. She uses the tension between controlled shaping and the unpredictable reactions of the material as a starting point for her designs. Her sculptural objects retain the traces of their creation and reveal the sensual diversity of glass.

Moio Studio

Maia Beyrouti explores the primal power of ceramic materials through her Moïo Studio. Her handcrafted objects evoke eroded rock, architectural fragments, and mineral landscapes. Rough textures meet fluid, glossy glazes, while solid forms are punctuated by surprisingly delicate details. Sand, ash, and natural clay become integral to her experimental glaze recipes. In this process, she deliberately allows the materials and the unpredictable reactions of the firing process to take their course. The result is sculptural one-of-a-kind pieces whose surfaces reveal a sense of artisanal curiosity, geological traces, and the beauty of imperfection.

Federica Biasi

Federica Biasis’s designs are characterized by soft contours, fluid transitions, and precisely placed details. She combines clear geometric basic forms with gentle curves, lending her objects a sensual lightness. Her sensitivity to materials and craftsmanship is evident in carefully crafted surfaces, delicate joints, and balanced proportions. In doing so, she reduces forms to their essentials without sacrificing warmth, expression, or subtle playfulness.

Fabian Freytag

Fabian Freytag thinks in terms of stories, striking contrasts, and unusual connections. As an interior designer, he develops distinctive spatial concepts in which colors, patterns, and objects become highly expressive productions. With a confident sense of drama, playful subversions, and unexpected combinations, he challenges design conventions. His concepts move between irony and elegance, extravagance and lightness. Every detail follows an overarching idea that not only shapes spaces but also gives them a unique narrative.

Hoffmann Kahleyss Design

In the design studio Hoffmann Kahleyss, two different temperaments meet, complementing each other like light and shadow: one brings out what the other highlights. Birgit Hoffmann opens up new design possibilities with spontaneity and a love of experimentation, while Christoph Kahleyss brings structure and constructive precision. Both designers are rooted in craftsmanship—she in ceramics, he in carpentry. Both combine this with a profound understanding of materials, proportions, and craftsmanship. Their designs are characterized by the interplay of soft, organic forms and clean lines, of generous volumes and delicate details.

ILJA HUBER

Ilja Huber’s design philosophy is rooted in craftsmanship. A trained toolmaker, he combines technical expertise with a curiosity to explore industrial and artisanal manufacturing processes in new ways. His designs are characterized by clean geometries, thoughtful functionality, and meticulously crafted details. He deliberately seeks out the unexpected: a surprising transition, an unconventional construction, or a playful variation on familiar forms. The result is a collection of objects that feel inherently right, surprising precisely through their structural sophistication.