Martin Mostböck works across design, material and craft. The State of Things reveals how furniture,
objects and houses emerge from production, testing and experimentation. On display are chairs,
tables, lamps as well as residential houses and pavilions — works that make his distinctive material
language and hands-on, craft-based approach, tangible. As an architect and designer, he develops
ideas into objects: knife, saw and prototype in hand, he tests and shapes his designs, making
decisions through an immediate dialogue between material and production. Balancing functional
clarity with playful form, the works tell stories, shift scales and open new perspectives on space,
material and everyday life. The exhibition at Aedes presents a multifaceted view of a practice that
melds together processes from architecture to design through its craftsmanship.
A Bunch of Holes, Skizze © Martin Mostböck
For 25 years, Martin Mostböck has oscillated seamlessly between sketches, built architecture, furniture
design, interiors and industrial design. The exhibition invites visitors to look behind the scenes, focusing
on process, craftsmanship and material. Ideas that begin in a sketchbook end up on the workbench – and
become part of lived spaces.
Two boxy landscapes grow out of the exhibition space. One is dedicated to architectural works, presented
through working and scale models, plans and sections. The other, larger structure showcases the design
objects for which Mostböck is known: tables, chairs and lamps– each with its own design story. In this way,
industrial processes, craftsmanship and form become equally tangible. The exhibition brings together
unique one-off pieces as well as serial products, large and small.
Model of Room with a View, single-family house, Forchtenstein, AT | House for a Winegrower, single-family house, Horitschon, AT © Martin Mostböck | Living Garden, residential building, Vienna, AT © Paul Sebesta
Architectural Projects:
• Living Garden, residential building, Seestadt, Aspern, Vienna, AT, 2019
• Room with a View, single-family house, Forchtenstein, AT, 2021
• House for a Winegrower, single-family house, Horitschon, AT, 2016
• My Cousin’s House, single-family house, Oberpullendorf, AT, 2010
• The Rough One, pavilion, Graz, AT, 2017
Design Objects:
• FLAXX Chair, armchair, shell made of natural flax fibre, AT, 2015
• Best Friends Chair, object, AT 1992/98
• The Edge.01, floor lamp, AT, 2014
• Garcia, armchair, AT, 2001
• A Bunch of Holes, a table and three stools, AT, 2022
• Konstantin Chair, armchair, AT, 2019
• Kolonna, planter, CH, 2019
• Hive, planter, CH, 2022–2025
• Enzo, champagne cooler, AT, 2021
• Brenner, bookends, DE, 2017
• Mezzasferas, lounge chair, AT, 2025
• WunderBar, fence, AT, 2024
• K&G, carafe and glass, AT, 2008
Best Friends Chair, sketch | Best Friends Chair © Martin Mostböck
About Martin Mostböck
Architect and designer Martin Mostböck creates furniture, interiors, everyday objects and buildings,
moving fluidly between disciplines. Among his award-winning works are objects seen in the Museum of
Arts and Design in New York, the Design Museum Holon in Tel Aviv and the Museum of Applied Arts in
Vienna. Mostböck demonstrates how material, function and space interact in forms that are both clear
and playful.
An Aedes catalogue will be published.
