Messe Frankfurt GmbH and Stylepark AG
Architecture: Kram/Weisshaar
Kuratierte Designmesse. Unter einem einheitlichen Ausstellungsprinzip wurden premium Designlabels präsentiert. Abgerundet wurde die Veranstaltung durch Symposien und Führungen durch die Ausstellung.
www.thedesignannual.com

Früher “Stadtarchiv” der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, ist eines der bedeutendsten deutschen Kommunalarchive. Es sammelt, erschließt und vermittelt Schrift- und Bildquellen zur Stadtgeschichte. Seine Bestände reichen vom 9. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart.

Music for Bodies is a research project linking the sonic mapping of human bodies to architecture, through a practical study of bioresonance and interface building. Its aim is to discover new methods of experimental music making, as well as make new music more accessible to the wider community. It is doing this concentrating on making music to feel rather than just listen to. The Sonic Bed_London recently won an Award of Distinction for Digital Music at Prix Ars Electronica.
www.annetteworks.com
www.musicforbodies.net
http://diy.spc.org/annetteworks/html/bios/

“Linear Circuit” ist eine Rauminszenierung, die durch schwebende Kugeln und illuminierende Lichtströme entsteht. Die Installation setzt sich aus 20 transparenten Röhren zusammen, in denen opake Kugeln weiß und orangefarben von innen heraus beleuchtet werden und im Rhythmus von Klängen auf und ab schweben.
www.joergobenauer.de

interactive implants / Dresdner Bank skyscraper “gallileo” Frankfurt am Main (GER) / 2002 / 2003
The implants in the gallileo bridges react to people passing them, take up their presence and through light interact with their movement. The peoples movements define the space in a new way.
www.jetelova.de

Mondial de l’ Automobile Paris 2006. Man musste kein Autoliebhaber sein um an dem Messeauftritt von Saab gefallen zu finden. Erstmalig war ein weisser LED Screen zu sehen – STEALTH. Als visueller, semitransparenter Raumteiler war er in das Messestandkonzept integriert und bot faszinierende Ein- und Durchblicke. Verantwortlich fuer den Messeauftritt war CT Creative Technology.

Amicitia 32, 219, 21 (Mature) – Amicitia Commons, Second Life, 2007

Anlaesslich der Designmesse “The Design Annual” in Frankfurt/M. entwarf der Architekt J. Mayer H. den skulpturalen “Garment Garden” fuer Nya Nordiska.
www.jmayerh.de
www.nya.com

The last hours of an indoor swimming pool in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Build in the 60ties of the last century with some sports facilities until a small diving plattform. Created in blue and yellow colours to use for school sports and leisure activities.

The centre plaza of the shopping mall Lafaette, Lyon-Part-Dieu, France.

Für die 50 jährige Jubiläumsveranstaltung des dit – Allianz Dresdner Global Investors wurde der Konzertsaal der Alten Oper Frankfurt in ein zukunftsorientiertes Ambiente verwandelt.
Eine architektonische Inszenierung rückte den Gast in den Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung. Ausgehend von der Bühne bildeten medial bespielte Bänder eine dreidimensionale Skulptur. Das nahtlos bespielte asymmetrische Medienband, dessen Form eine steigende Aktienkurve assoziierte, spielte bewusst mit der optischen Wahrnehmung und löste gewohnte Sehmuster auf.
Agentur: Quasar Communication
Architektur: Boris Banozic, dreizueins – architekturdesigngrafik
Medien: Group.IE
www.quasar.de
www.dreizueins.de
www.group-ie.com

Within the 62th IAA, International Motor Show, Frankfurt/M., Germany, Renault integrates the communication topics: quality, safety, dynamic and environment into smart interactive exhibits, look like project tables at an “work exhibition” of an artist. The green wallpaper encourage the superior IAA-theme enduring mobility, with it´s sub-theme environmental friendly.

