Fox Design welcomes its visitors with a cosy atmosphere and Art Nouveau charm. Situated in a 1910's building of the Gallery of Modern Art, Fox Design has a central position in Hradec Králové city's heart. Its assortment contains works of around 100 Czech designers – from prominent figures to promising students. The two-floor interior blooms with product design pieces, jewellery, souvenirs or graphics. The range is wide, as is the scope of Fox Design's activities. Besides the design shop, the collective runs a flower studio in Prague, organises events and launches their own design products in collaboration with selected designers.

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Opened in 2021, the Designshop Moravská galerie is located in the Moravian Gallery Museum of Applied Arts in Brno and offers award-winning, exclusive and limited collections of leading Czech design icons such as Rony Plesl, Jiří Pelcl, Lucie Koldová, Eva Eisler and Maxim Velčovský. The interior layout is regularly redesigned and updated to match the gallery’s exhibition programme. A permanent section of the gallery is dedicated to special publications and catalogues from past exhibitions, as well as a wide range of art books. Designshop Moravská galerie represents a meeting point between an exhibition space and a gallery shop.

Designshop Moravská Galerie

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In Lasvit's showroom you can find the entire collection of lights comprising pendants and chandeliers, wall and ceiling lamps, floor lamps and table lamps, as well as the Lasvit design originals, designed by some of the world’s most talented product designers and artists. Zaha Hadid, Alessandro Mendini, Arik Levy, Nando and many others have contributed with their artistic skills to Lasvit's fame all over the world. The chandeliers by the legendary Czech glass artist René Roubíček are full of emotion, while the  Lasvit art director Maxim Velčovský’s different creations can often be characterized by touch of humour.

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Moser, founded in 1857 by talented artist Ludwig Moser, is the leading producer of Bohemian glassware and crystal. All products are handmade in the Karlovy Vary glassworks, and they are world-renowned for their unique features: ecologically clean lead-free crystal, an exceptional brightness and a sophisticated, distinctive creativity. The Moser shop in Karlovy Vary is part of the glassworks complex, where all Moser products are handcrafted, and offers visitors a complete assortment of tableware, vases, sculptures and other refined objects which embody the slogan of the house: “art of the impossible”.

Moser Boutique - Karlovy Vary

Moser - Karlovy Vary

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Moser, founded in 1857 by talented artist Ludwig Moser, is the leading producer of Bohemian glassware and crystal. All products are handmade in the Karlovy Vary glassworks, and they are world renowned for their unique features: ecologically clean lead-free crystal, an exceptional brightness and a sophisticated, distinctive creativity. The Moser flagship shop in Prague is located on the first floor of the Černá Růže shopping arcade, in the heart of town. Lavishly decorated rooms - it used to be the mansion of a Czech entrepreneur, political leader and historian, Bohumil Bondy - host an extraordinary collection of tableware and other precious creations of the 160 year old glassworks.

Moser Boutique - Prague

Moser - Prague

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Developed in partnership with Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte and made possible by the support of Cartier, Homo Faber in Città gives you a rare chance to visit over 70 artisan workshops. The project is developed in collaboration with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Confartigianato Imprese Venezia, CNA Venezia, Consorzio Promovetro Murano, The Venice Glass Week and Venezia da Vivere.

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This september, the second edition of Homo Faber in Città invites visitors to step off the beaten track and discover the artisanal addresses where Venetian craftspeople create objects of exquisite beauty. A rare opportunity to witness Venice’s master artisans and young talents demonstrating their crafts and presenting the tools, materials and skills involved in contemporary Venetian craftsmanship.

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Although the Michelangelo Foundation researches the talents for its projects autonomously, collaboration with our ambassadors is fundamental. Over 120 associations, schools and institutions allow us to map the continents for craftsmanship and to have partners in each country who share our vision and goals. In addition, we have asked well-known personalities in the craft, design and art world to be our ambassadors in the cities where they live, so that their recommendations can offer a unique insight into craftsmanship in the major cities of Europe and beyond.

