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Neighborhood after neighbourhood, designer after designer, Passionswege helps tourists, citizens and experts to discover the last – not many, but not few either – craft workshops that are still present and well-integrated into the urban fabric. “A rather unique situation,” explains the director of the festival, Lilli Hollein, who conceived the format in 2005 and now manages it with Gabriel Roland and the support of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. The "Paths of Passion" connect small, hyper-specialised companies with young Viennese and European designers. The workshops are always located in the festival district that changes every year. This year it was the turn the ninth district, the district of Alsergrund, to welcome six manufacturers, eight designers and many artists. This process of discovery and continuous exchange leads to unexpected results. It is a special format that raises many questions, reveals aspects that are not well known even by the locals and, as a result, creates projects that go far beyond the usual commercial activities.
- Event:
- VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2019. Passionswege
- Opening dates:
- 27 September – 5 October 2019
- Curated by:
- Lilli Hollein, Gabriel Roland
- Designers:
- Studio Sain, Studiotut, Teemu Salonen, Teresa Berger, Ville Kokkonen, Erli Grünzweil, Susanna Hofer
- Craftsmen:
- Drechsler Hermann Viehauser, Tischlerei Bretschneider, Glas Bauer, Galvanik Austria, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar

Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
Studio Sain in Vienna worked with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser, a workshop specialised in woodturning. Thanks to the experience acquired over two generations, Namuun Zimmermann and Martijn Rigters have created a small collection of furniture: two lamps, a mirror and a tapered shelf.
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Studio Sain con Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Studio Sain with Drechsler Hermann Viehauser
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
The Finnish designer Teemu Salonen got “matched up” with the Glas Bauer workshop, where people usually go to have the glass of a window or frame repaired. But master glassmaker Reinhard Bauer also keeps alive the technique of medieval stained glass, with small pieces of stained glass and lead partitions. Salonen has challenged him to use this ancient technique to create something new. The result is a precious and contemporary table lamp.
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen con Glas Bauer
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Teemu Salonen with Glas Bauer
Book of sketches
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
Studiotut worked with the carpentry workshop Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt. The workshops are a meeting place - for materials and shapes, innovative approaches, tradition and skills – as well as for people working together. Marie Nemeth and Silvia Stocker have imagined a series of chairs that tell the story of who created them.
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
Marie Nemeth and Silvia Stocker
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
Die Werkstatt, the entrance to the carpentry workshop.
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
Lilli Hollein
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Studiotut with Tischlerei Bretschneider – Die Werkstatt
Design sketch
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
Teresa Berger met the Galvanik Austria technique, which specializes in galvanic zinc coating the most diverse objects: from plants to sports equipment, Helga Tauer transforms organic materials into sculptures that last forever. The Austrian designer has decided to create a collection of disposable plastic objects, typical of our consumer culture. Cotton flakes, ball clips and spoons become poetic sculptures that warn us about the fragility of the oceanic ecosystem.
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger con Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Teresa Berger with Galvanik Austria
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Ville Kokkonen with J. & L. Lobmeyr
The glassware J. & L. Lobmeyr, which has participated since the first edition of the fair, has collaborated with the Finnish designer Ville Kokkonen. The result is a collection of sake glasses and a frosted glass lamp that uses thickness and transparency in order to capture and reflect light.
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Ville Kokkonen with J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Ville Kokkonen con J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Ville Kokkonen with J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Ville Kokkonen con J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Ville Kokkonen con J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Ville Kokkonen with J. & L. Lobmeyr
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer with Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
How to create something new in collaboration with a laboratory that produces pewter figurines? Erli Grünzweil and Susanna Hofer, who work in the field of video and photography, have created a miniature world which oscillates between reality, magic and play.
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer with Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer with Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer con Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer with Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer con Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
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Erli Grünzweil / Susanna Hofer with Zinnfigurenoffizin Kovar
View of the workshop
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