Museum for Applied Arts
MAK's design is one of its defining characteristics. From the Middle Ages to the present, the museum displays furniture, glass, porcelain, silver, and textiles. Precious crafts from the Wiener Werkstätte, Thonet bentwood furniture, and art nouveau highlights like Gustav Klimt's gilded design for the Stoclet Palais frieze in Brussels.
Thonet's bentwood chairs are still used in Viennese coffeehouses, and armchairs from the Middle Ages to the present appear incredibly welcoming. Because the Biedermeier style, with its basic and obvious forms, is regarded as the cradle of design, Biedermeier couches startle with pink, green, yellow, or red hues.
The Wiener Werkstätte, created in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, manufactured high-quality glass, porcelain, silver, and textiles in unconventional patterns. A Hoffmann hammered silver service or a black and white vase would delight not just art nouveau enthusiasts. The MAK display collection "Vienna 1900" was renovated in November 2012 and dedicated entirely to the development of Viennese arts and crafts between 1890 and 1938. The exhibition rooms tell the tale of the quest for contemporary style, from the formation of a distinct Viennese style through the clash of Viennese and worldwide styles, and concluding with the National Socialists capturing power in Austria.
Location: Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna
Website: mak.at
