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Summer retreat that rather refers to a time in summer when nobility moved to posh seaside houses just for a change. You'll find such places anywhere in suitable places on the seaside or in charming landscapes all over Europe. Our retreat is the 700 years old farm Besenhausen in the middle of the lovely countryside in central Germany. A wide hall on the waterside of river Leine will host our summer exhibition which follows an innovative concept of presentation more like a performance of high class craft and design. »more… |
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...are at play. They recycle plastic and transform it into delightful objects, let precious metal blossom, create ceramic picture puzzels and trickle glassy colours. In the wonderland of tiny and great objects stories full of humor and poetry are told. Put them on your finger, drink your tea from them, fill them with flowers and go on spinning them into your own flowering fantasies. »more… |
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...is like paper, either of delicate transparency or of flexible stability,it can be cut like paper, or folded, scrunched up or pressed together, it wants to be painted and printed like paper. Paper creations are the big subject of many current exhibitions and catalogues. Inspired by this there is a trend in design and craft which turns many other things into something paperficial, just as if it were made of paper. We have put together some astonishing examples of this for your delectation. »more… |
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With its crystal structures, with its shimmering white colour and its sparkling lights it conjures a magical fragile athmosphere which we see caught in very special objects. Hoar-frost 'grows' against the wind just like many a creative and productive idea before it has reached the mainstream. Refreshingly subtle 'cross-over' of materials and techniques is what we are all about at the beginning of the new decade at craft2eu and to this end we have invited designers and creators from all over Europe. »more… |
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... again an invitation to track down those particularly selected and outstanding gifts for your dearest. Especially in preparation for the festive season, craft2eu is providing the best conditions. A wide range of exquisite arts and crafts objects are to be found, all from European studios and workshops. Would you like something decorative, tempting, amusing or useful? Maybe the object always desired or something really hot and new? All come without any seasonal date of expiry. »more… |
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A new trend is elbowing itself into a position between understatement and haughty splendour! Figures and objects rattle our preconcieved ideas with provocative exaggeration. They mix references to the old-fashioned and the trashy with cunning humour and almost a cliché of daintiness. The mix of strange magic with effective emotionality. Must-have or shameless clishé - make up you own mind - Fun and controversy is garanteed. For anyone with a penchant for games there is a vast amount of new movable objects - new automata from England! »more… |
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craft2eu is pleased to present a project from the class of gold- and silversmiths at the Academy of Arts in Nuernberg. As 'creative laboratory' with open order for research we find a whole world of ideas in the class of Professor Ulla Mayer which surprise and delight through their independence and openness for new positions. On the basis of their apprenticeship as craftsmen and -women the students show us that boundaries are there to be superceded. They suggest functional and decorative, amusing and serious things of everyday use, all of which, wether they are unique or come in small series are also on sale. »more… |
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craft2eu summer retreat 2009 in Besenhausen will show: "Trinkfest" ("drinking party/hard drinking" untranslatable word-play in German ;-) - drinking vessels, from favourite mugs to collector's cups of finest European craft & design »more… |
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... are Celebration Days! We celebrate weddings, we baptize, toast a round birthday or a glorious anniversary! Dressed to kill for cocktails, for tea and cakes, for picnic or a cosy brunch? Surely there is no need to describe to you all the wonderful things a lovely summer Sunday can bring. Whatever the occasion, we pride ourselves to add to your good mood with just the right assessories and ideas for the perfect presents - to turn the day into a real day of rejoicing. »more… |
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... we always love listening to nature. The font of her creative power never ceases to inspire us and to seduce us into decorating our earlobes with bird-song. To beautify ourselves with soap-bubbles. To dream of the dragonfly's flight when admiring a vase. To bring the garden into the living-room. And to magically transform her most enchanting aspects into precious objects for ever and ever. »more… |
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Knitted clocks and vases, embroidered cups, crochet-worked jewellery and much much more. The crazier the more hand-made! 100 years ago Thérèse de Dillmont published her 'Encyclopedia of female handicraft'. Today her work inspires the avantgarde and so the design trends of the early years of our new millenium. Original one - off pieces, practical decorative bits and pieces and beautifully ugly items - or the other way around - all are a delight to behold, surrounded as we are with industrial monotonous mass productions. Fresh air blows from the handicraft baskets from all corners of Europe - just let us surprise you!! »more… |
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Are only noses red in winter? What do you think!! We are standing up against grey sludge, melting snow and hurrican winds with COLOURS! Clear colours and shapes, plain beauties and vibrating hues. Accessories to lift your mood from all over Europe. To make you feel good - just like the warming glow of a roaring log fire - and they even complement a red nose. »more… |
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... again an invitation to track down those particularly selected and outstanding gifts for your dearest. Especially in preparation for the festive season, craft2eu is providing the best conditions. A wide range of exquisite arts and crafts objects are to be found, all from European studios and workshops. Would you like something decorative, tempting, amusing or useful? Maybe the object always desired or something really hot and new? All come without any seasonal date of expiry. »more… |
