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Since founding his practice a decade ago, German-born Volker Haug has developed an international reputation in lighting design. Along with his design team, Haug has established a distinct aesthetic that combines industrial and minimalist elements, paired with a strong sense of colour and materiality.
With his highly skilled team, Haug creates each product from his workshop and showroom in Melbourne. Designing for commercial or residential projects, each piece is assembled by hand, ensuring the utmost care and quality.
Working with high-end materials including brass, stone, copper, porcelain and glass together with recycled and reclaimed objects, the studio creates unique designs that are at once playful and functional, sculptural and surprising.Edit
After Hours celebrates the side-hustle culture among Melbourne s designers
Volker Haug Studio has unveiled a Melbourne Design Week exhibition featuring projects created by artists, designers and architects outside of their day jobs.
After Hours is a showcase of side projects by eight individuals and studios, celebrating how each has been able to produce work outside the limits of their field.
As the exhibition text states, it features furniture produced by interior designers, functional objects created by visual artists, and installations designed by architects .
An asymmetric armchair was designed by architect Oliver du Puy
Highlights include an asymmetric armchair designed by architect Oliver du Puy, geometric table lamps by jewellery designer Anna Varendorff and an exploration of mark-making by interior design studio Ritz & Ghougassian.
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The most important thing you’ve designed to date: The Side Kick pendant, which laid the foundations for the Step & Kick series, is a classically simple design that has led us down a path of refining materials and an emphasis on detail. We produce a new series every year, so to take a breath and just look back on such a varied body of work is a proud, but short-lived moment before we start seeking out the next thing!
Describe the problem your work solves: We make everything by hand to develop a connection between the material and the maker. This allows for flexibility in how others interpret our lighting since the finish, scale, and configuration can all be adapted to suit each space. Because of this process, our designs each have their own unique personality imparted by the hand of the person who made it. We hope the joy we find in our work shows through in our designs.