KARST is a minimalist carpentry studio located in Berlin, Germany, founded by Ricarda Sophie Lorenz and Julien Budnik in 2018. This collaboration combines Budnik’s master carpenter technical expertise with Lorenz’s creative direction, working alongside architects and interior designers plus directly with individual clients realizing custom interiors and original furniture pieces. The studio premises on craft command and natural material love blending modern and mid-century references across art, architecture, and design through exceptional materials, thoughtful detailing, and precise finishes.

Budnik as Berlin-based master carpenter and studio co-founder and technical director guides interiors and bespoke joinery through technical expertise drawing on sixteen years carpentry experience including four as certified master. He combines discerning material selection and treatment with rigorous craftsmanship recognized for technical finesse and design clarity, working from comprehensive Lichtenberg workshop executing complex joinery details, rounded edges, and custom solutions. This workshop-based approach demonstrates how contemporary furniture makers can maintain traditional craft methods while serving contemporary design sensibilities.

Lorenz brings Berlin-based interior designer intuitive sense for materials, mood, and detail with fashion and creative direction background contributing unique perspective defining spaces. Grounded in refined compositions balancing clarity with warmth, her approach begins with nuanced existing architecture reading revealing essence through subtle natural material layering and tactile finishes. Layout, surface, and form respond closely to space inhabitation and experience patterns with modernist simplicity, Italian refinement, and occasional Art Deco detail finding expression through spatial vocabulary feeling effortless, open, and place-attuned.