PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPEMENT
We design, develop and construct products for clients in various industries. We accompany them in the implementation and plan both the development and manufacturing processes of their products. Through intuitive design thinking approaches, we integrate the needs of our clients into our design and thus generate new, unique solutions. Previous projects range from packaging design to the conception of furniture and shop window design.
CONSULTANCY FOR CIRCULAR PRODUCT DESIGN
We want to redesign products in order to improve the use of resources. Circular design means thinking beyond a product’s life cycle: being aware of ecological impacts and of new products and resources that can come into being after a product’s use.
DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOPS
In our studio we implement workshops with our clients to achieve optimal results with design thinking tools: Together we define problems in order to develop meaningful solutions step by step and with targeted iterations.
CAD CONSTRUCTION
We use CAD software to convert analogue ideas into digital forms. These digital designs are the intersection to the production process and form the basis for checking feasibility and implementation with our manufacturing partners.
3D RENDERING
Even before a first prototype exists, we can create photorealistic images of the products using 3D rendering software. They help to make decisions about aesthetics in a resource-friendly way. Not only can they support the development process´- some of our clients even use 3D renderings instead of product photographs in E-commerce. We also use animations to show how products function, move or are constructed.
PROTOTYPING
Creating a real model allows us to test how a product looks and functions in reality. Whether paper models, 3D prints or first prototypes in the original material - in our own model workshop we have the opportunity to get close to the finished product.
ABOUT ante up
ante up is a studio for circular product and furniture design in Vienna, Austria.
We believe in a world in which everything stays in circulation and nothing loses its meaning. Based on this vision, we provide all product design services: We advise on eco-design principles, sustainable materials and production methods. We develop sophisticated concepts, put them to the test in our workshop and create unique products.
Circular objects are best viable when all of their phases of life are considered from the outset: As designers, we have the first opportunity to do so. With this holistic approach, we run our own collection of circular furniture and home accessories and tell their stories in a transparent way - from the origin and processing of the materials to the care and repairability of the products to their return into the cycle. We rely on timeless design, smart constructions and sustainable materials to create durable objects that never lose their meaning.
ante up was founded in 2020 by Benedikt Stonawski and Hauke Unterburg. They studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL) and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (DE). Since 2024, they have been teaching at the New Design University St. Pölten and FHWN Campus Wieselburg.
ante up is a certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna, a member of the designaustria Sustainability Experts Cluster and part of the Circular Economy Forum Austria.
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2025 • exhibition VIENNA VIBES, Galerie Zippenfenig, Vienna, Austria
2025 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, WEI SRAUM Designforum Tirol, Austria
2024 • exhibition VIERUNDZWANZIG, Galerie Zippenfenig, Vienna, Austria
2024 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, Creative Institute Vorarlberg, Austria
2024 • exhibition AUT NOW: 100 x Austrian Design for the 21st Century, MAK, Vienna, Austria
2024 • solo exhibition ante up: object-related, BILDRAUM 01, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Peter Bruckner Prize, Anerkennung for OPPONENT, Lienz, Austria
2024 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, Klima Biennale Wien, Austria
2024 • Peter Bruckner Prize, Lobenswerte Erwähnung for BIVALVE, Lienz, Austria
2024 • nominee & exhibition Pure Talents Contest, imm Cologne, Germany
2023 • Design Intelligence Award, Honorable Mention, Hangzhou, China
2023 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2023 • exhibition Nachhaltiges Design aus Österreich, Wohnen & Interieur, Vienna, Austria
2023 • BETWEEN Design Pop-Up, das möbel, Vienna, Austria
2022 • OTTAWATT, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2022 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2022 • Vienna Coffee Festival, Austria
2022 • Design Month Graz, Creative Industries Styria, Austria
2022 • Green Product Award pre-selection, Germany
2021 • exhibition Isola Design Week, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy
2021 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2021 • start scholarship architecture & design, BMKOES, Austria
2020 • public funding creative_pioneer, Vienna Business Agency, Austria
