A golden statue of the KPM Sandmännchen figure standing on a shelf in a workshop.

SANDMAN

Logo of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin and Unser Sandmann.


SPECIAL EDITION LIMITED TO 65 PIECES TO MARK THE 65TH BIRTHDAY OF THE SANDMAN

The logo of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory and our Sandmännchen.


SPECIAL EDITION LIMITED TO 65 PIECES TO MARK THE 65TH BIRTHDAY OF THE SANDMAN

On November 22, 2024, “Unser Sandmännchenwill celebrate its 65th birthday. The iconic character with the red pointed cap, designed by Gerhard Behrendt, has been across television screens since 1959 and remains a an integral part of their evening routine. This makes the Sandmännchen the oldest children’s TV programs children’s television that is still in production.

On November 22, 2024, “Unser Sandmännchenwill celebrate its 65th birthday. The iconic character with the red pointed cap, designed by Gerhard Behrendt, has been across television screens since 1959 and remains a an integral part of their evening routine. This makes the Sandmännchen the oldest children’s TV programs children’s television that is still in production.

A designer looking at a sculpture in a studio.
A person forms a white clay figure of a waving child.
A golden Sandman figure waving among colorful toys and painting supplies.
Person painting a figure with brown paint in a workshop.

To mark this anniversary, KPM Berlin teamed up with rbb media to create a special edition of the Sandman, limited to 65 pieces. The result: a contemporary, handmade porcelain adaptation with the unmistakable goatee beard, designed by KPM's chief designer Thomas Wenzel, hand-painted in our master painting studio with 24-karat shiny gold and numbered individually by hand.

A designer looking at a sculpture in a studio.
A person painting a ceramic figure with a brush.
A person lifting a white figure out of a container.

KPM Berlin and the Sandmännchen the same values: Both draw on a rich tradition of craftsmanship. Just as KPM Berlin’s porcelain—which has been handcrafted for 260 years at our manufactory in Berlin’s Tiergarten— hand for 260 years, the Sandmännchen is also crafted Sandmännchen hand—from the figure itself, to the set design, all the way to the stop-motion animation. Thus, the figure embodies the perfect symbiosis figure two renowned Berlin cultural treasures. Good night!

The Sandman is sold out.

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A person holding a mold for a figure in a workshop.
A person forming a figure out of white porcelain.
A person works carefully on a white ceramic sculpture.

PICTURES: ©HOLGER TALINSKI