BEN VAN BERKEL
AND THE THEATRE OF IMMANENCE
PORTIKUS, FRANKFURT/M., GERMANY
25 NOVEMBER 2007 – 13 JANUARY 2008

»Ben van Berkel & the Theatre of Immanence« is a combined art and architectural exhibition wherein the different parts in the exhibition are synthesised into a complete whole. The exhibition stages a theatre or space of communication: communication between the visitors and the exhibited works, between the virtual and the real. Throughout its period, the architectural installation will serve as a hub for various events including lectures, art performances, hosted talks with invited guests, and DJ-sessions.
The architectural installation, entitled »The Thing«, is designed by Städelschule professor for architecture Ben van Berkel together with professor Johan Bettum and Luis Etchegorry. The Frankfurt-based design-groups MESO Web Scapes and MESO Digital Interiors have developed a projection work that elaborates on the installation by dynamically embellishing it with moving images and thereby activating its surfaces. The projection work, »On Things Of(f) Things On« (see also picture story focus: media), is a case study in augmented architecture. It is an attempt to create a reactive surface of extraordinary spatial complexity.
The installation, »The Thing«, consists of an upper and a lower level. The upper level serves as a form of theatre and the lower level as a more traditional exhibition space. The two levels are separated by a volumetric surface which is perforated by open holes. These holes serve to connect the two areas visually and audibly. On the lower level, the exhibition presents a group of works by artists and architects who have participated in the one-year long experimental project, entitled »the Space of Communication«, a project by the Städelschule Architecture Class (SAC).
www.portikus.de
www.meso.net
www.journal03.staedelschule-onlinegroup.org

The famous three stripes became the protagonists for a 1. 400 sqm grand stage.
With pivoting points behind a 60m long horizon, the 24×8m platforms rotated across the stage.
Their exact positions allowed various constellations, that defined the dramaturgical sections during the show.
The curved ramps emphasized the movement of the platforms and symbolized the new Y3-Logo.
The heritage logo was generated by rotating the two outer platforms to the sides.
Stage design: dreizueins (GER)
Client: Adidas AG, Global Marketing Meeting 2005
Event agency: Quasar Communications (GER)
www.dreizueins.de
www.quasar.de

within the 61.th international Motor Show, Totems – Communication & Architecture (GER) creates an semitransparent showcase for Bertrandt. They use a unexpected, fresh and expressive design language to communicate the competence of the engineering partner for the automobile manufactures. The complete presentation stimulates and encourages a deeper discussion of content in a personal conversation.
www.totems.com

Acciona pavilion – ZaragozaExpo 2008 by GPD S.A. The design of the pavilion based on the concept of the spiral as a symbol of transformation. The exhibition area is divided into three areas: Earth, Water and Air.
The earth area is dominated by a sculpture representing a large fissure out of which a record of a huge number of everyday items emerges. This hall gives visitors a feeling of oppression, conveying a need for change.
The water area is an interactive and constantly changing space, designed to trigger sensations. The objective of this hall is to make visitors aware of the need to work together to achieve significant changes in our environment. (see also: media)
Finally, the air area features a landscape of hanging spheres designed to give visitors a feeling of calm. Nineteen of the fifty-three spheres installed in this room double as supports for the various museum exhibits, which inform visitors about Acciona’s actions focused on sustainable development.
www.gpdsa.es

These collection show you some images of highlights we shoot within the ZaragozaExpo 2008 – Water and Sustainable Development. We visit most of the theme parks and allot of the pavilions. Some of these projects will be shown in special features. But also you are welcome to ask us for a lecture in your office or institution. There are allot of informations and impressions we are not able to tell by images.
A service of TRANSFORM RESEARCH.
contact@transform-mag.com

at the Biennale des Antiquaires 2008
11—21 September, Grand Palais, Paris

After the series of installations in October 2005 to December 2006 the “Sounds of Silence duo” Petra Eichler and Susanne Kessler was asked to design the “Van Cleef & Arpels” stand at the “Biennale des Antiquaires” in the Grand Palais, Paris, 2008. They conjured up a lyrical, fairytale world.
They created four paper cut-out gardens as installations showcasing the latest Van Cleef & Arpels designs, embedding the prestigious jewellery range in a delicately detailed narrative context.
Each of the gardens mirrors the features of a specific type of landscape design: the stringent symmetry of the French garden, the consummate clarity of the Asian garden, the romanticism of the rambling English garden and the whimsical opulence of the Italian Renaissance garden. The jewellery display cases form an integral part of each paper cut-out scene.
Sound landscape: Karl Kliem
www.soundsofsilence.de
A series of installations, October 2005 to December 2006:
www.transform-mag.com/permalink/artandculture/sounds_of_silence