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An International Touring Exhibition of German Manufactories

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Next stop: Hongkong A project by

Direktorenhaus Museum für supported by

Direktorenhaus Museum für

Kunst Handwerk Design

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Partner of the “Handmade in Germany”- Worldtour

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On the 1st of March 2017 we will continue our international exhibition tour “Handmade in Germany” via Hongkong. Within the tour this will be a further stop in Asia for the design exhibition of the 180 most important German manufactories.

Curated by Pascal Johanssen and Katja Kleiss of Direktorenhaus Berlin, this touring exhibition will span several years and continents to show a concentrated collection of German quality production: design objects and manufacturing products, all hand-made in Germany and stretching across all branches. The exclusive selection of exhibits represents the value and future of premium quality production with a commitment to time and handiwork especially against the backdrop of the current trend of mass production and globalisation.

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T H E TO U R

“Handmade in Germany” is a touring exhibition of German manufacturers around the world, spanning several years. Starting in Berlin, the exhibition first moves to St. Petersburg, then goes on to visit cities in Asia, America and the Middle East before returning to Europe once more. The exhibition will be shown in exciting cities and metropolises. For the most part, they will be reached by sea, but also by land. The idea of the tour itself is inspired by the “walz” or “journeyman years” – the journey taken on by apprentices of German trades after completing their apprenticeship, similar to the “Grand Tour” of the European nobility. The journeyman years are a German tradition still followed today, at the occasion of which the travelling craftsmen still wear the traditional garb.

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U M AG M U S E U M A N D A R T G A L L E R Y In addition to its own collections of bronze, ceramics, painting, sculpture, wood and furniture, the UMAG Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong's large-scale art museum, regularly shows exhibitions ranging from contemporary to ancient Chinese and Western art. With its focus on the various styles of craftsmanship, the museum is a perfect partner for our “Handmade in Germany”-Worldtour.

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With Hong Kong, the “Handmade in Germany”-Worldtour reaches its next exhibition venue. Hong Kong is an impressive city. The seven million inhabitants, which live on an area of 1104 km2, make the city in the mouth of the Pearl River a lively mega city. Hong Kong remains as the international gateway to China which makes it a particularly important stop for the “Handmade in Germany” exhibition. Here, ideas, trade, financial sector and service meet in a certain environment and offer exciting connecting points for companies and cooperative ventures. This is also in Hong Kong's special status as a special administrative zone on the south coast of the People‘s Republic of China with a free market economy and broad autonomy.

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UMAG – Museum and Art Gallery Hongkong Opening: 1st of March, 2017 Opening times: Mo-Sa: 9:30 am - 6 pm, Su: 1 - 4 pm

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M A ST E R P I E C E S

Germany has many good manufactories producing high-quality products. The reason for this is the historical tradition of German craftsmanship. The training – from apprentice to journeyman to master – is unique in the world; its purpose is to achieve a broad access to traditional knowledge as well as a great depth in the field, which makes handicrafts one of the most diverse and innovative sectors of the national economy.

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The “Handmade in Germany” exhibition uses selected exhibits to show what an important part handicrafts, including the spirit of artistic movements such as the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, play in Germany’s cultural heritage. “Handmade in Germany” is a journey through the objects and people of modern and traditional Germany. Exhibitors include world-renowned luxury brands, superb manufactories, individual designers and award-winning art studios, such as Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, Fürstenberg and Nymphenburg, Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Graf von Faber-Castell, Burmester, Koch & Bergfeld, Mayer’sche Hofkunstanstalt and designers like fashion designer Frank Leder.

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T H E “OT H E R ” M A D E I N G E R M A N Y

The label „Made in Germany“ has a worldwide reputation for quality – this sign of quality, however, mostly marks industrial production. In contrast, the “Handmade in Germany” exhibition signifies products which are created through individual master worksmanship by artists, designers and artisans: Products which take time to be crafted and require a focus on detail from their creators, that lend them a very special aura. The exhibition “Handmade in Germany” shows the sensual side to German production. Not efficiency and engineering genius are centre stage here but shape and idea, the poetic, the numinous and the individuality of the world of objects. Objects are arbiters of cultural norms and values. The carefully selected collection demonstrates the relational structure and the fabric of meaning between objects and people. For the curators of the exhibition this relationship is a pivotal endeavour of our times: since the reasoning of our late capitalistic world, shrunken to a means-end rationality, needs alternatives, which don’t just reduce material things to being marketable “products”. They are an important part of our living environment, with all its impact on quality of life, nurturing and ability to judge.

