WITH BACKGROUNDS IN DESIGN, FINE ART, AND FILM, THE DUO MERGES CONCEPTUAL THINKING WITH HANDS-ON MAKING. MAGDALENA, WHO COMES FROM A FILM FAMILY IN MOSCOW, STUDIED ART HISTORY AT LUDWIG MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITY AND DIRECTED SEVERAL SHORT FILMS BEFORE TURNING HER FOCUS TO PHOTOGRAPHY, CURATION, AND DESIGN. JOHANNES HOLDS A MASTER’S IN DESIGN PRODUCTS FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN LONDON AND TRAINED AS A FURNITURE MAKER IN MUNICH.
WORKING ACROSS COLLECTIBLE DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL ART PIECES STUDIO VON SCHOENEBECK EXPLORES THEMES OF MEMORY, EMOTION, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. THEIR PRACTICE IS DEEPLY NARRATIVE AND OFTEN POETIC—EACH PIECE IS AN INVITATION INTO A PERSONAL YET UNIVERSAL STORY.
THEIR STUDIO IS ALSO THEIR APARTMENT—TUCKED UNDER THE ROOF, FILLED WITH PROTOTYPES, UNFINISHED WORK IN PROGRESS PIECES, MARQUETTES, SAMPLES, LITERATURE AND MANY IDEAS IN PROGRESS.
Shows (Solo & Group)
2025
Persona, with Adorno, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen, DK
2025
Metal Works, the Rope Gallery, Munich, DE
2024
SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT, ZIRKA SPACE, MUNICH, DE
2024
1,50-EURO-SHOP, SPACE NN, MUNICH, DE
2024
co-creating with nature, mcbw, spazio, munich, de
2023
Tischmarkt in den Wolken, Salon c/o, Munich, DE
2023
7 x 7 X 7, Stiftung Federkiel, Munich, DE
2023
Permanent exhibition, Spazio, Munich, DE
2021
MVSC 05 EXHIBITION, Design Museum, Gent, BE
2012
RCA 2021 SHOW, London, UK
2020
DESIGN KOREA FESTIVAL 2020, Seoul, KR
2020
MAARTEN VAN SEVEREN CHAIR 05 MASTERCLASS, KASK, Gent, BE
2019
RESISTANCE, Interfilm festival, Berlin, DE
2019
CURATORIAL EXHIBITION, RCA, London, UK
2018
ID-SCHULTERBLICK EXHIBITION, Regensburg, DE
2018
Young Photographers of Russia, Photounion, Moscow, RU
2016
NIMM PLATZ AKTION SONDERMÖBEL, Regensburg, DE
Awards
2021
GRAPHIS NEW TALENT AWARD 2021, GOLD