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Secret surprises surprisingly secretive, filled with secrets - immediately convincing. Top secret - but always a treasure trove for any mystery monger on the look-out. More we are not inclined to disclose this time? »more… |
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Some magic has cast its spell on the kitchen! Everything has been bewitched! The coffee pot, the olive jar as well as the chinese cabbage or the artichokes. And they have all been transformed into practical utensils which are beautiful to look at - and not just in the kitchen. Practical poetry or poetic practicality are the secret recipe of our magician who has flown all over Europe to amaze us with what he has assembled. »more… |
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Summer retreat that rather refers to a time in summer when nobility moved to posh seaside houses just for a change. You'll find such places anywhere in suitable places on the seaside or in charming landscapes all over Europe. Our retreat is the 700 years old farm Besenhausen in the middle of the lovely countryside in central Germany. A wide hall on the waterside of river Leine will host our summer exhibition which follows an innovative concept of presentation more like a performance of high class craft and design. »more… |
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In glorious anticipation of a marvellous summer we have prepared a show which is filled with assessories reflecting a salty sea breeze, the light summer wind pregnant with the scent of blossoms or the delicious smell of summer meals. We hope to have put our finger on just the right thing for this wonderful time of year by looking over the height of a steep ocean cliff just for you. (cliff line means "Steilküste" in German and we changed the spelling just a bit...;-) »more… |
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For this show we have invited young designers and artists who have come over to Europe from their home in Asia in order to study their craft - and stayed on. They are are a good example in the inspiration of cultural influences on both continents. Clarity of form, strict technical principles and crative freedom combine to give an individuel statement with an intercontinental symbiosis in applied arts and design. »more… |
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Today trends are determined by the cultures of the whole world. Shapes, patterns and styles lend themselves to the creative avant-garde like a pick and mix counter in a well-stocked sweet shop. The more original and provoking the collection of sayings the more hip and fashionable it becomes. From old comes new is the saying of the moment! craft2eu has once again taken a look into the crevices of Europe: ?surfing spirit? in style dialogue and mixed memories, with amusing results which one can be proud of. »more… |
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....to start the new year 2008 on a high note we at craft2eu are giving prominence to some stars amongst pieces which are meant to be for the decorative elements in you home: vases, bowls - all are original and unique. We are presenting some of the most exquisite marvels in european craft and design. The quality of the objects reflects the highest demand in workmanship and creativity. When you 'check out' these exquisite and individual designs you will find they belong to a cultural dimension which goes far beyond plain decorative design. »more… |
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... again an invitation to track down those particularly selected and outstanding gifts for your dearest. Especially in preparation for the festive season, craft2eu is providing the best conditions. A wide range of exquisite arts and crafts objects are to be found, all from European studios and workshops. Would you like something decorative, tempting, amusing or useful? Maybe the object always desired or something really hot and new? All come without any seasonal date of expiry. »more… |
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..."take off"with surprising fun in design an mechanics. Humorous creations and ideas realized by our British automata friends as well as Roland Roure from France and Malcolm Brook from South Germany. We also present senseful creations of "flying" jewellery from young European designers. There will be hopefully no crash but a lot of interactive quality. »more… |
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We proudly present the exhibitors of our "Waldmeister" show - which means more the wood in both senses as inspiration and material for the presented designers and makers. Their mastership in treating all kind of woods is subject of the show. As well as the refined inspiration from forms and shapes you can find in the woods. This leads them to the creation of exiting jewellery and elegant interior accessories. »more… |
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During a few weeks in summer craft2eu presents it's gallery-program in Besenhausen, an old manor in lower-saxony. »more… |
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Light as a summer breeze and bright as the laughter of children on the beach. Succumb to the magic! Build sand castles of silver, mix cool cocktails and indulge in ice-cream. Collect summer colours in coloured glass. Go on a cruise in a vessel made of driftwood and give a warm welcome to holiday guests. Play and decorate with flowers. Enjoy the wonderful views - keep a little of summer magic for ever and ever through fun and games. »more… |
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We will be in truly 'beastly' company with the most weird and wonderful six-legged, four-legged and two-legged creatures, feathered friends, scaly types and hairy monsters. More for fun than for any good reason we have tried to outdo anything in creation. Lie back on your woven horse hair pillows and reflect on this as your culinary feast is encircled by mice or served from bulky bowls of fish bowels. Let pigs dangle from our ears and enjoy truly 'beastly' pleasures! »more… |
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There is no avoiding the trend of converting into different kind of materials the soft elegance and fine structures which we used to in the past.the results are creations with independently decorative character, sometimes with garish opulence, sometimes with subtle love of detail. Chosen European designers show what it is all about at craft2eu: The joy in experimentation is our concern! We will also show rather special examples of interesting wallpaper creation from England and Denmark. »more… |
