Although, according to our strict definition of "design" the work of Leipzig ceramicist Claudia Biehne must be considered handwork, we're delighted Porcelain Studio Biehne & Passig are taking part in the Designers' Open 2013 Spots.
When we dropped by the studio Stefan Passig asked how we first got to know the studio's work, and unlike the romance of a casual meeting under an escalator in a former department store, with Studio Biehne & Passig we really can't recall.
Suspect however it was at Grassimesse.
We are however certain where we last saw the studio's work: as the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Award winning Lumos collection at the Intentional Marianne Brandt Contest.
Not only an aesthetic delight, the charmingly delicate yet robust objects in the Lumos collection are much more a demonstration of the creativity, imagination and for all the understanding of the medium that Claudia Biehne channels to help her find new form languages, new possibilities, new directions for porcelain design.
And a visit to the atelier in the Leipzig Spinnerei complex will reveal many more similar moments.
As with diefabrik, if you do get the chance to visit, we thoroughly recommend you take it.
Porzellanatelier Biehne & Passig can be found at Spinnereistraße 7, 04179 Leipzig or at www.biehne-porzellan.de
