Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Competition Category.

ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ· 2022

Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Category

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The Design

About Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ

ᱤᱠᱟᱨᱩᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱴ ᱮᱱ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱡᱳᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱷᱚᱸᱠᱟᱹ ᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱪᱮᱬᱮ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱜᱟᱣ ᱮᱱ ᱱᱟᱢᱩᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱡᱽ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱪᱮᱬᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱮᱢᱵᱽᱨᱟᱱᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱺᱡᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱪᱮᱬᱮ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱩᱬ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱠᱨᱳ ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱱᱟᱢᱩᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱢᱟᱱᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱰᱨᱮᱥᱰᱮᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱮᱱᱠᱮᱱᱵᱟᱨᱜ ᱤᱱᱥᱴᱤᱴᱭᱩᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱨᱱᱤᱛᱷᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱢ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳ ᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱠᱟᱨᱩᱥ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱦᱟᱱᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱮ ᱩᱫᱟᱹᱣ ᱞᱮᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱮ ᱜᱤᱛᱤᱡ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱤᱠᱟᱨᱩᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱮᱜᱞᱮᱠᱴ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱡᱽ ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱴᱤᱧ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱨᱳᱢᱟᱞᱩᱠᱥ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱸ ᱮᱱ ᱮᱰᱤᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Ikarus ᱢᱩᱬ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱳᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging: Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags: animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology: Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research: I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration: We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration: It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow: This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits: Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst