Vogt and Weizenegger

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Vogt + Weizenegger (V + W) is a design company in Berlin , founded in 1993 by Oliver Vogt (born 1966 in Essen ) and Hermann Weizenegger (born 1963 in Kempten (Allgäu) ). The two designers are students of Hans (Nick) Roericht , a representative of the Ulm School of Design (HfG). Her concept radicalizes the pragmatic-sociological approach of the HfG and von Roericht, and sees, in the tradition of the Bauhaus , the importance of the object in its use. Vogt + Weizenegger see the user of their designs as a “prosumer” in the sense of the futurologist and sociologist Alvin Toffler . H. as a consumer and producer at the same time who creates his own world. The design company was dissolved.

Sinterchair, design Vogt + Weizenegger, 2001

Most important designs and projects

  • Blueprint (1993). Instead of a piece of furniture, the customer receives building instructions including a license to replicate.
  • DIM - The Imaginary Manufactory (1998). At the invitation of V + W, international designers create objects for the craftsmen at the Berlin Facility for the Blind on Oranienstrasse .
  • Plan A (2002). With a laser sintering process, unique chairs (sintered chairs ) can be produced according to the customer's wishes . The designers see the model as part of a factory of the future .
  • Jungwerk (2006). Handicapped craftsmen manufacture furniture casters according to V + W's designs and thus become competitive on the free market.

The works are represented in the collections of the German Hygiene Museum , the FNAC, the MARTa Herford and others.

Vogt + Weizenegger are among the founders of the Berlin Designmai . Hermann Weizenegger was appointed professor for product and system design at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences in 2004 .

The duo separated in early 2009.

Awards

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • The imaginary manufactory . Asylum for the blind in Berlin 1998
  • The Imaginary Manufactury . Babylon Design Ltd., London 1999
  • Thought Spaces . Gallery Binnen, Amsterdam 2000
  • Workstation. A table / shelf . Gallery Almut Gerber Cologne 2001
  • DIM 2001 . Box Gallery, Lisbon 2001, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, 40th Salone Internationale del Mobile, Milan 2001
  • DIM IM TAM (DIM - The Imaginary Manufactory) . Tokyo Art Museum 2005
  • PLAN A . Gallery Schipper + Krome, Berlin
  • V + W Design_Matrix . Marta, Herford 2006

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • Design and Identity . Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Gent, Belgium. 1997
  • consciously simple . Institute for Foreign Relations, traveling exhibition, 1998–2000
  • X-tra monospace . Galleria Lluisa del Piane, Milan 2001
  • Continuous connection . Felissimo Design House, New York, 2001
  • Design Berlin! Vitra Design Museum, Berlin 2003
  • Different from always . Institute for Foreign Relations, traveling exhibition, Cairo 2005
  • Young and German . Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, 2005

literature

  • Marion Godau, Bernd Polster: Design Directory Germany. Pavilion, London 2000, ISBN 1-86205-333-2 .
  • Guerrillas in Our Midst: Oliver Vogt and Hermann. In: ID (magazine), January – February 2001.
  • Vogt, Oliver; Weizenegger, Hermann. In: Mel Byars: The Design Encyclopedia. The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2004, ISBN 0-87070-012-X .
  • Christian Wurster (ed.): V + W private book. A book about Vogt and Weizenegger . Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-00-015966-5 .
  • Marta Herford (Ed.): V + W design matrix: Marta Herford. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7757-1813-3 .

swell

  1. ↑ Victor Margolin: Vogt and Weizenegger and the post-capitalist avant-garde. In: Marta Herford (ed.): V + W Design_Matrix. Catalog. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7757-1813-3 , p. 38.