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The presents are given away - now it's time to treat yourself! With the most beautiful accessories for your home. craft2eu is now presenting the favourites of the exhibition program of 2006, that in the course of the year have made it to the very top of our customers? and friends? charts. »more… |
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again an invitation to track down those particularly selected and outstanding gifts for your dearest. Especially in preparation for the festive season, craft2eu is providing the best conditions. A wide range of exquisite arts and crafts objects are to be found, all from European studios and workshops. Would you like something decorative, tempting, amusing or useful? Maybe the object always desired or something really hot and new? All come without any seasonal date of expiry. »more? »more… |
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Homage to the pulsating heart of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the harbour, the gate to the world! European artists and designers are taking us to the open sea of imagination. Focusing on playful and amusing objects, from Robert Race to Roland Roure, the show is hosting works by French and English artists. Delighting all senses are the maritime objects by Edith Madou and Jens Gussek as well as delicate porcelains, bewildering jewellery, useful and decorative rope along with delicious "Royannette". »more… |
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(German Black Pied calves, literally: black and coloured) You get to see them on the meadows of Schleswig-Holstein. Do you reckon? Not only! Black and colourful are also the latest news craft2eu is showing in summer 2006 in honour to the black-and white trend! Outdoors the colourful compensation is prevailing and the reduction can be well-doing relief. On the axis Vienna-Copenhagen we have collected the most daring designs of living- and fashion accessories ? from black porcelain to wilful bag creations of the finest calf leather. Surprisingly colourful black! »more… |
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The brothers Grimm have described the townspeople?s recreational resorting to the countryside by the term »Sommerfrische« (»Summer’s freshness«). That?s just what it is! »more… |
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It is not only well known as the pattern of the proverbial wallpaper. Some plant is also blossoming in secret. We are bringing it to light, on the neckline, on the ring finger, onto the table and the sofa?s fabric. Craft2eu is winding gorgeous bouquets from the imagining cornucopia of craftspeople and designers from Germany and all Europe. These flowery prospects for the first weeks of spring only leave the question: you are coming, not coming, coming? »more… |
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…or how to turn a cherry pit into a piece of jewellery! Being combined with new material and put into new contexts, plastic bottles, tins, textiles, buttons and other objects are experiencing their metamorphosis. It is not about giving the product a second life in the sense of recycling; it’s about its new life in the sense of an upgrade! Craft2eu is showing how designers from England, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have transformed trash into luxury, bulk good into unique objects, the useful into the unnecessary - and the other way around. »more… |
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… are the objects from our exhibition program that in the course of the year have made it to the very top of the of our customers and friends’ charts. Complemented by some beautiful novelties, this display of these favourites is our prelude to the New Year 2006. From 18 January to 22 February 2006 »more… |
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... is a pre-Christmas excursus on the fine distinction in the art of present-giving! We are taking care of a beautiful festive season with selected and exclusive unique objects and small series from European studios. There are day-to-day objects, Sunday objects, objects that are beautifully useful, seriously funny, originally decorative, playfully ironic, warmly cool, gracefully colourful, softly hard and preciously simple, all without seasonal expiry date. From St Martin’s Day to Epiphany »more… |
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… is assembling accessories small and large, artificial and useful, for the set table: delicious bowls, appetising vessels, tasteful glasses, delicious silver ware and sweet little things. Imaginative Gourmandises as visual appetizers – from the dinner for butterfly lovers to the silverfish and cherry pit jewellery – and as the highlight the photoengraved objects "Spiral and Flora" by Alison Counsell on their first showing in Germany. From 9 September to 22 October 2005 »more… |
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..especially tasteful in summer as it is as cold as the winter! We have collected the colours of the summer, flowers and garlands on porcelain, ceramics, glass, textiles and jewellery, all for hot and cold days. So that, in wintertime, you can dream of summer and what it was like having strawberry ice cream for breakfast. From 21 July to 27 August 2005 »more… |
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They are back: after the great success of our “Automata” exhibition in the Levantehaus Hamburg in 2004, craft2eu is showing the English toymaker in Hamburg again. The slightly subversive, British humour of John Grayson, Andy Hazell, Neil Hardy, Robert Race, Lucy Casson, Jo Lawrence, Jane Muir and Melanie Tomlinson is calling upon us to make new friends! Their astonishing worlds of figurines are setting the imagination into amazement, and what’s more they are animating to take on a more easy and humorous outlook on the world. From 12 May to 24 June 2005 »more… |
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Zur 3.Triennale der Photographie in Hamburg wird es in allen Museen und Galerien der Hansestadt wunderbare Photoausstellungen geben... »more… |
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... werfen wir uns für Sie inder Vorosterzeit: Aus Porzellan, Glas, Keramik, Metall, Silber, Holz und Textil sind die großen und kleinen Schalen und Schals mit denen sich Wohnung, Mensch und Sinne so richtig »in Schale werfen können. Persönliche und dekorative Akzente setzen heisst die Devise! »more… |
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The best of ... Andere geben Jahrbücher heraus - wir präsentieren die Favoriten unserer Besucher und Kunden aus unserem Ausstellungsprogramm des Jahres 2004... »more… |
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