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LMGI
Klima Biennale Wien
for Vienna Design Week with LMGI4.5.2024
About the Exhibition
The exhibition "Design with a Purpose", which we were commissioned to design, is part of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK on behalf of the first Vienna Climate Biennale. It took place in repurposed halls of the Austrian Federal Railways. The exhibition features over 20 contributions grouped into the categories "Telling Stories," "Rethinking Connections," and "Producing Responsibly."
The Role of Design
Design, the creation of products, plays a crucial role in sustaining our environmentally harmful consumption habits. However, the work of designers can also be a key to an ecologically and socially sustainable lifestyle. "Design with a Purpose" showcases examples of how design can take responsibility, even though it is a tool developed in the course of the planet's destruction.
Modular Design
The design took form in modules. Each module functioned both as a pedestal and as a support for peripherals such as lighting and information signs. In addition to free-standing modules with heights of 40 and 80 cm, there were L-shaped tables that were 90 cm high and significantly longer, mounted to the wall on one side. Their 1:2 format allowed these modules to be ideally arranged into more complex landscapes. By skillfully placing the modules in the room, we achieved a division into thematic areas and a kind of circuit that, while repeatedly open to allow free movement in the space, still created a certain
directional guidance to facilitate easier reception.
Construction and Adaptability
These modules were assembled from square steel tubes with matching corner connectors. Adjustable feet ensured correct alignment on the damaged industrial floor. Custom-made brackets attached galvanized steel grids, visually referencing those on the floor, to the steel frames. These grids formed a new grid for which we designed and produced our own fittings, allowing the information and lighting level, as well as other add-ons like headphone holders and screen mounts, to be added easily and modularly.
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An exhibition by VIENNA DESIGN WEEK on behalf of the Vienna Climate Biennale. Enabled by the Climate and Energy Fund.
Curation: Gabriel Roland
Additional Curation: Alexandra Brückner, Laura Winkler, Studio Vandasye
Exhibition Design: Designkollektiv LMGI (former Gemeinde-Bau; Max Kure, Leo Mühlfeld, Anton Posch)
Project Management: Alexandra Brückner