INTERVIEWS In good shape9/9/2025Birgit Hoffmann and Christoph Kahleyss have expanded the Marie chair family for Freifrau. In this interview, they tell us about the new ideas they have added and how they designed the backrest to be sustainable.
AWARD NOMINATION Freifrau 2025: MARIE LOUNGE SWING SEAT4/16/2025The successful ‘Marie’ collection from Freifrau gets a new twist: the ‘Marie Lounge Swing Seat’ with high or low backrest offers comfortable and carefree seating.
STYLEPARK RAFFLE Stylish Sunbathin2/1/2025Stylepark is giving away the 'Leyasol' Wingback Chair by Freifrau.
ORGATEC 2024 – REVIEW Nervously in the flow10/24/2024How do we want to work in the future? What do we need for this? And which topics are crucial for the industry? Every two years, Orgatec, the leading international trade fair for modern working environments, provides an insight into the ideas and concerns that set the tone in the minds of creative professionals and entrepreneurs. Our review.
AWARD NOMINATION Freifrau: MARIE LOW DINING by Hoffmann Kahleyss Design8/28/2024The concept of low dining, previously confined to exclusive outdoor settings, has now been introduced to the interior design sector. The low version of the "Marie" upholstered armchair, created by Freifrau, represents a new synthesis of lounge and dining, offering a sophisticated solution for interior spaces.
FEATURED Sofa Talk8/19/2024The "Mia" sofa is more than just a piece of furniture – it is a place to feel at ease, a symbol of comfort and versatility. It thus embodies the core values of the Freifrau manufactory in a unique way. In this featured film, Ilja Huber gives an exclusive insight into his design.
AWARD NOMINATION A Sofa Like a Warm Embrace10/3/2023With “Mia”, Freifrau is introducing the kind of modular sofa system to its product range that succeeds in achieving a delicate balancing act that makes it both elegant and comfortable, leisurely and chic.
AWARD NOMINATION Freifrau 2023: GRACE LOUNGE CHAIR LOW4/26/2023For Freifrau, the Hamburg duo Hoffmann Kahleyss Design designed the Grace collection, which shines with a clear design language and, true to the manufacturer's motto of special comfort, guarantees the highest level of seating comfort. The new "Grace Lounge Chair Low" is an ideal addition to this collection.
FEATURED PREVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023 FREIFRAU4/11/2023Freifrau presents the new "Marie" collection by designer duo Hoffmann Kahleyss at the Salone del Mobile and expands the "Grace" furniture collection: a lounge chair in two versions and a footstool will soon be part of the graceful product family.
AWARD Stylepark Selected Award 202211/28/2022With the Stylepark Selected Award 2022, Stylepark honours the best new products of the year. These are the award winners.
FEATURED The art of upholstering furniture11/16/2022A soft feel and clear lines at the same time: for Freifrau, designer Hanne Willmann has added a sofa and an armchair to the style-defining Nana product family.
FEATURED Comfortable and stylish5/26/2021"A design is always a cooperation, a synthesis of two attitudes," says Sebastian Herkner. For Freifrau, he opted for that extra touch of sensuality and elegance, when recently adding new items to his "Ona" collection.
DESIGN Freifrau 2021: GRACE2/26/2021"Grace" - that is the name of the new chair by the Hoffmann Kahleyss design studio for Freifrau. Elegance and particularly strong material form the basis.
FEATURED Freifrau in motion11/25/2019Surprisingly different and comfortably casual – the chairs by Freifrau are pleasing to the eye with their organic shapes and individual designs. Now, the duo of Hoffmann and Kahleyss are bringing some added oomph – quite literally – to the “Leya” collection.
FEATURED Mythical world of seating6/5/2019A crossover between fine art and tattoo art: Freifrau had a tattoo artist design an opulent fabric motif for its seating.