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Riots + New Beginnings. Bremen after 1968

Posted on 30.08.201713.06.2023 by Eingang Gewerk

Focke-Museum, Bremen

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Large speaker for street protests.

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Background

The new special exhibition »Riots + New Beginnings. Bremen after 1968« presents Bremen’s tumultuous history between 1968 and 1983. These years – encompassing for example the Tramway Riots and the closing of the AG Weser shipyards – saw the younger generation’s hopes and sense of impending change collide with the decline of the industrialised society. It was a time of major changes, protests and riots, but also of new beginnings, which effectively changed the city’s atmosphere. By their vivid, spontaneous design, gewerkdesign ties in with this »revolutionary spirit«: The stage gewerkdesign provides for the Focke-Museum’s diverse exhibits is rich and intense, resembling an installation rather than a typical exhibition. The Bremen Theatre played an important role in initiating the riots and therefore now inspired the exhibition’s design. Stage platforms, brochures, backdrops and moving images relate to the aesthetics of a theatre set. Multimedia elements reflect the participatory idea of the riots.

Portfolio / Range of Services: Exhibition desing and planning, implementation planning, preparation/participation in the commissioning process, design, exhibition production, project management, project development, exhibition graphics

Details

• Opening: August 2017
• Ort: Focke-Museum, Bremen
• Client: Foundation of the
FFocke-Museum for Cultural
FHistory and the History of
FArts of the City and State of
FBremen
• 450 m²

Related projects

• Oh yeah!, Bremen

Design process

Team

• Costanza Rossi
• Julia Junghänel
• Julia Walk
• Marielena Jori Kehn
• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel

A Civil Museum for Wolfenbüttel

Posted on 11.05.201713.06.2023 by Eingang Gewerk

Civil Museum, Wolfenbüttel

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What’s the connection between Wolfenbüttel and Basketball?

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Background

The former Jahn Gymnasium definitely is the perfect location for the new »Civil Museum« in Wolfenbüttel. The building, originally designed as an indoor riding school, has been connected to the people of Wolfenbüttel by the ever changing history of its usage for many years. O.M. Architects and gewerkdesign have now transformed it into a multifunctional event und exhibition venue. The design connects the city’s urban spaces and citizens. It is centered around a two storey steel stage, which gives structure to the exhibition hall and enhances its historical elements. A surrounding panoramic wall echoes the typical timber framing style of Wolfenbüttel and links the location to the exhibition’s narrative. The modular furniture and display system easily adapts to the requirements of an exhibition location. And more importantly, it supports the museum in its complex task to serve as the city’s memory. This adaptability is also a clue for the museum’s exhibition concept: The people of Wolfenbüttel can loan out items to the museum, thus telling their own story and actively shaping the exhibition themselves. This »living archive« is the backbone of the museum and features a most contemporary form of participation. Opening May 11th 2017.

Portfolio / Range of Services: Joint conception, exhibition design, exhibition scenography, exhibition graphics, media design, planning concept, supervision and budget planning of the production, services 1 – 9 Hoai

Details

• Opening: 11. May 2017
• Civil Museum,
FWolfenbüttel
• Client: Wolfenbüttel
FCity Council
• 640 m²

Wald. Berlin. Klima. – An Exhibition in the Forest

Posted on 13.04.201713.06.2023 by Eingang Gewerk

Grunewald Forest, Berlin

Logo of the exhibition Wald.Berlin.Klima.

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Background

Initiated by the Berlin Forestry Department as a part of the IGA 2017, the exhibition »Wald. Berlin. Klima.« examines the forests’ adaptation to climate change and explains the work of the foresters. The topics are presented in 11 chapters along a round path of 4 km length through Grunewald Forest.

The two year cooperation between the Berlin Forestry Commission, the staff of the Senate Department, hoch C landscape architects and gewerkdesign intended to create an experience, that would present the exhibition’s topics in a contemporary and exciting manner, informatively and insightful, to a broad audience and in a natural setting. These goals resulted in a special kind of exhibition, experience of nature, and landscape architecture. During the next 5 years this popular tourist destination for Berlin residents and visitors will offer recreation, information and relaxation for the whole family.

