Romeo & Juliet                                        Bottle Openers by Ritzenhoff

Romeo and Juliet are probably the most famous pair in the world: with “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare created a legend that still fascinates us today. But it’s not only Shakespeare’s works that focus on the special relationship between men and women. The cinema has also produced legendary pairs. “Bonnie and Clyde”, for instance, turned Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway into an unforgettable gangster pair. Breaking all the rules, their flight still makes us breathless. But it is naturally the romantic idea of a man and a woman that captures our imagination. From Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn to Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart: their faces have shown us what real passion means – pairs fascinate and entertain us.

It’s a cliché to say that there are two sides to a coin. But many things actually do only reveal their true nature when seen in contrast to others. For instance, the strength of many famous pairs is often the product of the distinction between the composite individuals. And Ritzenhoff is now acknowledging the great doubles of our culture with the “Romeo & Juliet” collection. The designs concentrate on the topic of the face and the two sides of the product focus pairs, opposites, complements, etc.

Be inspired by the charm of the Ritzenhoff pairs and the ideas of our designers –angel & devil by Oliver Hartmann, astronaut & alien by Anke Hellmich, beast & hunter by Klaus Meinhardt, white woman & black man by Hans-Christian Sanladerer, cat & dog by Emmeke van der Put, the drunken man & his angry wife by Marcel Bierenbroodspot, the warm red & the cool blue face by Thorsten Hasenkamm or Caesar & Cleopatra by Tassilo von Grolman.