Radiomural Mural by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Radiomural Mural by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Patrimòni Cultural Competition Category.

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Radiomural Mural

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Patrimòni Cultural Category

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The Design

About Radiomural Mural

Radiomural es un mural creat per al quartièr de Langwasser a Nuremberg. La concepcion reprodutz l'escala de sintonizacion d'una ràdio Grundig dels ans 1970 e 1980, evocant las ràdios que's fabricavan autres còps dins lo quartièr. Lo mur pintrat fa 25 mètres de long e 2,5 mètres d'aut. La pintura en blanc e negre s'associa amb un espray fotoluminescent, e d'estencilhas son utilizadas per las letras. La nuèch, las letras luson, de sòrta que lo mural sembla una ràdio alucada. Los noms de luòcs sus l'escala marcan de luòcs locals preferits causits pels abitants, amb lors païses d'origina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fèrre

Radiomural Mural a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que Radiomural Mural siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, Radiomural Mural merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.

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.