Wiener GTV Design is the current product brand of Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH (GTV) — a company tracing back to one of the most consequential furniture foundings of industrial history: Michael Thonet (1796–1871), born in Boppard (Rhineland), accepted an invitation from Chancellor Metternich to Vienna in 1842 and there in 1853 founded "Gebrüder Thonet" with his five sons. His revolutionary steam-bending process for solid wood — industrial, chemical-mechanical, and reproducible — made wooden furniture in large quantities possible for the first time. By 1865: 22 monobrand shops worldwide. By 1911: 980 different models in the catalogue. The N.14 chair — the "coffeehouse chair" — was produced more than 50 million times between 1850 and 1930. Historic design partnerships: Otto Wagner (Vienna Postsparkasse furnishings), Adolf Loos (Café Museum chair, 1895), Josef Hoffmann (N.811, 1930). Rebuilt in Austria by Thonet heirs after the Second World War; own factory in Friedberg (Styria) from 1962; renamed Gebrüder Thonet Vienna in 1976. In 2003, acquired by Moschini SpA (Franco Moschini, founder of Poltrona Frau). Current production: in the Marche region, Italy.

The programme combines historic reissues (N.1, N.4, N.14, Wiener Stuhl, Kleiderstänger, N.811) with new collections: GamFratesi (Targa), Front Studio (Peers, Coat Rack Bench, Arch Coffee Table, Hideout Lounge Chair). Hallmarks: Vienna straw (wickerwork) as a signature material; a coin bearing the brand mark embedded in each piece as a certificate of authenticity. Museum: the Thonet Museum in Friedberg.

For architects and interior designers seeking bentwood icons with documented design history, active contemporary collections and a connection to Viennese modernism from Loos to Wagner, Wiener GTV Design is the only address keeping this historical heritage in active production.