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 after several joint projects. We studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL) and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (DE).
ante up is a certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna, a member of the designaustria Sustainability Experts Cluster and part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation community.
+43 664 4757139
+43 670 5583055
instagram @anteup.at
facebook @anteup.at
Kellermanngasse 3/2/7
1070 Vienna
AUSTRIA
ante up
/ˈæntiː ʌp/
raise the stakes in advance
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
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
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
photos (c) Jasmin Bermadinger, ante up
Funded through the Vienna Business Agency.
Certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna.
Participated at Re:Wien startup program.
Supported by Impact Hub Vienna.
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 after several joint projects. We studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL) and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (DE).
ante up is a certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna, a member of the designaustria Sustainability Experts Cluster and part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation community.
+43 664 4757139
+43 670 5583055
instagram @anteup.at
facebook @anteup.at
Kellermanngasse 3/2/7
1070 Vienna
AUSTRIA
ante up
/ˈæntiː ʌp/
raise the stakes in advance
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
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
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
photos (c) Jasmin Bermadinger, ante up
Funded through the Vienna Business Agency.
Certificated company of OekoBusiness Vienna.
Participated at Re:Wien startup program.
Supported by Impact Hub Vienna.
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