Since 2020 the exhibition presents a guiding app for people with special needs. The app provides information about the sights and barrier-free service facilities along the route. It offers audio descriptions and transcripts of the visual and audio information conveyed in the exhibition. Additionally, the app includes several videos in German Sign Language that explain the trees importance for the forest’s ecosystem. A short video in German Sign Language also explains how to get to the exhibition and how to proceed from the main entrance at Havelchaussee.

The free-of-charge app can be downloaded at: Apple Store // Google Play Store

Portfolio / Range of Services: process design, strategic and content workshops, project development, concept and design, implementation planning, preparation / participation in the commissioning process, production supervision and coordination, exhibition graphics, exhibition architecture; concept, design and programming of the app

Details

• Opening: 13. April 2017
• Grunewald Forest, Berlin
• Client: Berlin Forestry Commission
Fand Berlin Senate Department
Ffor Urban Development and
Fthe Environment
• 1,27 km²
• German Design Award 2020: Winner Fin section Excellent Architecture

Related projects

• Hannover Garden Region,
FHannover
• Berlin Wall Trail,
FBerlin

Design process

Team

• Stefan Rothert
• Henning Humml
• Julia Junghänel
• Alexandra Zackiewicz

Cooperation
• hochC – Landschaftsarchitektur
• Planungsbüro Förster
• Dr. Michael Lüken
• BCO – Architekten
• Lotsenhaus Media
• Lars Bergelt

Photography
• Henning Humml
• Coverphoto: Philip Winkelmeier

The Luther Effect – Protestantism 500 Years in the World

Posted on 11.04.201713.06.2023 by Eingang Gewerk

Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Luther Bible

Background

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the national special exhibition was created by gewerkdesign based on the German Historical Museum’s concept. The exhibition not only presents Protestantism’s diversity and the history of its reception and impact, but also its potential for conflict on a global scale by illustrating the global history of the »Luther Effect« with examples from five selected countries. On an area of approx. 3,000 sqm the exhibition assembles outstanding exhibits from national and international lenders, many of which have never before been displayed in Germany. The design concept by gewerkdesign highlights the structural elements of the Martin-Gropius-Bau and playfully integrates into the architecture of its halls, forging an exciting symbiosis with the installation of the German composer and sonic artist Hans Peter Kuhn in the atrium of the Museum.

Details

• Opening: 11. April 2017
• Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
• Client: Stiftung
FDeutsches Historisches
FMuseum
• approx. 3000 m²

Related projects

• Cranach the Younger,
FWittenberg

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel
• Sebastian Franke
• Julia Junghänel
• Bianca Mohr
• Costanza Rossi

• Klaus Fermor
• Marcus Neumann

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• Uta Bieger
• Volker Böhm

Photography
• Christoph Musiol

Oh Yeah! Pop Music in Germany

Posted on 29.09.201613.06.2023 by Eingang Gewerk

Museum for Communication, Berlin

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Sebastian Krumbiegel's show outfit from »Die Prinzen«

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Background

Following the great success of gewerkdesign’s exhibition »Oh Yeah – Pop Music in Switzerland« at the Museum of Communication in Bern, the exhibition’s content and design were adapted to Germany. Now designed as a travelling exhibition, its first venue is the Focke-Museum in Bremen. The exhibition presents more than 90 years of German pop music in the set design of a radio show: from the 1920s Swing to the Beat era, Punk, Neue Deutsche Welle, Techno and Hip Hop up to the present. Equipped with headphones, the visitors can listen into a rich variety of songs. Many acoustic and film stations offer a journey into their very own musical history. Produced by gewerkdesign and supervised by the same team as in Bern, the travelling exhibition was set up in Bremen between September 2016 and July 2017. Its next venues are Frankfurt a.M. (17.08.17 to 25.02.18), Berlin (15.03. to 16.09.18), Leipzig and Stuttgart.

