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Münchner Platz Memorial, external view

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After his release from prison 1934, the communist artist Fritz Schulze (1903 – 1942) created the linocut „Gefängnisrundgang“, Prison Tour.

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Background

As a former place of trial, a prison and an execution site, the Münchner Platz Memorial in Dresden commemorates the victims of political criminal justice during the National Socialist dictatorship, the Soviet occupation, and the early GDR. Since 2012, the memorial presents to its visitors the permanent exhibition Verurteilt. Inhaftiert. Hingerichtet. Politische Justiz in Dresden, which is dedicated to the role of the judicary during 1933-1945 and 1945-1957, and to the events on this particular site. A visitor information and signage system on the grounds and in the surrounding buildings, designed by gewerkdesign, provides information about the history of the different buildings on this site, thus marking historical traces and pointing out where the events described actually took place. The 19 text and picture panels report on the function of the specific buildings at the time, on how the memorial came about, and on the biographies of the convicts. All texts are in both German and English.

Portfolio / Range of Services

Design, planning and implementation of the visual visitor information system and reference system, supervising and coordinating the production of the graphics and printings, brochures, preparation / participation of the commissioning process

Details

• Opening: August 2021
• Where: Münchner Platz Memorial, FDresden
• Client: Stiftung Sächsische FGedenkstätten
• 5800 m²

Related projects

• Ökodorf Brodowin, Brandenburg
• Berlin Wall Trail, Berlin
• Hannover Garden Region, Hannover

Design process

Team

• Jens Imig
• Birgit Schlegel
• Costanza Rossi

Print production
• Hertzer GmbH

Photography 
• Münchner Platz Memorial Dresden: Ellen Schwalbe

A signage system for Brodowin eco-village

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Brodowin's boulders, rocks, and stones

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Background

The signage system around Brodowin village aims to blend into nature and the landscape, creating awareness for what is there. It doesn’t merely guide the groups of visitors but wants to provide help to better understand Brodowin, the scenery surrounding the village, Brodowin’s organic farming, its history, and its inhabitants. It serves to enrich the experience of those who would like to explore the nature reserve attentively and respectfully. The boulder stone symbolising both the scenery and the village that was founded here, stone is a material deeply rooted in the scenery surrounding Brodowin. The boulders contain information and provide seating space and climbing adventures for children of all ages. Large, round, paint coated metal signs leaning against the rocks show maps and provide information on the three hiking trails and two nature trails that wait to be explored. Smaller metal signs embedded into the boulders provide additional information, such as the code of behaviour for the nature reserve, orientation, or brief information about animals, plants, or the work of the Brodowin eco-village society.

Portfolio / Range of Services: Compiling and developing the exhibition’s content in workshops, graphic design of the signage system, design of the different types of signs and their mounting structure, planning concept, supervision of the production, services 1-9