studio von schoenebeck
a munich-based collaboration between designer johannes von schoenebeck and art historian magdalena shterianova. johannes holds a master's in design products from the royal college of art in london and trained as a furniture maker in munich; magdalena, who comes from a film family in moscow, studied art history at ludwig maximilian university and directed several short films before turning to photography, curation and design. the studio works where those two biographies meet: conceptual thinking, executed by hand.
their pieces move across collectible design and functional art, and they tend to begin with a story rather than a form — memory, emotion, cultural heritage. the studio first showed at spazio in 2024, during creative business week under the theme how to co-create with nature, and has been part of the collection since.
master & margarita — two chairs, one union
like its literary inspiration, master & margarita consists of two individual chairs that stand on their own yet complete each other: one has round, hollow legs, the other square legs that fit inside them. brought together, one chair embraces the other.
the engraved quotes from bulgakov's novel reference the tradition of dedication plaques on public benches — including those at patriarch's ponds in moscow, the very place where the novel begins. brushed aluminium, a numbered edition, handmade in germany, produced on demand.
traces — the table as a site of memory
traces explores the table as the place where life gathers — where conversations unfold, relationships shift, and moments become memory. each stainless steel plate carries an engraved quote drawn from literature and from the studio's own encounters, preserving the sentences that stay.
hand finished to a matte texture, engraving by stencil, a limited edition of six sets.
tetris — kept from an accident
the tetris candle holders began as three rough prototypes from scrap wood, built on the eve of the kocherlball — munich's traditional summer ball where people gather shortly after midnight with picnics and candles and dance into the morning. guests started buying the prototypes straight off the table; the burnt-down candles had begun to char the raw wood, and the studio kept the effect instead of correcting it.
solid beech in the japanese shou sugi ban technique, with aluminium inserts and details in red lacquer — for three, five or seven candles, and as a floor-standing candelabra for eleven.
selected shows
the concept concept store at sotheby's, munich · salon de septembre, gsl gallery, paris · persona, 3 days of design with adorno, copenhagen · metal works, the rope gallery, munich · same same but different, zirka space, munich · co-creating with nature, mcbw at spazio, munich · tischmarkt in den wolken, salon c/o, munich · permanent exhibition at spazio
the studio's pieces in the collection are in the shop; the short profile lives on the designers page.