Florian Ladstaetter

Florian Ladstaetter is the Vienna-based designer behind eponymous jewellery brand FLorian. Though born in Germany in 1967, Florian grew up in Austria, where he completed a Diploma in Advanced Metal Design from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He then returned to Germany to study Philosophy in Munich. Ever popular with stylists, Florian’s pieces have featured in magazines at the vanguard of fashion including W-magazine, AnOther Magazine, Japanese Vogue, Dazed&Confused and i-D. His work currently appears in private and public collections at the University and Museum of Applied Arts and the Museum of Technique, both in Vienna, the Austrian Ministry of Culture and Education and at London’s prestigious Victoria & Albert Museum.Florian’s credentials boast an impressive array of awards, exhibitions and collaborations worldwide – from Belgium to San Francisco, London to Tokyo. Florian proves time and again that his capacity for design extends beyond his chosen genre of jewellery. He has created mirrors and chandeliers for Lobmeyr in Vienna, jewellery for Elizabeth Arden, sculptures, video-performances and photography, collaboration with renowned designer Hussein Chalayan, as well as running workshops at the Academy of Nuremberg and Duesseldorf and Hiko Mizuno College in Tokyo.