7 of the Coolest German Creatives Show Us How They Style Their Apartments

"Like other pursuits involving luck, shopping for vintage furniture can become addictive. Just ask these German creatives: once you've experienced the thrill of finding a great bargain or a unique piece at a flea market or in the classified pages of a newspaper, you'll probably find yourself spending much time attempting to capture that feeling again. The reward for all that effort can be an individually designed apartment where every piece of furniture tells a story."

"Originally from Bavaria, Sax loves "combining vintage furniture and new items to create something sustainable." He purchased pieces for his apartment in Bolzano, Italy, at flea markets and online. He complements his finds with Danish design items from Hay, Tekla, and others. His vintage objects tell their own stories: "I think it's great when an object already had an emotional value for someone else and I can then give it a second life in a different context," Sax tells AD."

"Anouk Lamm Anouk has been committed to issues such as queerness and animal rights since she was a child. "No age, no gender, no religion" is the artist's credo today. Anouk creates works in which female, non-binary, and undefined bodies and animals are depicted. The studio is located in the same building as the apartment of Anouk and wife Marleen Anouk-Roubik. Both in the studio and in their shared apartment, the works lean against the walls providing the home with its unique atmosphere."

Vintage furniture shopping often becomes addictive because of the thrill of finding bargains or unique pieces at flea markets and classified ads. Persistent searching can result in individually designed apartments where each piece of furniture carries its own history. Emanuel Sax blends flea-market and online finds with Danish design brands to create sustainable combinations and to give objects a second life in new contexts. Anouk Lamm Anouk centers queerness and animal-rights themes in artwork displayed in a studio that shares a building with her apartment. Anouk and Marleen Anouk-Roubik purchase primarily vintage furniture through platforms such as Willhaben.

Read at Architectural Digest