Art Up

Take the temperature of Vienna’s contemporary design scene at Art Up, which works on a cooperative model allowing the designers who stock their work here (around 40 when we popped in) to get a foothold in the fashion world. The model makes for an eclectic collection – elegant fashion pieces rub alongside quirky accessories (Astroturf tie or handbag, anyone?) as well as ceramics and bigger art pieces. It’s a testament to the liveliness of the fashion and design scenes in Vienna, given new vigour by students coming out of the city’s fashion schools and driven by a burgeoning confidence in the quality of home-grown talent.