Kaufmann Mercantile | 1,248 followers on LinkedIn. Founded in 2009, Kaufmann Mercantile is the creation of Sebastian Kaufmann, a German expat with a great appreciation for design, art, cooking, science, and the outdoors. Kaufmann Mercantile chooses as well as designs furniture and homewares that are manufactured with equal importance given to functionality, durability and aesthetics. Materials should be chosen for their longevity.