Every dot represents a person who visited this site.
The colour and sound are determined by your unique ip-address.
Sorry, you need to install flash to see this content.
Arrival at Zeche Zollverein
The icon of Zollverein: Schaft XII
Photo: Daan Tenwolde
School for management and design Zollverein, designed by SANAA
Hermann Marth and Ed Annink
Inez Boogaarts
Timo de Rijk
Food and drinks in Hall 6
Red Dot Designmuseum across Hall 5
Photo: Daan Tenwolde
- 1 of 5
- ››
Opening Norm=Form in Germany
Opening Norm=Form in Germany
27.08.2010
In the context of RUHR.2010 our exhibition Norm=Form opened Friday 27 August, attended by Dutch and German guests.
We travelled from The Hague to Essen with a bus full of designers, architects and cultural institutions, business and government representatives. In Essen, at Zeche Zollverein, we were welcomed by Inez Boogaarts from the Dutch consulate in Düsseldorf and Barbara Wendling from Stiftung Zollverein, at the school for management and design, designed by the Japanese architects SANAA. During a tour of the building and the Zollverein area, philosopher Kurt Reinhardt told us about the history of this former coal mine complex and the redevelopment by OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
After this inspiring visit our German guests arrived at Hall 5 and the official opening of Norm=Form started. Hermann Marth, director of Stiftung Zollverein, Inez Boogaarts, Dutch consulate in Düsseldorf, Ed Annink, Ontwerpwerk/ Foundation Design Den Haag, and curator Timo de Rijk gave an introduction. Afterwards the exhibition and the temporary shop with design products, the GastGastgeber store, were open for the public.
The exhibition and the GastGastgeber store are on show through 17 October in Hall 5 at Zeche Zollverein in Essen. Look here for photos of the exhibition.