The Mayer’sche Hofkunstanstalt is one of the world’s leading workshops for glass design and mosaics. Renowned artists such as Kiki Smith, Georg Baselitz or Vik Muniz appreciate the 171-year-old house in the heart of Munich as a craftsman’s studio, material El Dorado and high-tech laboratory for the realisation of their visions. For the first time in its history, the company is now opening its doors with a selection of artistic works: while the works created here were previously reserved for their clients, they can now also be purchased on site by interested private individuals.
Small objects – including artists’ editions, freely created designs and found objects – are exhibited in a specially created Wunderkammer, which breathes new life into the former porter’s lodge in the Theodor Fischer building. Managing Director Petra Mayer is responsible for the presentation of the objects. Together with her husband Michael, she is the fifth generation to run the Hofkunstanstalt. In her Wunderkammer, the trained architect playfully mixes beautiful and mysterious things to create something unexpected.
Film by Johannes König at Melville Brand Design
Photography by Sebastian Berg
JOURNAL. What you might want to know…
The tailor-made suit is still considered the highest-quality and most individual version of the garment. German men’s tailors work in the awareness of covering a particularly wide range of the demands their profession places on them.
Laurenz Stockner’s artisanal work focuses on the production of driven metal bowls. For that he has been taught classic drawing and the art of goldsmithing.
Makers Bible visited the silversmith in Munich’s Glockenbachviertel. We have made a short film about Klaus Lohmeyer’s jewelry label.
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FINDER. Find your maker…
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The iconic Acapulco chair dates back to the 1950s, yet there is no registered copyright holder. Several brands and white labels manufacture the chair, some in Mexico, maintaining the original design but with varying qualities and ethical standards.
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The iconic Acapulco chair dates back to the 1950s, yet there is no registered copyright holder. Several brands and white labels manufacture the chair, some in Mexico, maintaining the original design but with varying qualities and ethical standards.
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Seven Elohim’s Makers pay homage to light, the universe, and creativity. Light, symbolizing enlightenment and human development, embodies brightness, warmth, and harmony. Across cultures and time, it has held significant meaning, inspiring their creations.
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Seven Elohim’s Makers pay homage to light, the universe, and creativity. Light, symbolizing enlightenment and human development, embodies brightness, warmth, and harmony. Across cultures and time, it has held significant meaning, inspiring their creations.
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Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu bring a global worldview to their architectural practice. They create a new paradigm that challenges traditional boundaries. Their innovative approach merges functionality, aesthetics, and cultural influences, pushing the boundaries of architectural design.
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Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu bring a global worldview to their architectural practice. They create a new paradigm that challenges traditional boundaries. Their innovative approach merges functionality, aesthetics, and cultural influences, pushing the boundaries of architectural design.
The Makers Georg Agostini and Lorenz Sternbach represent a design language that focuses on their alpine roots and furniture that accompanies its owners through their many changing life stages.
The gold awards for the cheese from Hofkäserei Englhorn alone speak for themselves: “International organic cheese award”, “Italy cheese award”, “World cheese award” and a gold medal at the “Cheese Olympics”. Englhorn’s cows are transported between high and low valley’s to the benefit of the environment.
A family business as it is written in the book. In ours. What we find so great about it: Natural raw materials result in natural products, because nothing is added that nature has not provided anyway.
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