Some people are totally indifferent to art. For others, art means a lot, or even everything, in one form or another. The similarities and differences… Read on
What are the roles of art and craft? In the summer 2022 print edition, we take a look at an aspect that typically preoccupies science-fiction… Read on
Until the 1980s, Germany’s jewelry industry was very nearly the world’s largest, second only to Italy as the global leader. Nowadays most jewelry is made… Read on
Before the year’s first issue of Art Aurea (Spring 2022) went to press, we too could not have imagined that Putin would invade all of… Read on
In a catalogue text for documenta 7 in 1982, the painter Gerhard Richter wrote that “art is the highest form of hope.” This was the… Read on
You can already guess who called for lives to be lived as works of art. It was Joseph Beuys, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated… Read on
Sie ahnen schon, wer ein Leben als Kunstwerk gefordert hat. Es war Joseph Beuys, dessen 100-jähriges Geburtsjubiläum in diesem Jahr in zahlreichen Ausstellungen gefeiert wird.… Read on
Art Aurea What has the past year of coronavirus meant for you personally and economically? Ursula Biskup First of all, I am happy to have… Read on
Like no other event since World War II, the Corona Pandemic 2020 has influenced politics, economy, society and culture. Despite all the hardship and distortions,… Read on
All crafts have in common a profound understanding of materials – or even a consciousness of the materials per se. True masters breathe life into… Read on
Born in The Hague in 1957, Barbara Nanning studied ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam four decades ago. Since then she has developed… Read on
Die erste Ausgabe des Jahres 2020 befasst sich in verschiedenen Beiträgen mit einem neuen Selbstverständnis innerhalb der Angewandten Kunst, das aus der gegenwärtigen Menschheitskrise erwachsen… Read on
Niessing’s design studio has a new home. Niessing’s CEO Sandro Erl explains that the studio with Nina Friesleben-Laue and Verena Darlath now occupies a new… Read on
The furniture and lamps of “Neues deutsches Design” [New German Design] had been a counter concept to “Die Gute Form” [The Good Form] à la… Read on
Art Aurea: You’ve been creating glass objects for twenty years now. Prior to that, you worked as a stylist, and created art installations with flowers.… Read on
In 1908, Georg Simmel published his Psychologie des Schmuckes (Psychology of Jewelry). The way this great philosopher from Berlin described the egoistic and at the… Read on
In the pottery world, the concept of simplicity is all too readily associated with functionality: the simplest form makes for optimum utility. Emil Heger’s creations,… Read on
Of all the applied arts, the art of the bookbinder is probably the one with the most contradictions. While it always starts out from a… Read on
Knives in every imaginable shape and size are displayed atop the long table in the exhibition room and on the shelves that line its walls.… Read on
In 1979 Niessing developed its Tension Ring and the “Niessing S” jewelry line in 1982. The company is currently in a phase of generational change.… Read on
Christof Lungwitz and his wife, a physiotherapist, live in the picturesque town of Leichlingen near Düsseldorf, in a house perched on a hillside and fitted… Read on
Since the time of the De Stijl and the Bauhaus movements many artists and designers from the Netherlands cultivate reduced shapes. Bernard Heesen’s work obviously… Read on
Gallery wire was originally used in the early days of industrial manufacturing as an ornamental material to embellish silverware, but is produced only rarely nowadays.… Read on
Art Aurea What was it that sparked your interest in ceramics in the first place? Morten Løbner Espersen I always liked to draw and paint… Read on
Our society has long since realized the importance of keeping hens in humane conditions. As a result, even average earners often buy free-range or organic… Read on
At first it was just a passion for him: Gigi Mariani started his career as goldsmith without a lot of fuss. Since 27 years he has been making special jewelry in his hometown Modena – by… Read on
He united an engineer’s desire to design things with the arts of the goldsmith and the sculptor. With his artistic oeuvre and the impact he… Read on
The reduction to the basic determines the life and work of the jewelry designer Carl Dau. A former sailor, he knew how to limit himself to the… Read on
Svenja John has been working with plastic sheeting since 1994, imaginatively joining and interlacing small pieces painted in multifarious colors, to form highly original, semiotically multilayered jewelry. Read on
Check out this interesting video by Ignasi Llobet and Eva Rodríguez. Read on
Watch five masters at work. Read on
The goldsmith Giovanni Corvaja once said that making jewelry is really only a pretext, a kind of apology that lets him stay constantly in contact with gold, an element that he describes as magical, a miracle of nature. Read on
What happens when gold leaf is used to cover the bottom of an oil tank? The Swiss painter Andrea Röthlin tried to find out. Read on
When the young product designer traveled to China, he saw the dark sides of modern industrial design. Since then, he has worked only for small, local manufactories and jewelers. Read on
Traditional shoemakers, who can handcraft completely welted shoes, have become a rare species. One of them is Norman Vilalta, who is originally from Argentina — and brimming with ideas. Read on
They named their minimalistic jewelry Just Sheet Metal, Mirrored or Nearly Nothing. Now simplicity and opulence combine in the Kaufmanns’ latest creations. Read on
Georg Spreng crafted his first piece of gold jewelry in 1983. Previously, this trained product designer from Schwäbisch Gmünd had designed things like computers or dentist’s chairs for eleven years. Read on
We might regret or appreciate the fact that porcelain, formerly referred to as “white gold”, is available today on every street corner as a mass-produced commodity. But it can also be something very different. Read on
