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Timeless furniture4/25/2023 The whole field of design has become a huge magnet. Before, I always thought that Berlin was kind of provincial, but there are designers who are really on top of the list, if there’s something like this at all. But I really think that the scene has caught up. We’re not a part of it – our furniture doesn’t follow any trends. Of course, we know some people, but we’ve never really felt a close connection to other designers within the scene. I’ve already implied that we had some ups and downs in our history, but after we really crashed, we started anew. Back in the 1980s, there was a hype, but we only founded our studio in the 1990s. How would you describe the design scene in Berlin? How has it changed over the years?Īndreas Haußmann: Well, we’re really from another generation – we are like dinosaurs (laughs). We are a bit different, but we both have our strengths: Rainer is someone who is very skilled in the workshop, which I’m not, so we complement each other perfectly. Since you’re working as a team of two, are there any defined rolls?Īndreas Haußmann: We are not as close as like the Coen brothers, for example (laughs). It’s really the most beautiful moment when two already great things come together and make something even greater. So Birgit designed the vase as an addition to her own series of vases. We then met Birgit, who specializes in vases made of rubber, at an exhibition and my wife Gabriela had the idea that this was the right vase for our project. There’s not much left other than the use of a flexible material. It looked really great, but then we wondered how we’d ever get a vase into the structure. He made the first drafts of the design for us and we made the prototype. We’ve been working with Zascho for a long time and originally met each other at a fair and have since then developed a friendship. Can you talk a little bit about how this project came about?Īndreas Haußmann: We worked on this project with Zascho Petkow and Birgit Severin. One of your latest works is the ‘Blumenampel’, a hanging vase that was made in collaboration with other designers. Also, when we arrange our stand at the fair, we don’t make a spectacle out of it, everything is really basic. Take the ‘Herrenberger’ stool, for example, these stainless steel screws are selected according to the design of the furniture piece. This also applies to every little detail – every single screw is carefully selected. Sometimes it takes a bit longer, but in general, we always try to reduce rather than add another embellishment. Then, we make the first prototype and that’s usually a really quick process. When we start a new project, we first create some drafts and sometimes we can’t even remember where our inspiration came from. Our design language is minimal and that’s a common thread in our work. These are the basics and, hopefully, everything we do is as basic. What do you need for an interior? A chair, table, and bed. There’s a sign above your entrance that says ‘Chair Table Bed’… Can you talk a bit about what it means to you? How would you describe your design approach and what’s the process behind a new project?Īndreas Haußmann: It’s kind of a motto. And then after some twists of fate, we got the opportunity to hold our first exhibition here in Berlin and that’s how it all began. But we always constructed our own furniture as a hobby, since the rents were low and the lofts were spacious. Rainer was originally working as a car mechanic and I was a cameraman before, doing children’s films. We first started in 2007 with a small collection of three products and with the financial help of my wife Gabriela, who still keeps an eye on it from time to time, we went to our first fair in Cologne.Īndreas Haußmann: We both come from different backgrounds. One day, we were riding around with our bicycles and this is how we met our landlord.Īndreas Haußmann: Atelier Haußmann is Rainer and Andreas Haußmann. Investors are always looking for new spaces, so you have to really search for these kinds of places. In the hall next to us, there are about 30 designers living like in a commune. These days, this area also seems to be changing and is becoming more and more interesting. But when the rents increased, we moved the studio to Oberschöneweide. First, we were in Kreuzberg, then in Mitte. What brought you to this area of the city?Īndreas Haußmann: We’ve been here for a while now. We talked to Andreas about the studio’s beginnings, their design motto ‘We don’t follow any fashions’ as well as the Berlin design scene.
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