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  • ongoing
    exhibition

    we had the pleasure to co-curate the new MAK Design Lab at the Museum of applied Arts in Vienna. Within the permanent exhibition one can find as well a few of our projects like 'the idea of a tree', 'limited moths' or 'LeveL

    MAK Design Lab

  • dec. 2022
    acquisition

    we are happy that our project 'Access' was acquired by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
    thanks a lot.
    The project 'Access' is a set of six drinking glasses, confronting people with the global distribution of clean drinking water.

    High Museum of Art Atlanta

it takes more than one

a mirror which only works if more than one
person is using it

On the occasion of being one of the winners of the ‘Designer of the future award’, we got commissioned to develop new work on the theme of ‘conversation pieces’ , which premiered at Design Miami/ Basel in June 2011. Conversations are important to learn about oneself and to define who you are. Through conversation with others, one is able to discover oneself. This was the starting point to develop a mirror which visualizes that self reflection requires interaction with others. It takes more than one is a mirror which is just working if more than one person is standing in front of itThe mirror appears just white if one looks at it alone, but as soon as another person is joining, it becomes reflective and shows both persons in the mirror. The shape of the leaning mirror represents two single outlines that are overlapping each other. The intersection of the two shapes turns from a matt white surface to a mirror. Sensors in the mirror’s frame detect how many people are in front of it and switches the mirror on or off.

small technical note: The mirror just needs energy when being reflective and not when being turned off

if just one person is standing in front of the mirror it stays white

detail of the two overlapping frames

The mirror is just working if more than one person is standing in front of it, because only through conversation with others, one is able to discover oneself.

the exhibition setup with it takes more than one (right) and collective works (left)

visitors interacting with the it takes more than one mirror at the "design and the city" exhibition in Shanghai

visualisations of the project

first sketches

first test in the studio