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Download our free Homo Faber Guide app (iOS and Android) to discover artisans, museums, galleries, shops, and experiences by location. Search Homo Faber on the App store on your mobile device.

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Discover the addresses of esteemed manufacturers, well known for producing high quality objects across a wide variety of crafts. Read their stories and find out where you can shop their contemporary pieces, see their archive collections and even in some cases visit their workshops. Find exceptional ateliers where artisans collaborate creatively to create fine pieces of craftsmanship. Reach out to them to commission something special.

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All the artisans and small workshops featured in Homo Faber Guide have been carefully researched and selected. They are presented and narrated through a selection of images and an interview, which allows readers to immerse themselves in the universe of these makers who exemplify excellence in their individual fields or are promising talents of the future. Find masters and rising stars who share the same passion and determination, and whose workshops are ready to share their secrets with visitors.

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Are you eager to discover a city through craftsmanship? Do you wish to spend a few hours visiting an applied arts museum or attending a course on a craft with one of the masters featured in Homo Faber Guide? Browse the section dedicated to experiences and find your next adventure.

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An expert artisan is an accomplished artisan who has been in activity for more than ten years. He or she may also be engaged in passing on their knowledge to the next generations, but they have been doing so for less than seven years. Beyond this, they will become a Master artisan.

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Homo Faber Guide provides you with a selection of the best addresses across Europe and further afield, where you will be able to discover and purchase exceptional objects, some of which are created by artisans featured in Homo Faber Guide.

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Homo Faber Guide is an online platform dedicated to craftsmanship that allows you to discover artisans and their masterpieces; explore museums, visit galleries and shops selling unique objects; enjoy experiences in cities across Europe and beyond.

Homo Faber Guide is a signature project developed by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, an international non-profit organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, which was set up in 2016 thanks to the intuition of Franco Cologni and Johann Rupert. The Michelangelo Foundation’s mission is to celebrate and preserve master craftsmanship, and for this reason it has created a map of the most significant representatives in this field, with the aim of connecting all its protagonists: artisans, designers, gallery owners, art curators, collectors and enthusiasts of high-quality handmade pieces.

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Are you an artisan, atelier or manufacturer? Would you like to be featured in Homo Faber Guide? The Michelangelo Foundation encourages self-assessment initiatives and is pleased to evaluate new members to appear on the Guide or in other projects. Thanks to the Master’s Touch Evaluation Tool, every artisan can send their application: register and access a questionnaire to see if you fulfill the 11 criteria for excellence that stand behind all the activities of the Michelangelo Foundation. If your answers reach the minimum requirement, your application will be brought to our attention; if, on the contrary, you should score below the minimum requirement, we will give you some points for improvement, in the hope that you may participate in future initiatives of the Michelangelo Foundation.

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A master artisan is an accomplished artisan who has been in activity for more than ten years, and who has also been engaged in passing on his or her expertise to the younger generations for more than seven years. This is in keeping with one of the key values of the Michelangelo Foundation: the transmission of knowledge in craftsmanship.

Who is a Master artisan?

Find museums handpicked for their links to contemporary craftsmanship and the exquisite collections they have on display. In each city, discover a museum of interest and organise your visit. From Italian museums displaying coral collections, glass pieces and ceramics to decorative art museums in Russia and Greece, marvel at the variety of museums exhibiting masterpieces, showcasing techniques and recounting histories.

Museums

A rising star is an artisan who has been active for less than ten years, and who is capable of expressing his or her craft with competence, creativity and originality. Whether self-taught or trained, the rising star represents the future of craftsmanship, in creativity, concerns and approaches.

Who is a Rising star?

The artisans featured in Homo Faber Guide have been selected through a meticulous assessment process based on the 11 criteria for excellence, identified by Alberto Cavalli, Executive Director of the Michelangelo Foundation, in the volume The Master’s Touch, written with researchers Giuditta Comerci and Giovanna Marchello. The members of the Michelangelo Foundation’s network who have been invited to participate in sourcing artisans for the Guide use an evaluation tool based on these criteria. In this way, they can identify the most suitable artisans to include in the project.

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