23 Jun Schloss Hollenegg for Galerie Magazine
A stately medieval castle in southern Austria may seem an unlikely destination for the international design set, yet Schloss Hollenegg has become just that. Located less than three hours south of Vienna in the small (population 2,000) village of Hollenegg, the 21,000-square-foot, 52-room living museum of sorts hosts a residency program and annual themed exhibition curated by ascending design world darling Alice Stori Liechtenstein.
Born in Milan and raised in Bologna, Liechtenstein, who holds a master’s degree in design from Barcelona’s Elisava School of Design, moved to Austria in the early aughts after meeting her now-husband, Alfred. The castle had been in his family for two centuries and in the eight years since she reintroduced the space as Schloss Hollenegg for Design, it has lured a creative community with a program that explores heady ideas ranging from the role of design in promoting more considerate behaviors to being “blissfully slow,†and utilizing the table as a setting for human interaction.
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