Stop 13: The Wiener Werkstätte
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The Wiener Werkstätte – or ‘Vienna Workshop’ – was a craft workshop set up by members of the Secession. Here we look at the formation of this highly influential group of designers and one of their most ambitious endeavors, to design, build and fit out the Stoclet Palace.
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