Viennese cooperative group of painters, sculptors, architects and decorative artists founded by Josef Hoffmann and Kolo Moser in 1903 and active until 1932.

The group was modelled upon C. R. Ashbee’s Guild of Handicraft. Under the artistic direction of Hoffmann and Moser and with the financial patronage of the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer (b 1868), they sought to rescue the applied arts and artistic craftwork from aesthetic devaluation brought on by mass production. Their aim was to re-establish the aesthetic aspect of the everyday object. As a long-term goal they strove to promote the cultivation of general public taste by bringing the potential purchaser in close contact with the designer and craftsworker. The offices, studios and workshops at Neustiftgasse 32 were designed by Moser with that purpose in mind.

• Wiener Werkstätte
  • Art Deco, §1: France
  • Art Nouveau, §6: Austria
  • Deutscher Werkbund, §1: History and growth, until 1919
  • archives
    • Archives, §3(viii): Principal art archives
  • collections
    • Austria, §XIV, 1: Federal museums
  • designers
    • Hoffmann, Josef, §1: Life and work
    • Baudisch, Gudrun
      • Baudisch, Gudrun
    • Czeschka, Carl Otto
      • Czeschka, Carl Otto
    • Fellerer, Max
      • Fellerer, Max
    • Haerdtl, Oswald
      • Haerdtl, Oswald
    • Hoffmann, Josef (Franz Maria)
      • Hoffmann, Josef, §3: Character and personality
    • Jung, Moriz
      • Jung, Moriz
    • Jungnickel, Ludwig Heinrich
      • Jungnickel, Ludwig Heinrich
    • Kalvach, Rudolf
      • Kalvach, Rudolf
    • Klimt, Gustav
      • Klimt, Gustav, §1: Life and work
      • Klimt, Gustav, §2: Working methods and technique
    • Löffler, Bertold
      • Löffler, Bertold
    • Makovskaya-Luksh, Yelena (Konstantinovna)
      • Makovsky: (4) Yelena Makovskaya-Luksh
    • Moser, Kolo(man)
      • Austria, §XI, 2: Textiles, 1800 and after
      • Moser, Kolo
    • Peche, Dagobert
      • Peche, Dagobert
      • Wallpaper, §II, 1(ii): Europe and North America, after c 1800
    • Powolny, Michael
      • Powolny, Michael
    • Prutscher, Otto
      • Prutscher, Otto
  • production
    • Arts and Crafts Movement, §3: Europe
    • Austria, §IV, 5: Sculpture, after c 1900: Modern developments
    • Austria, §VI, 4: Furniture, after 1897
    • Design, §2: 20th century
    • Vienna, §III, 4: Art life and organization, 1897 and after
    • architecture
      • Stoclet, Adolphe
    • ceramics
      • Austria, §VII, 1: Pottery
      • USA, §VII, 3(ii): Ceramics, after c 1900: Art wares
    • furniture
      • Chair, §3: After c 1450
    • interior decoration
      • Austria, §V, 4: Interior decoration, after 1897
    • jewellery
      • Jewellery, §6: After 1900
    • lace
      • Lace, §2(v): History and uses, 1900 and after
    • metalwork
      • Austria, §IX, 2: Base metals
    • porcelain
      • Austria, §VII, 2: Porcelain
      • Vienna, §IV, 3: Centre of porcelain production
    • silver
      • Austria, §IX, 1(i)(ii): Gold and silver, 1700 and after
    • tapestries
      • Tapestry, §II, 5: 1801–1914