Why it belongs in ORBIS
Supersense runs its record pressing, letterpress printing, and film production out of a 19th-century faux-Venetian palazzo in central Vienna. The building houses dedicated spaces including a Listening Bar, a Supper Club, and a Phonocut Laboratory.
Supersense operates out of what the company itself calls 'a crazy fake Venetian palazzo in the heart of Vienna,' a building from the end of the 19th century whose atmosphere the brand describes as having become 'an essential chromosome' of its identity. Rather than a single retail floor, the site is organized into named, purpose-built spaces: a Record Manufactory, a Printshop, a Film Manufactory, a Listening Bar, a Supper Club, and a Phonocut Laboratory among them, each treated as its own dedicated project rather than a display shelf within a larger store. That structure explains why Supersense reads less like a conventional shop and more like a working analog production house -- records get pressed, print gets set, and film gets handled on-site rather than only sold. The company is candid that its written philosophy is unfinished, joking it may take '345 years' to fully articulate, and instead publishes several individual staff members' own versions of that philosophy rather than a single corporate mission statement. Product lines mentioned historically include Polaroid cameras, perfumes and specialty coffee; current availability should be confirmed directly.