VIENNESE DESIGN - Petra Stelzmüller

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“You, VENUS with a mirror”

MISTER HORACEK – hand puppet

If required: retreat The drawing “Rudolf Horacek in Mannswörth“ (1984) from the private foundation artists from gugging was the inspiration for this fancy glove puppet. The musem gugging is Austria’s center of Art Brut, and the subject of a head looking, as it seems, with big eyes out of a turtle neck is one of its most famous pictures. The […]

FLAMINGO brooch/ garden accessoires

der HABERER (a viennese slang word for buddy)

OPEN CALLS 2020 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

SIDE TABLE CIRCUS

Side table Circus Get ready for hard steel and sweet cocoa. Memories of my childhood. When I was a child every noon my grandmother used to send me to the structural steelwork engineering company right on the other side of the street. There I should fetch my grandfather in time for lunch. But in order to stretch […]

INSECT HOTEL „LIVING INSIDE MONDRIAN“

TALISMAN HUGIN MUNIN

Companion in the daily routine The talisman can either be a charm, a memento or simply a loyal companion. Like their big brothers HUGIN & MUNIN the small black leathern ravens have the ability to gently hold on to ideas and thoughts emerging within a day’s routine. As „a knot in the handkerchief“ they preserve precious thoughts and gently but firmly remind of their realization. The enclosed premium-quality aromatic […]

arbeit plus: trophy contest WON!

The MOUPIN Pika, [ mu:pin ] The Moupin Pikas, or Ochotona thibetana, are cute mammals with their home in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Highland. They communicate by high-pitched whistles. Their habitat are semi-deserts up to 6000 metres above sea level. Low oxygen level and the cold result in the Moupin Pikas having a high warmth-producing metabolism. Petra Stelzmüllers cuddlesome […]

VER SACRUM SHIRT

Golden Spring For Austria’s leading artists like Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and many more the Vienna Secession with its maxime „Ver Sacrum“ (Lat. Sacred Spring) was a way to light a beacon of hope for a new bloom of art at the turn of the centuries. „To every age its art. To art its freedom“ was the motto of the Viennese […]

Already in her school days Petra Stelzmüller's interest in painting was distinct. And despite her decision to ...

POSTER VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

OPEN CALL STUDIO PROTEST 2018

JAPAN in the kitchen & in daily life KOI Fish are a carp breed. Home of the Nishikigoi, the literal translation being brocade carp, is Japan. There the insect eaters are bred as edible fish, and at the end of the 18th century were also kept as status symbols by the peers. Their blaze of colour makes them a special feast […]

FAN AIR DE VIENNE®

Invitation for a summer flirt The exclusive summer-fan Air de Vienne® quotes two historic and traditional crafts in a remarkable way. The old Viennese petit point embroidery is „stitched“ anew via modern pixel-print. On premium-quality cloth Ikebana, the japanese art of arranging flowers, unfolds literal vivid bloomage. Petra Stelzmüller declares the fan as an accessory for hot summer days to be a […]

STAMP COMPETITION 2017 among the best ten!

RADO STAR PRIZE 2017 among the best eight!

cooperation newspaper “Presse Edition” “Petra Stelzmüller tells stories. As main characters her exceptional designer pieces captivate with form, functionality and individuality”. I take objects we use in our daily routines, put some colourful soul into them and this way try to raise a grey city‘s liveability and quality of life. So, architect of the daily life […]

ELEFANTIN ELEONORE

Cute baby elephant „Look, Eleonore’s already asleep.“ The cute elephant lady Eleonore is the one to accompany your children into the land of dreams. Cuddling with her in a blissfully soft bed of clouds going to bed and falling asleep will be just easy. Due to her shape she is either pet, bolster or simply cushion. Elephants are social beings touchingly caring for […]

“MAN IS BORN FREE …”

STAMP COMPETITION 2015

Every woman has more than just one face. In our personalities we combine many facets. Some of them obvious, some only revealed little by little. Empress Sisi, Simone de Beauvoir and Frida Kahlo were strong women, who put a lasting mark on their generations. „Be the change that you wish to see in the world “, as Mahatma Gandhi […]

LAVANDER SACHETS

Scented souvenirs „You are standing in front of the vast fields of purple lavender in full bloom, bees are buzzing among the blossoms, the fragrance of the Provencal herb is spread by the mediterranean breeze while the chirping of the cicadas is the only sound you can hear: This is what the LAVENDER SACHETS bring to your […]