18/10/2024
Appointment of honorary professors
Ceremonial handover at the HBKsaar
Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich have been appointed honorary professors for Signaletics and Communication in space by the Hochschule der bildenden Künste Saar. The ceremonial presentation of the certificate took place on October 14, 2024 at the HBKsaar. We look forward to new tasks, university projects and academic exchange.
15/10/2024
New DGB building in Berlin
Orientation in the building ensemble
Moniteurs designs the building wayfindng system for the new building of the German Trade Union Confederation in Berlin The building, designed by O&O Baukunst, is a three-part building ensemble with a five-floor high lobby, the forum.This forum functions as a social space with a café and stores on the ground floor. Visitors and employees can use the pylon in the forum to find their way around. Digital level overviews make orientation easy.
14/10/2024
Uni Augsburg – Faculty of Medicine
Wayfinding for ultra-modern campus
The new teaching building of the Faculty of Medicine was opened just in time for the start of the semester. It is one of many buildings that form part of the 78,000 square meter medical campus. Moniteur’s design concept for the campus signage system was implemented in the first part, both in the building and on the grounds.
20/09/24
TechnoZ Urstein near Salzburg
Wayfinding system for a lively office space
Moniteurs designs the signage system for the Techno-Z Urstein in the Wissenspark near Salzburg. The new ‘Office Home’ concept was implemented on 10,000 sqm, where individual companies, start-ups and established companies can develop excellently. The signage system concept is based on the idea of well-being and thus supports the desired pleasant working atmosphere for all employees.
28/08/2024
To the first,
Moniteurs wins …
With the ICONIC AWARDS, the German Design Council has established a neutral, international architecture and design competition that, for the first time, recognises the interplay between the disciplines. Visionary projects are honoured. Moniteur’s signage system for Continental’s corporate headquarters was chosen as the winner in the category: Communication/ Signage system.
28/08/2024
… the second
Iconic Award 2024!
And the wayfinding system for the Kunsthalle in Prague was even awarded the highest honour. The certificate and the sculpture for “Best of Best“ will be presented to us at the award ceremony on 8 October 2024 at BMW Welt in Munich. We are delighted to be recognised!
15/08/2024
Spreepark, more than a park
Concept for a wayfinding and information system
The Spreepark is being reinvented and redesigned. GrünBerlin issued a public invitation to tender and Moniteurs was able to prevail against other applicants. Now it’s time to develop a narrative concept for a wayfinding and information system that does justice to the Spreepark’s mission statement and takes into account the overarching themes of sustainability and accessibility. We are excited to be part of the revitalisation of this unique place and are already out and about on the construction site.
31/07/2024
Symbol Group Symposium 2024
Symbols in hospitals
Sibylle Schlaich is invited to the Symbol Group Symposium to talk about the crucial role of pictograms in wayfinding in hospitals. A conference for all symbol enthusiasts, design researchers, students, educators and visionaries! Once again, we look forward to a lively exchange of knowledge! Website
28/06/2024
Orientation in a castle
Visitor signage system with multimedia exhibition
Following extensive refurbishment, the Allstedt Castle Museum in the southern Harz region will reopen with a multisensory, immersive and barrier-free exhibition and a new signage system. m box, a studio for the design and production of spatial media productions, won the invited competition together with Moniteurs.
20/06/2024
Signage system for multi-purpose hall
Opening of Hyparschale Magdeburg
After three years of refurbishment in keeping with its listed status, the Hyparschale, a unique event venue built in 1969, can once again be visited by Magdeburg residents. Moniteurs designed the contemporary signage system for the multi-purpose hall in the heart of Magdeburg.
11/06/2024
Museum round Berlin
Strolling and Finding
The Museum Round Berlin is a network for museum construction, a conference for exchanging about practical experience. On 13 and 14 June 2024, the Museum Round will take place under the motto: Simply into the future. Our presentation will focus on strolling and finding in museums. What challenges does this strolling pose for visitors and thus also for the wayfinding system? To the event
May 1st 2024
1994 ……. 2024
Moniteurs 30 years!!!
We are happy and proud that things are continuing as excitingly as they started and would like to thank everyone who is and has been involved.
28/04/24
concap
Brand Design
The Thomas Group’s Concrete Components division has developed a new product, an innovative ceiling system. Sustainable and recyclable. Moniteurs was commissioned to develop a comprehensive CD for the launch in the construction industry. In addition to developing the name, print formats and a website were also created.Website
02/03/24
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Signage for the InfomatiKOM
The InformatiKom is a new research centre at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). It is intended to facilitate exchange and encounters between science and society. The wayfinding system design by Moniteurs won first place in an invited competition and was realised last year and opened at the end of the year.
