Victor Foxtrot

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Victor Foxtrot

In 2015, Florian Vogel founded the label Victor Foxtrot in Hamburg. The brand name was a "coincidence": Foxtrot and Victor stand for Florian's initials in the flag alphabet. The idea came to him when his wife gave him cufflinks based on this inspiration. "That's how the name of my label came about," says Florian Vogel, who first worked in a furniture locksmith's shop after graduating from high school before studying product design and completing an internship with Ingo Maurer in Munich in 2002. Florian Vogel finally worked in the creative lighting designer's design team for eight years before returning to Hamburg and setting up his own business in the Bahrenfeld district.

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His first product was the “Same Same” table, whose lightweight frame makes the top seem to float. The substructure has a filigree central strut on which the feet can be comfortably rested. This detail is a reminiscence of an old oak table from the Wilhelminian period, which once stood with the Vogel family and on whose struts everyone rested their feet even then. The table is available in different lengths, widths and frame colours as well as with table tops from oak to MDF to marble.

A wardrobe reduced to the essentials is “Less Mess”. In a tubular steel frame, a brass clothes rail hangs in saddle leather straps. This seems as reduced as it is artistic. Here, too, the customer can express wishes regarding size and color.

In addition to the furniture – how could it be otherwise with the prehistory – the lamps also come from Florian Vogel’s studio. “Leaf It” is a pendant lamp inspired by the organic shape of the silver taler. The white leaves of the lamp, arranged on an aluminum rod, are reminiscent of the plant and provide a pleasant light. “Nr5” is a table lamp that is reminiscent of a mixture of library lamp and surveillance camera.

Carolin Kreidel, who worked as a strategist in the luxury fashion industry for 15 years, joined in 2019. Since then, Florian and Carolin have been standing together behind VICTOR FOXTROT. Your collaboration benefits from individual skills and a broad creative intersection. While Florian is responsible for the design, product development and craftsmanship, Carolin thinks in terms of collections and stories. What unites both is the passion for colour, clear lines and timeless shapes – and all these parameters result in the unmistakable profile of VICTOR FOXTROT.

A large part of the collection is manufactured in the company’s own workshop in Hamburg, only individual sub-steps are outsourced to specialized craft businesses in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Cooperation with local suppliers and in-house production make it possible to produce small series as well as custom-made and custom-made products sustainably, promptly and in high quality.