Portfolio / Range of Services: Idea and concept; exhibition design: exhibition scenography, exhibition graphics, media design, general contractor for planning, production and tour

Details

• Opening: September 2016
• Focke-Museum, Bremen
• Client: Foundation of the
FFocke-Museum for Cultural
FHistory and the History of
FArts of the City and State of
FBremen
• 450 m²

Related projects

• The Enterprise of Opera,
FMailand
• Goodbye & Hello, Bern

Design process

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Team

• Steffen Sendelbach
• Nanna Funke
• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel
• Sebastian Franke

Photography
• Hannes-Saxer (Bern)
• Martin Luther (Bremen)

Sugars and Beyond! Food – Matter – Energy

Posted on 25.11.201513.06.2023 by Henning

German Museum of Technology, Berlin

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sugar beet

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Background

In 2015 the display collection of the former research and training centre of the sugar industry – Berlin Wedding’s Sugar Museum – was incorporated into the German Museum of Technology’s permanent exhibition. When designing the new exhibition site, gewerkdesign chose to include a few memories and references to the former sugar museum; for example, the specimens of beetles harmful to the sugar beet that have been preserved in fluid or the former sugar institute’s research material on sugar cane.

The second part of the new exhibition is dedicated to sugar compounds used for purposes other than sweetening food; for instance, as building matter, for energy storage or for coding and transmitting information. The room is surrounded by a large wall containing texts, lighting and life-sized illustrations of people who have a very special relationship with sugar.

Portfolio / Range of Services: exhibition design, scenography, graphic design, media design, planning concept, supervision of the production, services 1 – 9 HOAI

Details

• Opening: 25. November 2015
• Client: Foundation of the
FGerman Museum of Technology
FBerlin
• 800 m²

Related projects

• Didaktik trifft Gestalt –
FWald. Berlin. Klima.
• Zwei Räder – Freiherr von Drais
Fund die Geschichte des Fahrrads
• Karibu Afrika

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Nanna Funke
• Julia Junghänel
• Steffen Sendelbach

Supervision of the production
• Rainer Kaufmann

Illustrations
• Regina Kehn

Media
• Marten Suhr

Photography
• gewerkdesign

Cranach the Younger – Discovery of a Master

Posted on 26.06.201513.06.2023 by Henning

Augusteum, Wittenberg

Cranach’s signature 1514

Background

On the 500th anniversary of his birth in 2017, this special exhibition dedicated to Lucas Cranach the Younger offers an exclusive impression of his highly productive workshop and art enterprise.

Distributed across two floors the exhibition presents »The Cranach Family, »Father and Sons«, »Brück and Melanchton«, »The Workshop«, »Employed by the House of Ernestine«, »Image-Campagne«, »Success (Adam and Eve)«, »Offices and Business«, »The Drawing«, »Networking In and Around Wittenberg«, »Images of Faith vs. Society Portraits« and »Paintings from Reims«.

Introducing a system of mobile exhibition walls and separate climate-controlled display cases, the exhibition also provides the basic equipment for furnishing future exhibitions in the Augusteum in Wittenberg.

Portfolio / Range of Services: exhibition design, scenography, lighting concept, graphic design, planning concept, supervision of the production, services 1- 9 HOAI

Details

• Opening: 26. June 2015
• Augusteum, Wittenberg
• Client: Luther Memorial
FFoundation of Saxony-Anhalt
• 900 m²

Related projects

• The enterprise of opera –
Fverdi. boito. ricordi.
• Friederisiko. Frederick
Fthe great
• Prussia & Saxony – Scenes
Ffrom a relationship between
Fneighbours

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel
• Thilo Albers
• Christian Hoffmann
• Christine Ringer
• Carsten Saalmann

Multimedia
• Daniel Finke and Andreas Dihm

Photography
• Werner Huthmacher

Focke Museum – Masterplan

Posted on 01.01.201513.06.2023 by Henning

Focke Museum 1960, Bremen

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Background

The Bremen State Museum for Art and Cultural History has been one of gewerkdesign’s clients since 1995 and has issued several special exhibitions, permanent exhibitions and general measurements like signage, a media guide and a reception desk.

Among these projects was the design of the permanent exhibition of the »Archeological Laboratory at the Eichenhof« in 2011. For this project, data about the archeological finds were transferred to a database. Visitors were able to access this data when standing in front of the exhibits.

