Radiomural Pictura Parietalis by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Radiomural Pictura Parietalis by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Patrimonium Culturale Competition Category.

FerrumPatrimonium Culturale· 2020

Radiomural Pictura Parietalis

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Patrimonium Culturale Category

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The Design

About Radiomural Pictura Parietalis

Radiomural est pictura parietalis facta pro regione Langwasser Norimbergae. Formatio scalam moderationis radiophonii Grundig annorum 1970 et 1980 reproducit, radiophonia quondam in illa regione facta in memoriam revocans. Paries pictus quinque et viginti metra longus et duo metra dimidiumque altus est. Pigmentum nigrum et album cum spray photoluminescenti coniungitur, et formae ad litteras pingendas adhibentur. Nocte litterae lucent, ita ut pictura parietalis radiophonio accenso similis sit. Nomina locorum in scala notata loca praedilecta ab incolis electa eorumque patrias origines significant.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Radiomural Pictura Parietalis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Radiomural Pictura Parietalis creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Radiomural Pictura Parietalis ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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.