15.000 Pencils become a Fair Stand Designer: Johannes Albert and Helmut Stabe
Location: Leipzig, Germany
 The Fair Stand of the Mitteldeutscher Verlag Publishers by Helmut Stabe und Johannes Albert at the Leipzig Book Fair 2010 Interior Architect Johannes Albert and Book Designer Helmut Stabe have designed and realised a concept for the Mitteldeutscher Verlag Publishers, which plays with the pencil as give-away, that fundamentally shapes the look of the stand. Visitors can now decide between the taking a pencil and dismanteling the stand. The simple but versatile writing utensil is turned into a three dimensional pattern that becomes a shelve and the lettering. Some of the 15.000 pencils are even used as constructional components: 315 pencils keep eight perforated boards in position. For the years to come, the perforated grid now offers the possibility to re-position the pencils and books in a new way. → archinect.com Posted: 03/26/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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