Shifting Objects – Shifting Values

Shifting Objects – Shifting Values – Ausstellungseröffnung & Pre-Opening Talk

With Jonathan Radetz, designer, and Grit Weber, Deputy Director and Curator of Design, Art and Media at the Museum of Applied Arts. To mark the pop-up exhibition ‘Shifting Objects – Shifting Values’ at the WDC Hub.

The exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts showcases the results of a collaboration between various design studios from Denmark and Germany and craftspeople from the Rhine-Main region.

At the same time, an exhibition at the WDC Hub will showcase the winners of the Rhein-Main Chamber of Crafts’ Design Award as part of Crafts Day 2026, enabling visitors to experience the potential of the intersection between craftsmanship and design.

Teams:

Wood work: Volker Herglotz mit Marie Luise Stein und Anker Bak

Metalworks: Dirk Velte mit Haus Otto

Bespoke tailoring: Bennecker mit Studio Sarmīte und Tanja Kirst Studio

Freymadl Рdie Steinkultivierer mit Studio Πund Form22

Jonathan Radetz (1985*) is a multidisciplinary designer based in Frankfurt. His experience as a cabinet maker and product designer finds expression in his versatile work, ranging from furniture design to accessories and fine jewellery. Positions at modern design brand e15 and in the studios of both Stefan Diez and Saskia Diez Jewellery also impacted on his working method and approach to design. Reinterpreting pieces with a unique vision, his design philosophy  is characterized by an unbroken fascination for the timelessness of modern forms and his delight in capturing this ideal in his works. For Jonathan Radetz his work is his passion. His experiential reality is his inspiration. Thus, fashion, architecture, furniture, nature and people become his creative impulses. With a fascination for breaking down every idea into its essential components, he works playfully and at the same time consistently with materials and forms to create extraordinary furniture, accessories and jewelery.