2019 • winner & exhibition Rado Star Prize Austria Material in Motion, Rado Store, Vienna, Austria
2019 • exhibition WHERE IS OUR COFFEE KEPT?, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2018 • curation & exhibition Design Days EXIST, Burggasse 98, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2018 • exhibition art Karlsruhe, Germany*
2018 • exhibition Kölnischer Kunstverein, German Design Council, Passagen Cologne, Germany*
2017 • curation & exhibition Design Days ALIVE, Burggasse 98, Vienna, Austria
2017 • exhibition Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy
2017 • winner & exhibition einundzwanzig, German Design Council, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2017 • exhibition kkaarrlls’ lights, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2016 • exhibition Popcore, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2016 • collaboration with artist Franz Riedl for Galerie Trapp, Salzburg, Austria
2016 • exhibition kkaarrlls, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2015 • winner & exhibition Future Packaging Prize, Dutch Packaging Association, Netherlands
2014 • winner & exhibition Caravana Design Prize, Camping Association Fair, Netherlands
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 • Schöner Wohnen Österreich, 4th issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Falstaff Living Design Guide, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Der Standard RONDO, September 9 issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Les Nouvoaux Riches, September 5, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Wienerin, September issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Circular Insider Austria, 3rd issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Raum und Wohnen, February/March issue, Cham, Switzerland
2024 • Stylepark, Frankfurt, Germany
2024 • RTL Aktuell, January 16 issue, Cologne, Germany
2023 • CUBE Magazin, 2nd issue, Düsseldorf, Germany
2023 • Der Standard RONDO, February 17 issue, Vienna, Austria
2023 • Ming Pao Daily, October 15 issue, Hong Kong
2022 • Kurier Wohnen, 5th issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • Stylepark, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 • Weltnachrichten, Austrian Development Agency, Vienna, Austria
2022 • designwanted, Milan, Italy
2022 • Die Pressen Schaufenster, April issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • H.O.M.E. Design Magazine, February issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • Wiener Wirtschaft, WKO, Vienna, Austria
2021 • designaustria Mitteilungen, 4th issue, Vienna, Austria
2020 • Domus Magazine, March issue, Milan, Italy
2019 • Do It Ourselves: A New Mentality in Dutch Design, Jeroen Junte, nai010 publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019 • Kurier Freizeit, 30 Talents, September issue, Vienna, Austria
2019 • Mestieri d’Arte & Design, N°19 issue, Milan, Italy
2018 • Architectural Digest Germany, October issue, Condé Nast, Munich, Germany*
2018 • Warehouse Home, June issue, London, UK*
2018 • Parnass Magazine, October issue, Vienna, Austria
2018 • Detail - Magazin für Architektur + Baudetail, January issue, Munich, Germany
2018 • Salzburger Nachrichten, January 5 issue, Salzburg, Austria
2017 • The Gap, Creative Industries, Vienna, Austria
2017 • Architectural Digest China, Condé Nast, China
2017 • Leibal, New York, USA*
2017 • Urdesign Magazine*
2016 • DAE Graduation Book, Eindhoven, Netherlands
*as part of FOOLS GOLD
TEACHING & LECTURES
2024 • lecture "From Concept to Series: Design Thinking in Your Own Collection", Ningbo University of Technology, China
2024 • workshop "What's Left? Design responses after natural disasters", Nanhai Academy, Haikou, China
2024 • lecture in New Materials & Sustainability I, Bachelor Program in Design, Craft & Material Culture, New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria
2024 • lecture in Design & Visualization, Master Program in Eco Design, FHWN Campus Wieselburg, Austria
2024 • guest lecture in Design in the Context of Ecology and Sustainability, University of applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2024 • Polestar Talk: Quiet Luxury, Polestar Space Vienna, Austria
2022 • workshop Circular Design, New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria
2022 • guest lecture in Design for the Circular Economy, University of applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Member of Circular Economy Forum Austria.
Certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna.
Funded through the Vienna Business Agency.
Participated at Re:Wien startup program.
photos (c) Eva Kelety, Jasmin Bermadinger, ante up
PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPEMENT
We design, develop and construct products for clients in various industries. We accompany them in the implementation and plan both the development and manufacturing processes of their products. Through intuitive design thinking approaches, we integrate the needs of our clients into our design and thus generate new, unique solutions. Previous projects range from packaging design to the conception of furniture and shop window design.
