Radiomural District Identity and Mural by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Radiomural District Identity and Mural by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Competition Category.

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Radiomural District Identity and Mural

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

A' Design Award Winner in Cultural Heritage Category

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The Design

About Radiomural District Identity and Mural

Radiomural is a mural created for the Langwasser district in Nuremberg. The design reproduces the tuning scale of a Grundig radio of the 1970s and 1980s, recalling the radios once produced in the district. The painted wall is 25 meters long and 2.5 meters high. Black and white paint is combined with photoluminescent spray, and stencils are used for the letters. At night the letters glow, so the mural resembles a radio that is switched on. The place names on the scale mark favorite local places chosen by residents and their countries of origin.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Radiomural District Identity and Mural is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Radiomural District Identity and Mural is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Radiomural District Identity and Mural is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

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Color Temperature: NeutralSymmetry: PartialBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Picture of an old Grundig radio in Nurnberg.

The mural visually resembles the scale of the radio from the 70s / 80s, with letters covered with photoluminescent paint, giving the effect of glowing in the dark, which resembles a radio turned on.

The radio is 'turned on' the Langwasser district (Gemeinschaftshaus) in Nuremberg, the other place-names on the radio scale are the residents' favorite places characteristic for this district (selected by voting; marked in dark green) and their countries of origin (light green).

The project is a local – district identity, located on the facade of a culture center in the center of Langwasser, allows locating popular culture and entertainment centers, and also commemorates points on the map relevant for the district.

The mural was made as part of the "Betonliebe - StreetArt for Langwasser" project in cooperation with the Nowa Huta Cultural Center in Krakow.
Dimensions & Packaging: Wall size: 25 meters long, 2,5 meters height. Black paint, white and photoluminescent sprays. Stencils used to paint letters.
Tags: mural, radio, photoluminescence, glowing in darkness, heritage, grundig, cultural district, Nurnberg, mural
Production Technology: Mural made on a wall in the center of Langwasser district in Nurnberg, painted with photoluminescent spray, giving the effect of glowing in the dark, which resembles a radio turned on.
Design Challenge: Photoluminescence effect. Research in cultural and postindustrial districts similar to Zablocie in Cracow in Poland, where retro-radios were produced in a communist era.
Inspiration: Radiomural made in Zablocie district in Cracow, Poland - my previous project of a district identity, where old radios Unitra were produced during the communism time. Radiomural in Nuremberg is based on radios from Grundig, which were produced in Langwasser – the district where the mural was created.
Project Duration: September 2019, Nürnberg, Germany
Operation Flow: The mural will be visible at night for some time thanks to UV lamps, like an old radio switched on with its greenish light, thanks to the photoluminescence paint glowing in darkness. People can illuminate the mural with flashlights.