Spaces and their furnishings are individually shaped by the visions of their inhabitants.

Responding to existing conditions, considering visual and physical constraints, light patterns, and movement flows, is essential for creating genuine living comfort.

The same applies to furniture. I strive to create pieces that uncompromisingly meet your wishes and expectations.

FOCUS

The primary area of my work includes design, construction and building furniture, as well as restoring of historical furniture and modern classics. This also includes woodturning.

In a broader sense, this also entails the holistic conception of rooms - with the purpose of combining sophisticated functionality with clear design in a suitable combination of individual furniture or installations.

I also develop products of daily use, provide comprehensive support to designers throughout the entire product development cycle — from initial prototyping through production planning to market-ready manufacturing — while also maintaining an active artistic practice.

All my work is handcrafted at my carpentry workshop located in Munich's buzzing Werksviertel district.

STANDARDS

Traditional cabinetmaking means a thoughtfully decent style beyond extroverted design trends, as well as thorough planning and solid craftsmanship on a high quality level.

Not having to draw a line between inspiration and actually building a piece opens up valuable insights when considering construction or design ideas in the light of technical feasibility - it directly reveals why certain things work and shows why other ones are not feasible at all or only with undue effort.

This way of working is a high value in itself. It goes along with respect for the material wood and its careful processing. The feeling for the material that develops in this way over the course of many years, can hardly be replaced.

VALUE

True sustainability means designing a product with the idea of long-term use in mind - both constructively and aesthetically.

This alone results in high quality requirements for materials, construction, design and craftsmanship. Careful planning involves methods that protect resources and the environment right from the start.

In order to meet this demand, it is essential to continuously explore materials - also new ones - and design ideas. The resulting prototypes help to assess feasibility limits and find suitable approaches in terms of design and working methodology.

CRAFTMANSHIP

Since my apprenticeship, I have been involved in the construction of furniture without any machines - purely by hand, using traditional European tools and techniques. These historical and antique production methods open horizons and are particularly important for the professional restoration of furniture.

However, it would be too simplistic to claim that woodworking was much better in the past and that furniture was generally of a higher quality. Better engineered machines, new manufacturing techniques and developments in the area of fittings have led to enormous improvements and facilitation in recent times.

Nonetheless, the use of techniques that have been handed down for centuries, particularly with regard to wood joints and natural surfaces, are a highly relevant quality criterion and also my personal concern.

The early insight of the comedian Karl Valentin, who learned the carpentry trade a century ago in Munich's Haidhausen district - 500 meters beeline away from here - still holds true: "Today is the good old days of tomorrow".

TRADITION

As a cabinetmaker, I have been working in my parents' family business in Passau/Germany, which has existed for over 40 years, since my apprenticeship in 1995.

This is where I learned the carpentry trade from the ground up - from former journeymen and master craftsmen, whose many years of experience laid the foundation for my own work. From 2001 I worked as a furniture restorer in Regensburg/Germany and Padova/Italy.

The lasting impression that the encounter with handcrafted furniture in the restoration trade has made on me, also brought me back to the study of Japanese manufacturing techniques at this time (小たからもの).

Since 2015, I have been continuing my family's carpentry tradition in my own carpentry workshop in Munich.

Beyond that, I head the research and innovation division of a leading German machine vision company.

DESIGN & MANUFACTURING

I'm showing a collection of works on this website to illustrate my attitude to quality and design. I ask for your understanding that this is a limited selection.

Besides the production of limited furniture series and artistic works, I design and manufacture individual furniture and custom built-in solutions - according to your personal ideas and the materials of your choice.

Please feel free to contact me or send me an e-mail via mail@schatzl.studio.