Michael in the lab.

Lab is what Michael calls the back of his studio. He always wanted to shape the place where he works himself. So time and energy went first into the room where the ideas take shape. He designed and built the furniture together with Felix Früh – from materials that can later be put to other uses. Everything is rebuildable; everything white comes out of the 3D printer. A deliberate counterpoint to the over-romanticised wooden workshop: in the evening everything is wiped down and stays clean. With precious materials, that is only logical.

The showroom.

The studio has two rooms: the showroom at the front, the lab at the back. The showroom holds glass cases set in white maple, embedded between plants. Mirrors and cases alternate, cube by cube. The wood holds back so the jewellery gets the room. The cases are lit, the space around them stays calm. Designed by Julius Häusler. The furniture was built by Wolfgang Lässer, joinery full of details you only notice the second time you look. Windows all round. Bright, open, you can see in from the street. Light maple at the front, aluminium at the back. One room shows. The other makes.