Master & Margarita is a minimalist chair created by Munich-based studio Studio von Schoenebeck. This sculptural chair pair inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita explores themes of duality, devotion, and timeless connection through two distinct yet interlocking chairs. One chair features hollow round legs while the other has square legs that fit seamlessly inside, creating a poetic expression of complementarity. Each piece can stand on its own, but their full meaning emerges only when united. Together they represent protection, integration, and mutual transformation – a modular metaphor for human connection. This interlocking design demonstrates how furniture can embody narrative concepts where formal relationships between objects express abstract ideas about human relationships and emotional bonds.

Crafted from aluminum, the design balances sharp geometric lines with a refined surface. Each chair is engraved with a quote from Bulgakov’s novel, turning them into vessels of literary memory. The Margarita chair bears “The one who loves must share the fate of the one they love,” while the Master chair reads “Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love?” These inscriptions transform each chair into a place of personal memory and symbolic encounter.

The engravings refer to the theme of eternal love and devotion that runs throughout the novel, serving as a reminder of the power of the word – a word that, even when burned, continues to live. Although there are no benches with plaques at Patriarch’s Ponds, the place where the novel begins like those found in London parks, these engravings create such a possibility: a space for remembrance, dedication, and return. This literary integration demonstrates how furniture design can extend beyond purely functional or aesthetic concerns to embody cultural and narrative content.