Radiomural Muraglia by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Radiomural Muraglia by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award di Ferru in Patrimoniu Culturale Competition Category.

FerruPatrimoniu Culturale· 2020

Radiomural Muraglia

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Patrimoniu Culturale Category

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The Design

About Radiomural Muraglia

Radiomural hè una muraglia creata per u quartieru di Langwasser à Norimberga. U disignu riproduce a scala di sintonizazione di una radio Grundig di l'anni 1970 è 1980, ricurdendu e radio chì eranu una volta pruduttite in u quartieru. U muru dipintu hè longu 25 metri è altu 2,5 metri. A pittura biancu è neru hè cumbinata cù una spray fotoluminescente, è si usanu stencil per e lettere. Di notte e lettere brillanu, dunque a muraglia asumiglia una radio accesa. I nomi di lochi nant'à a scala indicanu i lochi preferiti scelti da i residenti è i so paesi d'urigine.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Radiomural Muraglia hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Radiomural Muraglia sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Radiomural Muraglia hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

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.