The installation is the latest instalment in the Dornbracht Edges series featuring projects in which architecture, design and art intersect. Curated by Mike Meiré, the installation is the work of the group Interpalazzo.
Interpalazzo is a collective of media artists. For ‘Revolving Realities’, Interpalazzo (Martin Hesselmeier, Andreas Muxel und Carsten Goertz) has teamed up with composer Marcus Schmickler, who is creating a sound composition specifically for the project.
'Prothesis' coat hanger by Form Us With Love
The Swedish company RVW Furniture was founded by the two designers Jonas Nordgren and Johannes Herbertsson in 2009. Based in Malmö in the south of Sweden they work closely with suppliers in the Öresund region and Småland to produce their furniture.
'Haijk' flowerpot by Johannes Herbertsson and Martin Berg
Like many designers Nordgren and Herbertsson grew tired of the fast paced design business and decided to take matters into their own hands.
“Things are finding their own pace now and we are working in close contact with our suppliers. Producing something that’s more than a throwaway takes time. There are so many logos and slogans about sustainability or local production, but to communicate expression or comfort is more delicate: if someone has to tell you how to enjoy a furniture or artwork, then it is not a good piece of art,” says Jonas Nordgren.
'Mollis' easy chair by Artur Moustafa and Jonas Nordgren
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
The Zurich based practice Müller Sigrist Architekten realised this festival hall, a crystalline, copper cladded volume, in Amriswil, close to Lake Constance.
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
“With its loosened-up shape, the large volume fits into a rurally determined city. Seemingly introvert, a – from roof top to base level – integrated front conceals its inner workings. Only the main entrance is accentuated by breaking up the uniform façade. The complex shape arises from the combination of the present parameters: the specific interpretation of the programme, the locations of the small town and the desired identification effect from the festival.”
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
“The primary demand to provide a suitable framework for the celebration in the interior is met by the erection of a five-cornered central festival hall. A free polygonal outer shape allows an onion-shaped arrangement of the serving rooms around its core. Spatial tension is created by the concentric order around the main room. A central space highlights the importance of the celebration with people at the centre of attention. Leaving a strong mark on the external perception, the roof also unfolds its effect in the interior reaching its zenith high above the heads of the visitors. The roof bend itself centres the room and the house in a non-concentric location.”
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
Festival Hall in Amriswil, photo by Thomas Enz
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'Expo Chair' for KiBiSi for Hay
In the tradition of furniture designed for a specific architectural space (think Mies van der Rohe’s ‘Barcelona Chair’ for the German Pavilion at the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, Ernest Race’s ‘Antelope’ chair for the 1951 Festival of Britain, or, more recently, BarberOsgerby’s 2005 ‘De La Warr Pavilion Chair’ for Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff’s Modernist English-seaside masterpiece), Hay have presented a chair at this year’s Maison & Objet in Paris designed by KiBiSi especially for the Danish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
'Expo Chair' by KiBiSi for Hay
The piece is fabricated in powder-coated plywood. Hay have yet to decide which colours it will be produced in.
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'Expo Chair' by KiBiSi for Hay
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