Benjamin Bigot

Fancy custom-made shoes

Benjamin Bigot devotes all his passion to the traditional shoemaking techniques, while at the same time applying his ideas to modernize and re-define the tradition of his craft. His employers include the maker of luxury shoesJohn Lobb, as well as companies specializing in orthopedic shoes. Nowadays, Bigot’s customers can explore the 200 work steps involved, starting from taking measurements and creating a last to the finished shoe, in his workshop in Karlsruhe.

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Ava Boemeke

aesthetics of imperfection

In the search of the interaction between design and art Ava Boemeke’s signalises her work as product designer. With the aid of an experimental and playful way of working, she is designing new concepts for a different awareness of things. Inspired by the use of forms and structures from nature and our everyday life, as well as her fascination for the imperfect, mortality and unobtrusive aesthetic she is creating her ideas.

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MOK backback
H 43 cm x W 31 cm x D 12,5 cm, 12 liter
material: needle felt

MOK is a timeless seamless backpack. Characteristic is its form and the design reduced to the basics. In 2015 MOK was nominated for the State Award North-Rhine Westphalia.

279 €

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Cloud armchair
H 78 x W 60 x D 45 cm
material: oak, spruce, natural resin, stain

The frame of a 70s armchair chair, which had been saved from a Bremen pub, was supplemented by a newly designed seat and backrest. These were bent and pickled by layer gluing before processing. The diluted stain was painstakingly applied, which makes the armchair to an unique piece.

480 €

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Nord-Süd bookshelf
H 191,5 x W 43,5 x D 22,5 cm
material: oak, spruce, natural resin, gold leaf 23 carat

Symbiotically, the approximately 200-years old cabinet from Southern Germany and the shelf corpus merge into each other and form a finished object. The elaborate carvings in the doorstep are detailed and accurate witnesses of the time and make North-South to an unique piece. The gilded traces of use pay respect to the age of the cupboard and are a special detail of the entire design. The reduced design vocabulary of the shelf embodies the function and illustrates how the harmonious contrast can be formed from the old and the new.

1.580 €

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TUCHDRUCK JONAS & CLAUSZNITZER

silk scarves in a particular kind

Since 2013, under the name Tuchdruck JONAS & CLAUSZNITZER, Britta Jonas & Irina Clausnitzer have been printing silk- screen scarves in small editions. Each motif is printed in limited numbers on high – quality satin silk in various colours. In the collection there are standard long scarves and big squares. Works of art that are a pleasure to wear! Each scarf is unique, a lovingly hand – made special adorn- ment.

www.tuchdruck.de