Milena Kling

IN HER BERLIN BASED DESIGN STUDIO MILENA KLING CREATES OBJECTS, MATERIAL CONCEPTS & INTERIOUR SPACES WITH A GREAT PASSION FOR CONTEMPORARY GLASS AND A FASCINATION FOR RAW MATERIALS, NARRATION AND ELABORATE PROCESSES.

IN HER WORK SHE TRANSFORMS THIS PASSION IN A RANGE OF BESPOKE GLASS EDITIONS AND PROJECTS FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS.

HER WORK IS BASED ON PROFUND RESEARCH, THE FASCINATION FOR NATURAL PHENOMENA AND A BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE. LIKE AN ALCHEMIST SEARCHING FOR TREASURE, THE WORK IN GLASS EVOLVED FROM HER EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATION OF GLASS AND METALS.

HER WORK WAS NOMINATED FOR VARIOUS AWARDS LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL „MODERN CRAFT OF THE YEAR“ AND „TALENTE“. IT WAS SHOWCASED IN SEVERAL GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND IS REPRESENTED BY THE „NEUE SAMMLUNG“ OF PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE, MUNICH.

CURRENTLY SHE CREATES GLASS PROJECTS FOR THE EMERGING RESTAURANT AND FINE DINING SCENE IN BERLIN AND REALISES INSTALLATIONS AND SETTINGS FOR RENOWNED BRANDS LIKE HERMÈS, NEW YORK TIMES AND DIVERSE MAGAZINES WHILE WORKING AS DESIGNER AND PROJECT MENAGER FOR ARTIST SARAH ILLENBERGER.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LISA WEISS AND ELISA STROZYK SHE DEVELOPED THE EXHIBITION FORMAT „THE JOURNEY“, WHERE SHE COOPERATES WITH HIGHLY TALENTED DESIGNERS TO STAGE EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS AND TALKS.