Balancing on the edge of design, crafts, art and decoration WIENER TIMES fabricate objects of use with a distinct, elegant style yet edgy. The emphasis is on textiles.
The pieces are all created with an intense focus on the crafted detail and are actively questioning and pushing the lines between abstraction and function.

Fabrics with History

Wiener Times was born almost ten years ago from a shared passion of textiles and fabric design. Through explorations, experimentations, and research across various archives and libraries, it became clear to us over the years that a relationship between Viennese Heritage and the work that we do was emerging, from digging deep into the vast empires of ornamentation and turning to the gilded spirit of the last century vis-à-vis Jugendstil, the Vienna Secession, and Wiener Werkstätte for inspiration.

Over the last five years, we have been working with fabrics from the legendary Austrian textile manufacturer Backhausen for our collections of cushions, bolsters, quilts, and travel pillows for the home. Their 173-year-old history decisively imbues our products with an unmistakable character – fabrics with history – in their intimate leanings in the domestic space. The opulent, colourful designs by Dagobert Peche and the rigid, geometric designs by Joseph Hoffmann open up new perspectives and narratives when juxtaposed with designs by William Morris, Sanderson, Kvadrat, Rubelli Venezia, Gastón y Daniela or Designs of the Time – just to name a few.

WIENER TIMES are Susanne Schneider and Johannes Schweiger, and is based in Vienna, Austria.