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For exactly ten years, the HERZ&BLUT blogazine has been telling inspiring stories about design, lifestyle and travel. The creators also regularly showcase KPM pieces. Jules Villbrandt, Maria-Silva Villbrandt and Wilkin Schröder show us why they are passionate about beauty, how they work and what you can learn from their styling during a visit to their Berlin studio Maison Palmé. An article from the fourth issue of our WEISS customer magazine.
The creative studio Maison Palmé is located in the Wedding district of Berlin. On around 80 square meters on the second floor of an industrial ensemble from the 1920s, beautiful visual worlds are created here. They are primarily created and photographed for the company's own blogazine HERZ&BLUT(www.herzundblut.com). These productions serve as #interiorgoals on the associated Instagram account or as a pool of ideas and invite viewers to give their own four walls a styling update.
The Studio Maison Palmé is a kind of modern cabinet of curiosities: over the years, numerous vintage objects have moved in alongside many design pieces, making it possible to style very different living situations. A living room detail in Parisian chic, or should it be Scandinavian hygge? The Maison Palmé masters almost all styles, and some of the productions look like set construction à la Babelsberg. The constant change of the main room provides new looks time and again, and the varied atmosphere has an inspiring effect on the work. There is therefore no uniform overall picture of the studio - rather, the rooms exude something mysterious and invite you to discover nooks and crannies in detail. A credo that also applies to the three creatives' respective homes.
The eye should wander, gather impressions and, in the best case, even capture ideas. Imitation is encouraged. But not when it comes to design objects. Fakes and slightly modified replicas are an absolute no-go in the trio's work: "Good design is unique, and the original design characterizes the design. Any change from the outside dilutes the actual intention. You can see and feel this immediately in the interior design."
Of course, vintage classics also find their well-deserved place and are a permanent element in HERZ&BLUT's ensembles and collages. Everything is allowed in the combinations, and style rules can be boldly thrown overboard. This playfully creates "object neighborhoods" such as an old shot glass and the KPM porcelain tiger, which turn the bathroom shelf into a real eye-catcher.
Fresh flowers are almost indispensable for the three creatives. Whether from the weekly market or from their own garden: A wide variety of arrangements can be found in the studio
again. This love of small details is also reflected in the projects for KPM. Vases, tableware, coffee mugs - it's the typical HERZ&BLUT twist that brings the respective products into a distinctive focus and is a perfect enrichment for the Wunderkammer in Wedding.
