Design Cooperations/Artists
Part of the Köchert family and company tradition since time immemorial has been for famous artists to drop by at our office on Neuer Markt and create unmistakeable pieces of jewellery in fertile collaborative projects with the master goldsmiths working at our studio.
Erwin Lang – Artist and Designer
In 1911, he exhibited his artistic works for the first time, together with Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele, and also worked as a book illustrator using his characteristic woodcut technique. Grete Wiesenthal, his first wife, often posed as his model.
Sebastian Menschhorn – Text and Form
Texts worn on the body are one of Sebastian Menschhorn’s passions. The motivations are varied and complex, and the transitions are fluid. Are they mottos like those once found on the coats of arms of Renaissance princes? Are they slogans, statements, insights? Messages to the world around us? Or rather self-affirmations – mottos to be seen and kept in mind every day so that they can be lived up to. And help keep away the distractions along life’s path.
Hubert Schmalix – Irony without pathos.
“In the 1960s and ‘70s, nearly every artist was creating jewellery as well. I wonder why this is no longer the norm today. It’s very exciting to work in a different métier, like jewellery, ceramics or glass.”
Feathers to Adorn – and Adore
For Köchert – the Imperial and Royal Court jewellers to the Habsburgs – it was somewhat of a challenge to transform the delicate feather into something precious and enduring.
Xenia Hausner – Left, Right
For our company, the internationally known artist Xenia Hausner designed earrings entitled “left, right”.
Julia Landsiedl – Endemites
Julia Landsiedl reinterprets the traditional concept of the parure – a set of matching jewellery consisting of a necklace, earrings and brooch – in a refreshing, contemporary way.