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Dornbracht

Graf von Faber-Castell

Klink&Krüger

Martin Haake

Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg

Verneuer Natürliches Holzspielzeug

André von Martens Schwarzkeramik

Dorotheenhütte

HARMONA Akkordeon

Koch&Bergfeld

MassifCentral

Puppenmanufaktur Erna Meyer

Vickermann & Stoya Maßschuhe

Atelier Berthold Hoffmann

Ege Manufaktur

Klingenthal

KPM

Mayer‘sche Hofkunstanstalt

Reiner Silber

Welter Manufaktur für

Berlinerblau / Agentur von NOMOS

Enfant gate

Hasenkopf

Kruchen

Mikili UG

RENÈSIM

Wandunikate

Glashütte

Engels Kerzen

HB-Werkstätten für Keramik

Lang & Heyne

Mühle Shavings

REPOSO SCHROETER

Wendt & Kühn

Burmester Audiosysteme

Fischer und Cie

Hering Berlin

langlebig – Die Siphon Manufaktur

Müller Kleinkunst

Rosenthal GmbH

Werkstatt München

C. Josef Lamy

Flair

Herrnhuter Sterne

Leder, Frank

Munk Bogballe

Sarah Maier

White&Soft

Claudia Hoppe

Franz Kaldewei

Holon ID

Leuchtturm

Natural Design

Schindelhauer Bikes

WILDE+SPIETH Designmöbel

clearaudio electronic

Freudwerk

Holy Trinitiy

Linie 58

Nesmuk

SCHRAMM WERKSTÄTTEN

WINDFALL

Columbus-Verlag Paul Oestergaard

Gebrüder Reiner

Hummel Manufaktur

Litolff

Nymphenburg

Sinn Spezialuhren

Cor Sitzmöbel Helmut Lübke

germanmade

Ingo Maurer GmbH

LMW – Leuchten Manufactur Wurzen

Object Carpet

Tecnolumen

DANTE – Goods & Bads

Gipsformerei Berlin

JAB Anstoetz Furniture

Lutz Könecke

Parkettstudio Dresden

Theresienthal

DECOR WALTHER

Goldschmiede Gote

Jochen Benzinger

Magnus Mewes

Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft

Thomas Schmitter

DEFAKTO UHREN

Goldschmiede Stötzel

kymo

Manu Schmuckwerkstatt

Pendel-Marionetten Schmelz

transFORMATE

Designed by mika amaro

Golem

Kettnaker

Maren Boensch

Porzellanatelier Biehne

Ulrich Brunner GmbH

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Berliner Brandstifter

RIE Fine Nature Products

Fräulein Brösels Schnapserwachen

Kunstmühle Kleinhettstedt Senf-

Nürnberger Altstadthof

Senf Pauli

Naschwerk

Beverage Concierge

Das Berliner Frühstück

Gebrüder Elwert

mühle

Ölmühle an der Havel – aideon

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Alfred SCHLADERER

Black Forest Distillers – Monkey 47

Die Marmeladenmanufaktur

Ginger Cat – Organic Liquer

LangLang Die Eiweißnudel

Preussische Whiskydestillerie

SLYRS Whisky Destillerie

Alte Schwarzwälder Hausbrennerei

BLIESGAU-ÖLMÜHLE

Delicus UG / Hellomellow

Glam Cola Company

LemonAid Beverages

pront‘a tavola

Stählemühle

Altländer Honig-Manufaktur

Brauerei Clemens Härle

Dr. Gustav Klein

Goldhelm Schokoladen Manufaktur

Lichtensteiner Wildfrüchte

Qonzern

The Ostholsteiner, GUMMIG

Assulzerhof Spezialitätenbrennerei

Brauerei St. ERHARD

Eifelion

Güterverwaltung Stiftungsweingüter

Mali‘s Délices

Rabenhorst

The Wolf Weissbrand

Ataman AG St. Michaelshof Ver-

Brennerei Grüner Baum

Elbgold

Hamburger Goldmandeln/Gerd

Mandolero Schokoladenmanufaktur

Rheinland Distillers UG

The Duke Destillerie Daniel Schöne-

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Brennerei Höhler

Elbler

Brechelt KG Mutter Veldkamp

Manufaktur Jörg Geiger

Rosenrot & Feengrün

cker und Maximilian Schauerte

Balema Badische Lebensmittel

Brennerei Schnitzer

Elephant Gin

Haus der feinen Kost

Manufaktur von Blythen

Sabine Pauly

Tres Cabezas Berlin

Manufaktur

Capulet & Montague

Erzeugergemeinschaft Fränkischer

Hellow Mellow

Muli68 Getränke

Sash & Fritz

Von der Heide Gourmetbäckerei

Bäuerliche Erzeugergemeinschaft

(AV Brennerei )

