Client
City of Plauen
Location
Plauen, Germany
Year
to be completed in 2021
Exhibition area
1,200 m²
Scope of work
Interactive exhibits design and development, multimedia concept, graphic design, content development and design.
description
The City of Plauen has a historically significant role in the development and production of machine-made lace, curtains, and other textiles. To celebrate the significance of the city and region’s textile industry, the City of Plauen decided to renovate a heritage listed factory building from the 18th century as the new home of a museum dedicated to Plauen Lace. In joint with KOKO Architects, we worked on developing the exhibition.
The City of Plauen has a historically significant role in the development and production of machine-made lace, curtains, and other textiles. To celebrate the significance of the city and region’s textile industry, the City of Plauen decided to renovate a heritage listed factory building from the 18th century as the new home of a museum dedicated to Plauen Lace. In joint with KOKO Architects, Motor Agency worked on developing the exhibition.
The concept for the museum aims to create a modern visitor centre for Plauen Lace and the wider textile industry. The new exhibition builds on the idea of lace as a special textile with its extraordinary patterns, as well as the rich variety of stories from people connected to its production to create an immersive experience.
Visitors will be guided through the building to learn about the world of lace, the history of the local textile industry, the technical background, lace patterns, and the cultural history of lace. The stories of the many people involved creates a link between art, culture, and technology. Numerous multi-media and hands-on stations help to provide visitors with a memorable experience.
The concept for the museum aims to create a modern visitor centre for Plauen Lace and the wider textile industry. The new exhibition builds on the idea of lace as a special textile with its extraordinary patterns, as well as the rich variety of stories from people connected to its production to create an immersive experience.
Visitors will be guided through the building to learn about the world of lace, the history of the local textile industry, the technical background, lace patterns, and the cultural history of lace. The stories of the many people involved creates a link between art, culture, and technology. Numerous multi-media and hands-on stations help to provide visitors with a memorable experience.
The first and second floors bring visitors from pre and early industrialisation through the effects of the industrial revolution on the local textile industries and wider society – as told by the workers as well as through their tools, machines, and products of their work. Between them an intermediate floor in the new extension provides an intimate setting to celebrate the City of Lace and its textiles through different eras.
The first and second floors bring visitors from pre and early industrialisation through the effects of the industrial revolution on the local textile industries and wider society – as told by the workers as well as through their tools, machines, and products of their work. Between them an intermediate floor in the new extension provides an intimate setting to celebrate the City of Lace and its textiles through different eras.
A city map of Plauen from 1911, when the city lived through the peak of lace production, is turned into a lace pattern, and leads visitors through the ground floor. This and many lace patterns will be placed on the floor and ceiling and used for several interior design elements. The graphic design concept for the exhibition proposes the use of a stencil font, referring to the cut-out principles of industrial lace textiles.
A city map of Plauen from 1911, when the city lived through the peak of lace production, is turned into a lace pattern, and leads visitors through the ground floor. This and many lace patterns will be placed on the floor and ceiling and used for several interior design elements. The graphic design concept for the exhibition proposes the use of a stencil font, referring to the cut-out principles of industrial lace textiles.
