Samsa ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Competition Category.
ᱥᱳᱱᱟᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ· 2022
Samsa ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ
Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography
A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱷᱚᱴᱚᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ Category
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The Design
About Samsa ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ
Samsa ᱫᱚ Neglect ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱡ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱡ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱥᱟᱹᱛᱠᱟᱹᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱤᱡᱩ-ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱢᱩᱱᱟ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱴᱟᱣ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱨᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱤᱴᱟᱞ ᱠᱮᱢᱮᱨᱟ ᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚᱢ ᱟᱨ 105mm ᱢᱮᱠᱨᱚ ᱞᱮᱱᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱚᱞᱴᱤᱥᱚᱴ ᱯᱷᱚᱝᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ 185 ᱢᱮᱜᱟᱯᱤᱠᱥᱮᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱯᱷᱟᱭᱤᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱴᱮᱵᱩᱞ-ᱴᱚᱯ ᱥᱴᱩᱰᱤᱭᱚ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱡᱮᱢᱚᱱ ᱨᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫᱚᱜ ᱱᱟᱢᱩᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱚᱴᱮᱫ ᱵᱮᱜᱚᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱪᱷᱟᱯᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱩᱫᱮᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱤᱡᱩ-ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱸᱫᱮᱨ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱤᱡᱩ-ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱢᱮᱴᱟᱣᱚᱜ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱫᱷᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱟᱹᱛᱩᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Samsa ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Samsa ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ 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
- “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”
Franz Kafka
Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.
I want to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Because insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Different artworks in two sizes in the end: 80 x 60cm and 120 x 90 cm. All available in strictly limited editions of 10/5 pieces.
- Tags
- photography, macor, insects, bugs, nature, animals, creatures, colors, fine art, artwork
- Production Technology
- Digital photography with the Leica SL2 system and a 105mm Macro lens.
The photographer used the "Multishot" function of the Leica System to produce giant 185 megapixel pictures of these little creatures. - Design Challenge
- The hardest part was to invent a small table-top-studio situation to photograph the little very fragile prepared insects. The photographer wanted to touch them as little as possible because the preparations are very fragile.
- Inspiration
- Insect extinction is very real and not a made-up story.
And these little creatures do not have a loud lobby.
The photographer wants to show a little bit of the sometimes bizarre beauty of the insects, so that the viewer might see them with different eyes.
Florian W. Mueller worked before with the Senckenberg Institute on a project about mammals. - Project Duration
- The planning took about half a year, in total it was four days on site to photograph. The post production took another two weeks.
- Operation Flow
- The photographer asked for the permission to photograph these sometimes very rare or extinct insects in the institute in Brandenburg near Berlin in Germany. Then he got to work there with great support.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022
- Team Members
- Thomas Schmitt
Mandy Schroeter. - Image Credits
- All pictures:
Prof. Dr. Thimas Schmitt, Director
Mandy Schroeter, Technical Assistant Coleoptera & Digitization
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