From waste to want - Otto von Quast´s 24 Carat Pets
9. July 2008 Accessories & Jewelry, Designers & Labels, Sustainable Fashion
Nor is Otto von Quast a long-term professor of philology, neither a member in the club for handlebar moustaches - Otto von Quast is the name of a Berlin-based design studio runned by two sassy designers - Verena Kern and Britta Knüppel - who design unconventional jewelry, develop inventive products and fiddle about pulsating art projects.
Originally, the 24 Carat Pets vegetated as worthless, discarded toys, collector´s items or dust catchers. Gilded with 24 carat hard gold, the pieces transform into magnificent pendants and brooches that find their path back to the world as stunning unicums.
Maybe, I should step by with the box I host my childhood memories in. From deer to rabbit, there´s a lot to find. I dimly remember a penguin…. To say nothing of some ugly figures from kinder surprise eggs that I didn´t dare to depollute yet.
Photos via Otto von Quast
When Coco Chanel opened her first shop in 1913 in Paris, no one would have been thought that this woman would become one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, a role model for the industrially expanding world and a precursor for female independence.... 
Don´t worry, What´s Wrong With The Zoo isn´t going porn - instead, I have a look towards south. To Munich, Germany. In the midst of the Glockenbachviertel, the AMEN Store doesn´t only hawk unique mirroring but also cares about the good style. (read on) 
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