Hi, we’re Mimi & Kati.
In 2023, we founded EDER, a Berlin-based studio designing and building furniture and interiors.
This is us in front of our small studio space in Kreuzberg, where we plan projects, develop new ideas – and occasionally throw dinner parties for our friends.
If you’ve got a project in mind, you should definitely come by for a chat!
O A S E - Refurbishment of an Berlin Apartment | 2026
Reducing the apartment back to its spatial shell and rebuilding it from there using only the absolute essentials.
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The fragmented three-room layout with its internal corridor, windowless kitchen, and enclosed bathroom was removed. In its place, we introduced one autonomous central core, a tiled bench that mirrors the beam, and lowered all windows to create floor-to-ceiling openings framing Berlins cityscape.
The tone of the wood set the direction for the material palette, with all timber elements in American cherry finished with oil.
Phase 5-8 In collaboration with @hauptstadtstudio_berlin
All new built-in furnishings, kitchen and sliding doors by @eder_berlin
Fotos: @till.schuster
Before and drawings and Detail shots slide 5-7 : WERCK
O A S E - Refurbishment of an Berlin Apartment | 2026
Reducing the apartment back to its spatial shell and rebuilding it from there using only the absolute essentials.
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The fragmented three-room layout with its internal corridor, windowless kitchen, and enclosed bathroom was removed. In its place, we introduced one autonomous central core, a tiled bench that mirrors the beam, and lowered all windows to create floor-to-ceiling openings framing Berlins cityscape.
We embraced and preserved as found built-in cabinetry, integrating it into the new layout. Turned 90 degrees and placed parallel to the inner wall a curtain now allows the contents to be revealed or concealed as needed.
The tone of the wood set the direction for the material palette, with all timber elements in American cherry finished with oil.
Phase 5-8 In collaboration with @hauptstadtstudio_berlin
All new built-in furnishings, kitchen and sliding doors by @eder_berlin
Fotos: @till.schuster
Videos and before: WERCK
O A S E - Refurbishment of an Berlin Apartment | 2026
A stabilizing core, a spatial skeleton, and a panoramic view over Berlin, an immense urban backdrop.
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We understand the redesign of this 1970s apartment in the spirit of Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s interventions in his apartments at the Edifício Jaraguá in São Paulo: as an oasis above the city. A place shaped by ceiling fans and the evaporative cooling of surrounding plants—a form of cohabitation on the 15th floor.
An inserted core interlocks with the four rooms, much like the modular façade elements of Friedrich Kracht. As in Mendes da Rocha’s work, this creates a continuous loop through the apartment, which can be zoned as needed through three sliding doors.
We admire the tiles of Higienópolis and reinterpret them here in a range of colors, giving each room its own distinct character.
We are very grateful to have collaborated with @hauptstadtstudio_berlin a strong and talented partner who carried the project through phases 5–8! The custom-built fittings and sliding doors by highly skilled @eder_berlin . Above all, we would like to thank our client for the trust placed in our workshop!
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Archival construction-period Image: Spezialarchiv Bauen in der DDR, Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung
Fotos: @till.schuster
Foto: Formsteine F. Kracht by WERCK
Cheers to another year around the sun!
Looking back at another year of growing our little EDER universe. Swipe for some insights into our life between workshop and studio.
We can‘t wait for what’s ahead 🪐
Our latest project - a sunny yellow kitchen 🌞
Fronts are painted in F&B #37 Hay, combined with a stainless steel counter top. Swipe to see some process shots including our favourite delivery crew!
