If your fingers have been stuck to your smartphone lately, maybe it’s time for a change of haptics – at this weekend’s Zeughausmesse (13–16.10.2022). Held at the Kühlhaus am Gleisdreieck, the four-day event is all about exploring materials. Under one roof you’ll find artists and designers from all kinds of disciplines, including jewelry, ceramics, fashion and interior design. All explore materials and form in creative and often innovative ways. You’ll find objects which have a clear function and objects whose purpose is more artistic. The latter applies to the free-formed crystal elements by Veronika Beckh, made from glass that is cut, polished, glued and turned into shapes that elude interpretation but certainly not your gaze. Meanwhile, designer Anastasiya Koshcheeva-Rasehorn has devoted herself to birch, transforming its light bark into accessories and even furniture. For Birgit Wortmann the focus is on silk, which she uses to hand weave colorful scarves. The market gives you the chance to meet the designers and ask them about their designs, materials, production methods and uses. All handmade, these objects reveal a lot about their designers – and, no doubt, their future owners…
Text: Ida Marie Milonga / Photos: Frieder Reuter, Annette Lechler & Karen Häcker
25th Zeughausmesse (13–16.10.2022) at Kühlhaus Berlin, Luckenwalder Str.3, 10963 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
13.10.2022 14–18h, 14.10.2022 10–20h, 15.10.2022 10–21h & 16.10.2022 10–18h
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