TRENDLETTER 30-September-2021

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Vienna Insight: Re-opening of 150 years old Café Bellaria with new interior design interpreting coffee house culture The Café Bellaria CEOs and gastronomers Rubin Okotie und David Figar collaborated for the interior design with the architects of Vienna-based Büro KLK. At buroklk.com, the architects describe the approach to the remodeling of the 140m2 meter space. The starting point of the concept is the history behind the name, which means as much as 'pleasant air', with reference to the representative balcony of empress Maria Theresia at the Hofburg where today the Austrian National Library (Nationalbibliothek) is located. The atmosphere of bel air is visualized with light colors at the walls and ceiling as well as the dome. The furnishing in warm earthy tones with benches and iconic Thonet 214 bentwood chairs pays tribute to traditional Viennese coffee house interior...

Freywille jewelry collection 'DADA Dance' pays homage to Sophie Taeuber-Arp whose artistic work in performance, crafts, design, art is on traveling exhibition in Basel - London - New York The Hommage à Sophie Taeuber-Arp collection was launched earlier this year in time with the retrospective at Kunstmuseum Basel dedicated to the pioneer of abstraction who was active in various disciplines from crafts, applied arts (textiles like tablecloths, tapestries,...), architecture, performance, dance to painting. 'Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Living Abstraction' was produced together with Tate London (15 July - 17 October 2021) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (21 November 2021 - 12 March 2022). For the Freywille series, Sophie Taeuber-Arp's work...

Arts & crafts are in fashion for at home! Home accessories trends seen at the 'For the Love of Art' H&M Home collection developed together with artists who reflect upon nature and society The new home collection 'For the Love of Art' will be released officially on 7 October at selected H&M stores and online. Some days before the launch, H&M provided a preview of the arts & crafts items created in collaboration with female artists who mediate their view on the world such as the self-consciousness, power and fragility of women, the beauty of nature and cultural heritage, with illustrations and textile designs for practical everyday objects...

Vienna Insight: Home textiles by the world traveler Silvia Gattin. The fashion and interior pieces by the cross-cultural producer and store owner are statements for a fair society Silvia Gattin's new interior pieces have a fresh, sunny, optimistic look! The colorful ikat patterns of the latest range of cushion sleeves are made from a weaving of silk (80%) and cotton yarns. For the production of the textiles, Silvia Gattin collaborated with a manufacturer in Turkey where the traditional fabrics were made. 'Slow fashion' is central for the studied business economist's (International Business Administration) approach to participate in a fair and sustainable global economy...

Fashion.at tested a curator-like approach for scheduling via online map the exploration tour of artist and artisan ateliers on 16 + 17 October in Lower Austria
Another approach to the culture days is to travel curator-like to find hidden gems, promising new talents or already established artists by filtering the search after disciplines like painting, textile, jewellery, wood, sculptor, ceramics, etc. The database shows currently, for example, for 'Ceramics' at the region 'Mostviertel' 68 entries. One of them is the art and design atelier 'zerzer'. The forms Ulrike Zerzer creates might remind people of lava streams and the layers of earth. The sculptures are on the one hand artistic abstractions of natural forms and on the other hand objects of daily use...

Vienna Design Week 2021 presented the programme of events like shoe, bag design workshops, exhibition of a fashion designer's watch, pop-up café... Vienna Design Week provides every year views on the city from new angles thrown from annually changing locations of the headquarters. This year, it's the 20th district of Vienna named 'Brigittenau' where the base is located. The design week is for the first time directed by Gabriel Roland introduced by VDW co-founder Lilli Hollein who is since this year the new director of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts. Recently, the online programme and some details about the headquarters were released...

Vienna insights through the biography of the city's nightclub and bar legend Marianne Kohn 'Königin der Nacht' Marianne Kohn, managing director of the Loos Bar, is since the late 1970s a fixed star in Vienna surrounded by a vibrant circle of creative people like fashion designer Helmut Lang or musician Falco. Now, Vienna-based publisher Brandstätter announced the release date of the new book about the 'Königin der Nacht' (queen of the night) Marianne Kohn...

Vienna Insights: Beauty event with athlete Anna Veith... Austrian Olympic Gold medalist Anna Veith was the star at the GW Cosmetics event at Gartenpalais Liechtenstein. The former alpine ski racer and new-mum Anna Veith is known for her natural beauty. She is the new ambassador of the 'BeautyLash' products...