... for the beautiful, handmade. Authentic, special in the midst of all arbitrariness. How about a unique item as a gift for a beloved, unique person? Or simply as an appreciative gesture to yourself? One of a kind for daily pleasure?
This défilé of unique collector's items and original product ideas is curated by the art historian Schnuppe von Gwinner, who for many years has been offering a unique platform for contemporary craft design - handmade in Europe - with her agency craft2eu.
October 2015 - Purple-red a monumental letter case traverses the Orangery of Leipzig's Grassi Museum: as a catwalk for the haute couture of European craft design! The spotlight is on formal daring, elegance, colourfulness and delicate surfaces. They bear witness to the mastery of their creators, who bring together craftsmanship and design in an ingenious symbiosis.
October 2016 - Metamorphoses of nature seem to have been swirled into the limelight by a gust of autumnal wind. Imaginative, delicate, swinging and surprising, they tell of the mastery of bringing together craftsmanship and design in an ingenious symbiosis. Inspired by nature in material, technique and form, they now celebrate their artificial naturalness - their natural artificiality - in transparent, light-flooded display cases.