Spiegel canteen

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Glance into the red room of the Spiegel canteen (2006).

The Spiegel canteen is the work of the Danish interior architect and designer Verner Panton . In 1969, Panton designed the interior for the publishing house of “ Der Spiegel ” in Hamburg in the Brandstwiete , including a canteen in strong orange, purple and red tones. It has been exhibited in the Museum of Art and Industry in Hamburg since 2012 .

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The Spiegel canteen consists of three dining rooms in orange, purple and red, which are equipped with specially designed furniture, lights, wall objects, curtains, carpets and coffered ceilings. The brightly colored, "psychedelic" design was an expression of the aesthetics of the 1960s and is considered to be "the most radical office equipment that the republic had seen until then". In addition to the canteen, Panton also designed a separate “snack bar” and the rest of the interior of the publishing house.

history

The snack bar glowing red in the facade of the new Spiegel building (2011).

Panton designed the Spiegel canteen in 1969 as part of the interior for the "Spiegelbau", the former publishing house of " Der Spiegel " in Hamburg's Brandstwiete , a design by Werner Kallmorgens .

Since the publisher could not make any structural changes to the existing building, they wanted an individual and unusual interior design that was to be designed by a well-known designer. The choice fell on Verner Panton, who at the time was primarily known for his “psychedelic” interiors made from new materials. In 1969, Panton designed the interior architecture of the entire publishing house and created "room installations", which, thanks to their shape and color, matched the fashion and zeitgeist of the 1960s and stood out as innovative and modern.

In 1998, the canteen and snack bar, the last remaining parts of the interior, were placed under monument protection due to a citizens' initiative, the rest fell victim to conversions and the expansion of the publishing house in 1998, as Panton's design was felt to be out of date, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.

When the publishing house moved to a new building in the Ericusspitze in Hamburg's Hafencity at the end of 2011, only the snack bar was installed in the new building. It is illuminated at night and is visible from the outside through the glass facade.

The rest of the facility was donated to the City of Hamburg and transferred to the Museum of Art and Commerce in Hamburg . The orange-colored dining room and the red counter of the snack bar will be shown as a period room in the “Design” department, which was redesigned at the end of 2012, and juxtaposed with Dieter Rams ' study from the Hamburg University of Fine Arts . The carpet was newly made for this and has since been sold as a simple carpet. The canteen is occasionally used at events.

literature

Web links

Commons : Spiegel-Kantine  - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ulla Fölsing: In- house communication: The “Spiegel” canteen as a museum piece . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Museum of Art and Trade Hamburg: The Spiegel canteen in the Museum of Art and Trade Hamburg: The story ( Memento from December 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Former location. In: www.spiegelgruppe.de. SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein, accessed on December 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Nicole Büsing, Heiko Klaas: Fetched from the pedestal . In: Kiel News . 20th October 2012.

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 4 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 34 ″  E