Vienna Shopping Design And Crafts

Best Crafts And Austrian Design Shopping

My Austrian design shopping includes original objects that are unique or express thelocal zeitgeist. Viennese and Austrian designersand artisans are more audacious and expressive than you may think. Below is my selection of the best of Austrian art, design and crafts shops.

MAK Design Shop

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping.First address for Vienna shopping for design items; Unconventional contemporary gifts from Austrian (and international) designers;
What’s on offer?Designer jewellery; fashion and fashion accessories; crockery; home accessories; (product range changes regularly, so the slideshow represents examples only)
My tip: Great gift shopping for people interested in contemporary Vienna.
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Location:Stubenring 5; A-1010 Vienna
Opening hours:Tuesday 10am to midnight; Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm

Dorotheum Vienna

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping. Largest Vienna antiques store; 300+ year old local institution housed in beautiful neo-baroque palace; both auction and ‘buy now’ facilities; largest auction house in Central Europe with booming contemporary and modern art auctions; Dorotheum staff advise on and organise the shipping of larger items abroad;
What’s on offer?pictures, porcelain, silverware, glass, rugs, furniture; great value antique and modern jewellery; well sorted 20th century decorative art (product range changes regularly, so the slideshow represents examples only)
My tip: check the ceramics, glass and silverware in theGlashofdownstairs; the jewellery in the second floor;
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Location:Dorotheergasse 17; A-1010 Vienna
Opening hours:Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm

MQ Point

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping.Unconventional contemporary gifts from Austrian (and international) designers;
What’s on offer?Artisan jewellery; fashion and fashion accessories; crockery; home accessories; (product range changes regularly, so the slideshow represents examples only)
My tip: Great source for unconventional gifts, decorating your home, and yourself!
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Location:hall in main entrance of Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1; A-1070 Vienna
Opening hours:daily 10am to 7pm

Das Möbel

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping.Vienna’sfirst concept storewhich is part of its legendarycafé Das Moebel; do your Vienna shopping at a local institution known for its support of local designers;
What’s on offer?home accessories, kitchen accessories such as this modern Viennese snack board featuring the city’s skyline (photo); dinnerware, books and games
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Location:Burggasse 10, A-1070 Vienna (the described offer is located at the café the furniture has its own separate shop)
Opening hours:daily, 10am to to midnight

Kunstwerkstatt

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping.Stylish and sometimes quirky hand made gifts; buy directly from local artisans and make your Vienna shopping support local artists.
What’s on offer?Artisan jewellery and hand bags, t-shirts and fashion accessories; home decoration accessories; paintings; photographs.
My tip: Walk the fine line between kitsch and quirkyness and get those painted antlers; alternatively, the fashion jewellery and t-shirts make sure-fire gifts.
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Location:Siebensterngasse 16; A-1070 Vienna
Opening hours:March to June, Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm to 7pm; July and August, Tuesday to Saturday, 4pm to 7pm

Kunstwerkerei

Why it is good for Austrian design shopping.Great for Vienna shopping for gifts; buy local crafts directly from the artisans; choose from individual, handmade local ceramics and jewellery; chat with the artists on-site;
What’s on offer?Stoneware dinner sets and crockery; ceramic animal collections; jewellery from felt, tissue and ceramics;
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Location:Mondscheingasse 2/2; A-1070 Vienna
Opening hours:Wednesday to Friday 2pm to 7pm; Saturday 10 to 5pm; Monday and Tuesday upon arrangement; January, February, July and August on Fridays 2pm to 7pm only, and upon arrangement.