Radiomural 壁畫 by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 文化遺產設計 Competition Category.

鐵文化遺產· 2020

Radiomural 壁畫

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 文化遺產 Category

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The Design

About Radiomural 壁畫

《收音機壁畫》係為紐倫堡朗瓦薩區創作嘅一幅壁畫。設計重現咗上世紀七、八十年代Grundig收音機嘅調頻刻度,勾起人哋對當年呢個地區曾經生產嘅收音機嘅回憶。幅壁畫長25米,高2.5米。黑白油漆同光致發光噴漆結合使用,字母部分用模板製作而成。夜晚嘅時候,啲字母會發光,令成幅壁畫睇落好似一部開緊機嘅收音機咁。刻度上面標示嘅地名,係由當地居民揀選出嚟嘅心水地方,連同佢哋嘅原居國家。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Radiomural 壁畫是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Radiomural 壁畫將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Radiomural 壁畫因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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.