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  • 3. August, 2023 - 1.January 2024
    exhibition, new project

    On the occasion of the exhibition dealing about 'WADI,' we were commissioned to develop a new project. 'Themis-Wadi' addresses the audience, advocating for more rights and greater appreciation for this biome.
    curated by: Dan Handel

    Haifa Museum of Art

  • 29. April - 31. October, 2023
    project LAB

    'themis real time LAB' during the "Plant Fever exhibition" at Design Campus Dresden. 'Themis Elbinsel' questions the inclusion of nature into society.

    Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden

  • 22. May - 21. October, 2023
    exhibition

    we are happy that our project 'Access' is part of the "FOOD" exhibition at Design Museum Holon.
    The project is a set of six drinking glasses, confronting people with the global distribution of clean drinking water.

    Design Museum Holon

  • 29.September - 05.November, 2023
    exhibition, new project

    'Design for the Unthinkable World' - an exhibition exploring new directions

    KORA – Contemporary Arts Center

  • ongoing
    exhibition

    MAK Design Lab at the Museum of applied Arts in Vienna. Within the permanent Design exhibition one can find a few of our projects like 'the idea of a tree', 'limited moths' or 'LeveL.

    MAK Design Lab

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 it. The 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

 

coalesque

Kinetic & Interactive Installations

2019
 

collective works

Processes / Machines & Their unique Results, Products & Furniture

2011
 

day by day – rug

Processes / Machines & Their unique Results, Products & Furniture

2014 / 2015