CONSULTANCY FOR CIRCULAR PRODUCT DESIGN
We want to redesign products in order to improve the use of resources. Circular design means thinking beyond a product’s life cycle: being aware of ecological impacts and of new products and resources that can come into being after a product’s use.
DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOPS
In our studio we implement workshops with our clients to achieve optimal results with design thinking tools: Together we define problems in order to develop meaningful solutions step by step and with targeted iterations.
CAD CONSTRUCTION
We use CAD software to convert analogue ideas into digital forms. These digital designs are the intersection to the production process and form the basis for checking feasibility and implementation with our manufacturing partners.
3D RENDERING
Even before a first prototype exists, we can create photorealistic images of the products using 3D rendering software. They help to make decisions about aesthetics in a resource-friendly way. Not only can they support the development process´- some of our clients even use 3D renderings instead of product photographs in E-commerce. We also use animations to show how products function, move or are constructed.
PROTOTYPING
Creating a real model allows us to test how a product looks and functions in reality. Whether paper models, 3D prints or first prototypes in the original material - in our own model workshop we have the opportunity to get close to the finished product.
ABOUT ante up
ante up is a studio for circular product and furniture design in Vienna, Austria.
We believe in a world in which everything stays in circulation and nothing loses its meaning. Based on this vision, we provide all product design services: We advise on eco-design principles, sustainable materials and production methods. We develop sophisticated concepts, put them to the test in our workshop and create unique products.
Circular objects are best viable when all of their phases of life are considered from the outset: As designers, we have the first opportunity to do so. With this holistic approach, we run our own collection of circular furniture and home accessories and tell their stories in a transparent way - from the origin and processing of the materials to the care and repairability of the products to their return into the cycle. We rely on timeless design, smart constructions and sustainable materials to create durable objects that never lose their meaning.
ante up was founded in 2020 by Benedikt Stonawski and Hauke Unterburg. They studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL) and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (DE). Since 2024, they have been teaching at the New Design University St. Pölten and FHWN Campus Wieselburg.
ante up is a certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna, a member of the designaustria Sustainability Experts Cluster and part of the Circular Economy Forum Austria.
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EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2025 • exhibition VIENNA VIBES, Galerie Zippenfenig, Vienna, Austria
2025 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, WEI SRAUM Designforum Tirol, Austria
2024 • exhibition VIERUNDZWANZIG, Galerie Zippenfenig, Vienna, Austria
2024 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, Creative Institute Vorarlberg, Austria
2024 • exhibition AUT NOW: 100 x Austrian Design for the 21st Century, MAK, Vienna, Austria
2024 • solo exhibition ante up: object-related, BILDRAUM 01, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Peter Bruckner Prize, Anerkennung for OPPONENT, Lienz, Austria
2024 • exhibition Design with a Purpose, Klima Biennale Wien, Austria
2024 • Peter Bruckner Prize, Lobenswerte Erwähnung for BIVALVE, Lienz, Austria
2024 • nominee & exhibition Pure Talents Contest, imm Cologne, Germany
2023 • Design Intelligence Award, Honorable Mention, Hangzhou, China
2023 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2023 • exhibition Nachhaltiges Design aus Österreich, Wohnen & Interieur, Vienna, Austria
2023 • BETWEEN Design Pop-Up, das möbel, Vienna, Austria
2022 • OTTAWATT, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2022 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2022 • Vienna Coffee Festival, Austria
2022 • Design Month Graz, Creative Industries Styria, Austria
2022 • Green Product Award pre-selection, Germany
2021 • exhibition Isola Design Week, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy
2021 • exhibition Design Everyday, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2021 • start scholarship architecture & design, BMKOES, Austria