21/11/23
Saatkultur* shortlisted
Moniteurs designed the Website
“We for each other” was the theme of this year’s Social Design Award. SPIEGEL WISSEN is organizing the competition for the tenth time in cooperation with the retail company Bauhaus. The jury selected the ten best projects from around 150 international entries. Saatkultur* has made it into the top ten. We are delighted for the Saatkultur* team! Website
20/10/23
2023 SEGDVoices 03
Lecture about book “Airport Wayfinding”
SEGD – The Society for Experiential Graphic Design is a multidisciplinary organization based in the USA. For over fifty years, SEGD has been the premier resource for orientation, information and exhibition design. SEGD regularly organizes events. Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich are now invited to talk about their book “Airport Wayfinding” in a webinar.
Lecture
Lecture
30/09/23
Understanding Human Flows
Moniteurs fifth Event in Venice
For their fifth event in Venice, Moniteurs invited Nicola Moczek and Riklef Rambow. Moczek and Rambow run the office PSY:Plan and are specialized in architectural and environmental psychology. Using Venice as an example, they will present psychological aspects that influence the flow of people through the city. They will talk to guests about centuries-old shipping lanes and sea marks, campaniles and towers as lighthouses, small and large squares as stages, paths and trails through a complex labyrinth. Lecture
16/09/23
Flow ScARf
Moniteur’s fourth event in Venice
The upcoming event in Venice will also be exciting. Feia Nehl, architect and Lele Schlaich, interface designer, will explore the flows of people created by the Aqua Alta, the annual flood in Venice. In the event, these contrasting flows are translated into a garment incorporating Augmented Reality (AR). Explore, discover and take the opportunity to take home a scarf designed exclusively for this event. Performance
23/08/23
First Sign
Moniteurs Project: Hannover Airport
Hannover Airport undergoes comprehensive modernisation – even during ongoing operations. An integral aspect of this modernisation is the revamping of the wayfinding and orientation system, being carried out by Moniteurs. Already, the airport is incorporating the image of a departing aircraft from the pictogram family into its communication. Anticipation is in the air.
16/08/23
Flowing Around the World
Event in Venice
In the context of our project “People Flow, a wayfinders perspective”, we are interested in the view of architects. We could win Theo Deutinger, architect, writer and designer of socio-cultural studies for us. His lecture will focus on the last 500 years of human activity on planet Earth. We look forward to the event and a stimulating discussion with visitors. Lecture
26/06/2023
Bronze for the Kunsthalle Prag
European Design Award for Moniteurs
Three large gallery spaces, a design shop, bistro and café. Visitors to the Kunsthalle Prague find their way around the building with the wayfinding system designed by Moniteurs. The jury of the European Design Award 2023 honoured our work with bronze. Project
31/05/23
Winner of the IIID Award 2023
Airport Wayfinding by Heike Nehl und Sibylle Schlaich
The International Institute of Information Design, founded in 1986 and promoter of design knowledge and information design, presents the IIID Award every 3 years. Moniteur’s book “Airport Wayfinding” wins an award. Project
18/05/2023
People Flow – Wayfinder’s Perspective
Moniteurs at the Architecture Biennale
Moniteurs will present a project as part of the Time Space Existence exhibition organized by the European Cultural Center at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. A three-dimensional model with video installation shows a variety of routes through a european urban transportation hub. Tying into the Biennale theme of “Laboratories of the Future,” this project opens up the conversation of whether effective wayfinding can help reduce a city’s carbon footprint. Website
25/11/2022
Pictograms in focus
Symbol Group Symposium
The Symbol Group is a new international discussion group for symbol-related topics. The goal is to promote a deeper appreciation of the symbol. The group organizes regular symposia to which specialists are invited. Sibylle Schlaich from Moniteurs spoke to the international audience in October about the challenge of creating a gender neutral pictogram for “person”.
Symposium
Symposium
14/11/2022
Design Practise – Products and Interactions
Heike Nehl and Anna König teach in Dresden
The newly conceived Master’s programme “Design: Products and Interactions” at HTW Dresden dissolves the separation between product and communication design with the aim of designing modern living environments. Modules are offered in tandem by teachers with different specialisations. