Studio visit with Working Title

The designers of the brand-new label Working Title are still overwhelmed by its great success at this year’s Vogue Salon. For renowned designer Antonia Goy and her partner architect Björn Kubeja, who recently also became involved in stylistic affairs, founding the label was a logical consequence after 12 years of cooperation. Their collections, a mix of high-quality tailoring in the field of haute couture with avant-garde elements, applications, trains or prints, are thereby produced completely sustainably. Miriam Bers met the designers for an exclusive interview on behalf of a studio visit.

MB: How does your day start?
WT: Coffee!

MB: Why a mix of haute couture, avant-garde elements and Minimalism?
WT: Our work is significantly influenced by the artistic orientation of the art colleges we have studies at. Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Bauhaus, art, culture and design history. From the Old Masters to the Modern Age, there is a variety of forms, colors, moods and concepts we pick elements from to develop our very own style. We both share the love for omitting, clear forms and exciting details: Antonia came in contact with the collections of Jil Sander in the press office Karla Otto. Björn is a huge fan of Rem Koolhaas, Tadao Ando and the Japanese architectural duo Sanaa.

MB: Your style summarized in three sentences..?
WT: Minimal down-to-earth luxury for modern self-confident women. Casualness and elegance in a cool contemporary mix. Completely free of polyester and made of sustainable honest materials!

MB: Which era inspires you the most (design, architecture, art)?
WT: Most of all we are inspired by Classical Modernism and the Renaissance. But basically we are open to everything because we are surrounded by so many inspiring things.

MB: Which was the last movie you have watched in the cinema?
WT: Suburbicon.

MB: How does your apartment look like, what kind of furniture do you prefer?
WT: Our apartment is rather modern and minimalist. A mélange of old and new, inherited and found pieces. A combination of objects we like, not following a particular style.

MB: What is your favorite place in Berlin?
WT: The path along the river Havel beneath the Grunewald tower.

MB: Your place of longing?
WT: The sea.

MB: How does your day end? Do you cook yourself or do you eat out?
WT: No matter when we come home, we cook something delicious – that’s part of our recreation.
MB: Recipe idea?
WT: Spaghetti Carbonara with courgette julienne instead of bacon. Boil the spaghetti al dente, chop the courgette and roast it gently in olive oil and garlic. Whisk eggs, cream, parmesan and fresh pepper and combine everything in a warmed ceramic bowl. Voilà!

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