2020 • public funding creative_pioneer, Vienna Business Agency, Austria
2019 • winner & exhibition Rado Star Prize Austria Material in Motion, Rado Store, Vienna, Austria
2019 • exhibition WHERE IS OUR COFFEE KEPT?, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2018 • curation & exhibition Design Days EXIST, Burggasse 98, Vienna Design Week, Austria
2018 • exhibition art Karlsruhe, Germany*
2018 • exhibition Kölnischer Kunstverein, German Design Council, Passagen Cologne, Germany*
2017 • curation & exhibition Design Days ALIVE, Burggasse 98, Vienna, Austria
2017 • exhibition Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy
2017 • winner & exhibition einundzwanzig, German Design Council, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2017 • exhibition kkaarrlls’ lights, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2016 • exhibition Popcore, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2016 • collaboration with artist Franz Riedl for Galerie Trapp, Salzburg, Austria
2016 • exhibition kkaarrlls, Fuorisalone Milan, Italy*
2015 • winner & exhibition Future Packaging Prize, Dutch Packaging Association, Netherlands
2014 • winner & exhibition Caravana Design Prize, Camping Association Fair, Netherlands
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 • Schöner Wohnen Österreich, 4th issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Falstaff Living Design Guide, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Der Standard RONDO, September 9 issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Les Nouvoaux Riches, September 5, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Wienerin, September issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Circular Insider Austria, 3rd issue, Vienna, Austria
2024 • Raum und Wohnen, February/March issue, Cham, Switzerland
2024 • Stylepark, Frankfurt, Germany
2024 • RTL Aktuell, January 16 issue, Cologne, Germany
2023 • CUBE Magazin, 2nd issue, Düsseldorf, Germany
2023 • Der Standard RONDO, February 17 issue, Vienna, Austria
2023 • Ming Pao Daily, October 15 issue, Hong Kong
2022 • Kurier Wohnen, 5th issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • Stylepark, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, Germany
2022 • Weltnachrichten, Austrian Development Agency, Vienna, Austria
2022 • designwanted, Milan, Italy
2022 • Die Pressen Schaufenster, April issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • H.O.M.E. Design Magazine, February issue, Vienna, Austria
2022 • Wiener Wirtschaft, WKO, Vienna, Austria
2021 • designaustria Mitteilungen, 4th issue, Vienna, Austria
2020 • Domus Magazine, March issue, Milan, Italy
2019 • Do It Ourselves: A New Mentality in Dutch Design, Jeroen Junte, nai010 publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019 • Kurier Freizeit, 30 Talents, September issue, Vienna, Austria
2019 • Mestieri d’Arte & Design, N°19 issue, Milan, Italy
2018 • Architectural Digest Germany, October issue, Condé Nast, Munich, Germany*
2018 • Warehouse Home, June issue, London, UK*
2018 • Parnass Magazine, October issue, Vienna, Austria
2018 • Detail - Magazin für Architektur + Baudetail, January issue, Munich, Germany
2018 • Salzburger Nachrichten, January 5 issue, Salzburg, Austria
2017 • The Gap, Creative Industries, Vienna, Austria
2017 • Architectural Digest China, Condé Nast, China
2017 • Leibal, New York, USA*
2017 • Urdesign Magazine*
2016 • DAE Graduation Book, Eindhoven, Netherlands
*as part of FOOLS GOLD
TEACHING & LECTURES
2024 • lecture "From Concept to Series: Design Thinking in Your Own Collection", Ningbo University of Technology, China
2024 • workshop "What's Left? Design responses after natural disasters", Nanhai Academy, Haikou, China
2024 • lecture in New Materials & Sustainability I, Bachelor Program in Design, Craft & Material Culture, New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria
2024 • lecture in Design & Visualization, Master Program in Eco Design, FHWN Campus Wieselburg, Austria
2024 • guest lecture in Design in the Context of Ecology and Sustainability, University of applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2024 • Polestar Talk: Quiet Luxury, Polestar Space Vienna, Austria
2022 • workshop Circular Design, New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria
2022 • guest lecture in Design for the Circular Economy, University of applied Arts Vienna, Austria
photos (c) Eva Kelety, Jasmin Bermadinger, ante up
Member of Circular Economy Forum Austria.
Certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna.
Funded through the Vienna Business Agency.
Participated at Re:Wien startup program.
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