Thinking with the Hand.

Joseph Beuys sagte er denke mit dem Knie. Wir denken mit den Händen und gestalten Prototypen unserer Ideen direkt im Haus in der eigenen Werkstatt. Manche Dinge muss man fühlen, in der richtigen Proportion und dem richtigen Material.

Old and New

Our old machines open up ways of designing and making that would not exist otherwise. Mostly without electricity, and built to last. Alongside them: 3D printers and digital cutting plotters. In our Werkstatt, we combine old and new to find the form that lasts.

Our Tools in Detail

Analog / Hand-Operated

Karl Krause hot foil press / die-cutter up to 33 x 47 cm / paper 47 x 66 cm
Treadle platen letterpress, paper up to 35 x 60 cm
Karl Krause stack cutter up to 70 x 100 cm
Karl Krause stack cutter up to 50 x 70 cm
Leos Nachfolger board shear up to 102 cm
SCM creasing and grooving machine for board, up to 102 cm width
SCM creasing device for paper and card, up to 30 cm width
Paper drill up to 16 mm
Eyelet machine, foot-operated, small diameter
Eyelet machine, hand-operated, large diameter
Karl Krause corner and slot punch
Brehmer stitching machine, small, for brochures
Brehmer stitching machine, large, for cardboard packaging
Rapidex corner stitching machine
Jagenberg gluing machine, 40 cm width
Sumbel strip-gluing machine
Double-head hole punch
Karl Krause slotting machine for cardboard packaging
Karl Krause slotting and corner-cutting machine
Book plough, 70 cm
Book press, 50 x 70 cm
Small embossing press for paper, card, corrugated board, leather, textile, sheet metal

Digital

Flatbed cutting plotter up to 100 x 210 cm, materials up to 10 mm thick
CNC flatbed router up to 125 x 250 cm, materials up to 150 mm thick
Vinyl cutting plotter, 60 cm width / unlimited length
3D printer 400 x 300 x 300 mm / hotend up to 420 °C for PEEK
OKI digital printing 32 x 95 cm / white ink + varnish / up to 0.6 mm thickness
Epson plotter, 42 cm width / unlimited length / up to 1 mm thickness for paper, film, card, corrugated board, leather, wood, metal, plastic