Susanne Schneider and Johannes Schweiger
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Susanne Schneider and Johannes Schweiger are WIENER TIMES, based in Vienna, Austria.
Balancing on the edge of design, crafts, art and decoration WIENER TIMES fabricate objects of use with a distinct, elegant style yet edgy. The emphasis is on textiles. The pieces are all created with an intense focus on the crafted detail and are actively questioning and pushing the lines between abstraction and function.
Wiener Times was born almost ten years ago from a shared passion of textiles and fabric design. Through explorations, experimentations, and research across various archives and libraries, it became clear to Susanne and Johannes over the years that a relationship between Viennese Heritage and the work that Wiener Times does was emerging, from digging deep into the vast empires of ornamentation and turning to the gilded spirit of the last century vis-à-vis Jugendstil, the Vienna Secession, and Wiener Werkstätte for inspiration.
Over the last five years, Wiener Times has been working with fabrics from the legendary Austrian textile manufacturer Backhausen for the collections of cushions, bolsters, quilts, and travel pillows for the home. Their 173-year-old history decisively imbues all objects with an unmistakable character – fabrics with history – in their intimate leanings in the domestic space. The opulent, colourful designs by Dagobert Peche and the rigid, geometric designs by Joseph Hoffmann open up new perspectives and narratives when juxtaposed with designs by William Morris, Sanderson, Kvadrat, Rubelli Venezia, Gastón y Daniela or Designs of the Time – just to name a few.