In 2013, gewerkdesign created a media guide which compiles all data from the Bremen State Museum for Art and Cultural History in an audio-visual presentation.

In 2015, gewerkdesign and the museum’s employees wrote the »Masterplan Focke #Bremen«, a study that describes, prepares and interprets the next five years of development for the Focke Museum. It focusses on the enlargement and remodelling of the permanent exhibition as well as the museum’s new profile. A shortened version of the study was presented to Lower Saxony’s government officials.

Portfolio / Range of Services: exhibition design and implementation, approval planning, implementation planning, preparation and participation in the commissioning process, planning of the exhibits’ presentation, production, signage, project management and consulting project development, graphic design of the exhibition and the accompanying booklet, media design and planning

Details

• First Opening: 1987
• Focke Museum Bremen
• Client: Foundation of the
FFocke-Museum, Bremen
FState Museum for Art and
FCultural History
• 900 m²

Related projects

• Karibu Afrika
• Didaktik trifft Gestalt –
FWald. Berlin. Klima.
• Museum Wolfenbüttel –
FStrukturwandel

Design Process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Tania und Sebastian Büsching
• Klaus Fermor
• Nanna Funke
• Christian Hoffmann
• Christine Kitta
• Rita Rentzsch
• Steffen Sendelbach
• Haleh Najafi-Shoushtari

Cooperation
• Thomas Köstlin, Exponatus
• Architekturbüro Ulrich Ruwe

Photography
• gewerkdesign
• Christoph Musiol
• Focke-Museum

Maritime Museum Unterweser – Elsfleth House and Telegraph

Posted on 01.09.201413.06.2023 by Henning

Villa Steeken / Haus Elsfleth, Elsfleth

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Telegraph <b>Brake</b>

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Background

The Maritime Museum Unterweser is one of the oldest museums in Lower Saxony. Between 2010 and 2014 together with regional architects gewerkdesign remodelled two of the three museum’s sites preparing Elsfleth House and Brake’s former telegraph station for exhibitions.

In Brake’s former telegraph station life aboard a 19th century whaler is depicted, presenting art objects made by the sailors themselves as well as exotic souvenirs from all over the world.

Elsfleeth House focusses on the history of shipbuilding and the shipping business, portraying Germany’s biggest naval college, nautical navigation and female seafaring.

gewerkdesign’s designs abstractly recreate places from the stories told in the exhibition, for instance a shipbuilder’s workshop, the bridge of a ship or the office of a shipping company.

Details

• Opening Elsfleth House:
FMarch 2010
• Villa Steeken in Elsfleth
• Client: Maritime Museum
FOldenburgische Unterweser e.V.
• 1,100 m2

• Opening Telegraph Brake:
F12 September 2014
• Brake Telegraph
• Client: Maritime Museum
FOldenburgische Unterweser e.V.
• 350 m2

Related projects

• TabakCollegium – Oranienbaum
• World heritage –
FVisitor centre Wismar

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Tania Büsching
• Klaus Fermor
• Christian Hoffmann
• Haleh Najafi-Shoushtari
• Rita Rentzsch
• Steffen Sendelbach
• Tania Sívertsen
• Marten Suhr
• Gabriel Tecklenburg
• Ann-Christin Warntjen

Metallarbeiten
• Paul Klier

Siebdruck
• Ulrich Novak

Fotografie
• Christoph Musiol
• gewerkdesign

World Heritage Visitor Centre Wismar

Posted on 01.06.201413.06.2023 by Henning

World Heritage Visitor Centre, Wismar

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A model of the building at Lübscher Straße 23 explains the building’s different functions

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Background

The new Visitor Centre in Wismar is dedicated to the city’s Hanseatic architecture and its classification as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Traces of the historical building periods uncovered during the building’s renovation have been prepared to explain the city’s architectural heritage to visitors. Together with the design of the exhibition and the communication concept developed by gewerkdesign and hneun, the building itself and its unique architectural history are the main exhibits in the Visitor Centre. In the centre of the rooms, multimedia tables present further issues connected to the world heritage of Wismar.

Portfolio / Range of Services: exhibition scenography, graphic design, supervision of the production