Grünkern

Kaiserhonig

Münchner Kind‘l Senf

Scheibel Brennerei

Weideland Handel & Gourmet Spezi-

Schwäbisch Hall

Chilli Manufaktur – Sacred heart

Evers & Tochter Manufaktur

King of Salt

myHoney Sunder-Plassmann Imkerei

Schlossbrauerei Fürstlich Drehna

alitäten vom Auerochsen

Belsazar Vermouth

Christine Berger Sandokan

FAUDEfeineBRÄNDE

Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle

& Honigveredelung

Schloss Wackerbarth

u.v.m.

Berliner Bärensiegel

DAC Design am Chiemsee / DACTA-

Finch

Kreuzritter

Neue Mazerate

Sekthaus Solter

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T H E C U R ATO R S

Pascal Johanssen is a gallerist, curator and founder of the Direktorenhaus in Berlin. After studying law he worked at an innovation research lab at the University of Arts Berlin. In 2005 he started out to represent graphic artists and illustrators for Galerie Johanssen, thereby paving the way for many artists to enter the art market. In 2007, together with Katja Kleiss, he founded the Illustrative, an international biennial for contemporary illustration and graphic arts. After that the gallery moved into new premises at the Direktorenhaus, situated at the Alte Münze in the center of Berlin, which has been established as an exhibition venue for design and contemporary arts and crafts. In 2013 he initiated the “Handmade in Germany” exhibition. Later on he founded the “Deutsche Manufakturenstraße”. Johanssen has published extensively about design research as well as about topics on the intersection of applied and fine arts. He is editor of the magazine “OBJECTS. Journal of Applied Arts” and co-editor of the Guide to German Manufactories. Katja Kleiss is a cultural scientist who works as an art and design advisor for national as well as international companies. She is the project manager of the “Handmade in Germany” world tour and co-edits the magazine „OBJECTS. Journal of Applied Arts“. In addition, Kleiss pursues social design projects that are concerned with including the civil society into construction projects in public spaces. Together with her partner Pascal Johanssen and with the support of investors and various partners, she is currently aiming to transform the area of the Alte Münze in the Mitte district, near the Museum Island of Berlin, into a cultural environment that can provide various exhibitions and workshops for artists and designers.

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D I R E K TO R E N H A U S M U S E U M FO R A R T C R A F T & D E S I G N

The Direktorenhaus, the Museum for Art, Craft & Design, has its own collection, in addition to changing exhibitions. At the center of the exhibitions stand the noticeably increased importance of design and aesthetics in today's life. Thus, the program revolves around current design phenomena and deliberately involves the boundaries of architecture, art and crafts. Since 2010, the Direktorenhaus has been organizing art and design exhibitions and is participating in an international art discourse with thematic exhibitions such as the Illustrative Biennial (Paris, Zurich) or the "Handmade in Germany" -Worldtour. The Deutsche Manufakturenstraße, the leading German manufacturing association, supplements the exhibition on a national level with tourist routes along the most important German manufacturers. The Direktorenhaus is the seat of Deutsche Manufakturenstraße and editor of the art magazine OBJECTS. Journal of Applied Arts.

EXHIBITION VENUE

C O N TACT

ADDRESS

UMAG – Museum and Art Gallery 90 Bonham Road Pokfulam, Hongkong

Exhibition Pascal Johanssen +49 (0)30 27 572 019 [email protected]

Direktorenhaus Am Krögel 2 D-10179 Berlin

Duration: 01. March – 05. March 2017 Openingtimes: Mo – Sa: 9:30 am – 6 pm Su: 1 pm – 4 pm W W W.U M AG . H K U. H K / E N

Tour / Press Katja Kleiss +49 (0)171 9 241 010 [email protected] Press Matthias Philpp +49 (0)30 48491929 [email protected] W W W. H A N D M A D E -WO R L DTO U R .C O M

Direktorenhaus Museum für

Kunst Handwerk Design

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