“It has to be refreshing and burn a bit”

With the fragrance label Atelier Oblique, designer Mario Lombardo has added another dimension to his world of design. A conversation about beauty, routines, and fragrances.

Inside MÜHLE: Mareike Moser

Most MÜHLE products, whether unpacked by customers in New York or Dresden, Shanghai or Chemnitz, after a long or short journey to find their place in bathrooms around the world,…

Organic Designs

Dortmund-based photographer Sebastian André Kruthoffer concentrates on conceptual series and manifold forms of still-life photography. He has an expert eye for mysterious productions and illumination. No matter where: the…

“Mediocore? Never!”

Swiss creative director Beda Achermann propagated his style with the Men’s Vogue in the mid-80s. Ever since then, everything he has touched is considered to be art. Today, he runs…

Locken for Freedom – a tribute to my curls and to David Hasselhoff

When I was born in the winter of 1977, with a fuzz of curly carrot-blond hairs on my baby head, my father asked: “It’s not staying like that, is it?”…

All for the beans

The cult espresso machines by Olympia are popular worldwide. Visiting the heritage company in Switzerland.

“It’s about people’s well-being”

What’s the key to good management nowadays? Should you still wield power, or should you treat your staff as equals? A conversation about the balancing act of being boss.

Inside MÜHLE: Doreen Winkler

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

Welcome to our collection!

Welcome to our collection! At our company headquarters, there's a hidden room inviting you to delve deep into the history of shaving culture.

Nordic combinations

Annica and Marie Eklund appeal to illustrious clients with their design floors made from nylon yarn. A visit to BOLON in Sweden

Inside MÜHLE: Anja Schmidt

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

“Dressing up is a conversation starter”

New York street fashion photographer Johnny Cirillo has captivated a massive audience with his Instagram account @watchingnewyork.A conversation with him about beauty, masculinity, and beards.

Inside MÜHLE: Dana Härtel

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

Inside MÜHLE: Lukas Berthold

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

“We want to see the processes behind the beautiful things we love”

London Craft Week is around the corner and the MÜHLE Store is joining in. We spoke with store owner Veronica Chessell about the event.

Inside MÜHLE: Cathrin Hörnig

She loves the variety in the collection: Sometimes Cathrin Hörnig works with wood, like the reddish-shimmering thuja wood of the Stylo series, other times with black precious resin as…

A glass of Home

He is a fourth-generation winemaker, his white wines are among the best in the world: visiting Cornelius Dönnhoff

C as in Chrome

Chromium is in high demand. Not only in the Ore Mountains, the place where MÜHLE has been producing shaving brushes and safety razors for over 70 years.

Fjords of fabric

When the old looms were to be sold, Mario Sierra decided without further ado to revive his grandmother's textile production.

Waste not, want not

The Zero Waste movement calls for a conscious change of habits and focuses on well-made things that last. An explanation in eight steps.

“Respect people’s ideas – no matter how crazy they may be”

He has been working at the MÜHLE Store in Berlin since 2015: Deniz Uzunoglu is a barber with a lot of experience and a great deal of insight into people. A visit.

Rethinking materials

Recently, a whole host of innovative materials have been created that are supposed to be better than their predecessors. Are they? Do we need them?

“Design is a powerful tool”

In addition to furniture, luminaires and clocks, he designed the Hexagon series for MÜHLE: product designer Mark Braun in conversation with Andreas Müller.

Botox Talk

Moritz Herrmann asks himself: Is it really no longer necessary to be ashamed when you have something done? And what about his face?

Inside MÜHLE: Thomas König

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

Where are you at?

With a visionary application to become the European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz proved that the city is ready for more. The word just needs to get around.

The fragrance mixers of the Medicis

Elixirs, balms and secret ingredients: Eugenio Alphandery of the Officina di Santa Maria Novella trusts in ancient monastery knowledge.

“A beard alone does not qualify you for beard trimming”

Evelyn Gutweniger, Head Barber at Nomad, on her craft, the most important tricks and the most popular beard styles of the moment.

“Anything that disrupts is beautiful”

Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has a very unique approach to beauty. We talked to him about hairstyles, beauty and beards.

Of craftspeople, tinkerers and inventors

Porcelain, watches, shaving products – almost nowhere else in Germany is the density of traditional manufactories as high as it is in Saxony. Why is that?

MÜHLE Inside: Daniel Löffler

A manufactory relies on highly skilled employees. Long hours of practice have produced quite a few masters. Allow us to introduce some of them to you.

Topless

Men have been given a deep look lately: Two-pieces minus the shirts are probably the hottest trend this summer. What does our author Florian Siebeck think about shirtlessness?

“White is the colour of the soul”

Italian entrepreneur and designer Alessandro Squarzi on white trousers, lipstick kisses and Instagram.

Walking on Sunshine

This is wanderlust at its best – photographer Maximilian Virgili depicts MÜHLE products in special places.

Here comes the sun

And how do you handle sun protection? Author Florian Siebeck on his attitude to skin aging.

How do you give a production hall a soul?

There’s a newcomer on the MÜHLE company premises, whose architecture is derived from the company's values.

Of rocks and people

In São Lourenço do Barrocal, Portugal, José António Uva has turned the ruins of his ancestral farming village into a hotel that redefines luxury.

Antiques with a modern twist

With their cosmetics brand Officine Universelle Buly, Victoire de Taillac and Ramdane Touhami combine antique decor with modern science.

Greasy Italy

Lenz Koppelstätter confesses his love for greasy hair – and attributes this to his Italian origins.

In Focus

People who start the day with beautiful things get more out of life. A photo series by still life expert Sebastian Kruthoffer.

“TikTok was the first platform that made sense to me”

Elliot Forbes worked at the MÜHLE Store in Carnaby before he became a TikTok star with a video about hair trends in 2019.

Lord of the Rings

Christian Werner is one of the few who still practises the traditional wheelwright’s craft. A visit in the Ore Mountains.

“Gardening is balm to my soul”

Andreas Müller on how gardening helps him in his everyday life.

Rolls-Royce of the seas

The wooden boats by Riva are the epitome of elegant marine locomotion – visiting their most gifted restorer.

“As a designer I focus on people”

Berlin designer and restaurateur Huy-Thong Tran-Mai on questions of beauty and rituals.

Of men and machines

MÜHLE: where traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology meet.

You’ll never walk alone

Tricker’s shoes, handmade just like 190 years ago, are a true piece of British culture. A visit to Northampton.