{"id":2598,"date":"2016-11-11T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2016-11-11T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T14:14:28","slug":"vienna-design-week-2016-passions-run-high-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/lifestyle\/vienna-design-week-2016-passions-run-high-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna Design Week 2016: Passions Run High in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most interesting parts of Vienna Design Week<\/strong><\/em> was the \u2018Passionswege\u2018 or \u2018passion path\u2019 \u2013 a series of collaborations between contemporary international and Austrian designers and traditional Viennese production companies. Funded by Vienna Design Week, the project encourages both parties to experiment, free from commercial constraints.<\/p>\n

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Founded over 150 years ago Neon Kunze was originally established as a sign-writing company \u2013 the \u201cNeon\u201d was added in the 1950s. Dutch design duo Rens (Renee Mennen and Stefanie van Keijsteren) are\u00a0fascinated by the process of producing color with neon and made an installation demonstrating every shade of red that is possible.<\/p>\n

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Italian-born, London-based designer Martino Gamper, collaborated with 200-year-old glassware company, Lobmeyr, whose first shop opened in Vienna 200 years ago, but this wasn\u2019t their first project together \u2013 they worked together for the very first Passionswege 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Martino was back to play with Lobmeyr\u2019s techniques from cutting, engraving, etching and sandblasting \u2013 the wide range of glasses presented are the result of his experimentations. Lobmeyr will select their favorites to put into production.<\/p>\n

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Founded in 1922, the Kunstanstalt f\u00fcr Kupferdruck (Art Institute of Copper Plate Printing) has been led by Wolfgang Sch\u00f6n for more than 40 years, during which time he has produced business cards, envelopes and images using a technique that was widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries in Vienna, but is now a dying art-form \u2013 Wolfgang is one of the last of his profession in the city.<\/p>\n

During their visit to the printing house, Studio Es came up with the idea to communicate the classic motifs of copper plate printing using a contemporary visual language. The resulting collages and films were presented in Wolfgang Sch\u00f6n\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n

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Sweden-based Australian designer Glen Baghurst worked with master piano maker and restorer Felix Lenz to create the \u2018Grand\u2019 armchair from brass, black piano lacquer, steel, wood and leather, using elements and fixtures more commonly found in the fabrication of grand pianos.<\/p>\n

Slovenian Designer David Tavcar worked with Maria Stransky\u2019s Petit Point, established in 1932. When he visited for the first time, he was inspired by the craftsmanship of the embroiderers, who work at such a tiny scale that everything is done using magnifying glasses. A range of over 800 colors are used with up to 2,500 stitches per square inch.<\/p>\n

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In his Passionswege project, David highlights this incredible craftsmanship with an installation that \u201czooms in\u201d and \u201czooms out,\u201d translating original floral designs by Maria Stransky \u2013 roses, violets or edelweiss \u2013 into contemporary embroidery designs.<\/p>\n

With a history spanning almost 300 years, the Vienna porcelain manufacturer Augarten is the second oldest in Europe. They teamed up with Czech design duo Dechem \u2013 Michaela Tomi\u0161kov\u00e1 and Jakub Jandourek \u2013 to reinterpret a classic vase into a table lamp.<\/p>\n

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Its base has the classic shape of a vase of Augarten, but using the techniques and materials of the porcelain factory combined with Dechem\u2019s material of choice, glass, the team was able to combine the Viennese tradition of craftsmanship with contemporary design.<\/p>\n

Finally, Czech designer and graduate of the University of Prague UMPRUM Michal Strach created an installation within the workshop of carpenter Philipp Cibulka. Despite language barriers and difference in age and experience, Michal was able to communicate Philipp\u2019s key aim in life \u201cI am a carpenter, I would like to make tables and chairs, which is my passion,\u201d with a series of dolls house scenes made entirely from off-cuts from the workshop.<\/p>\n

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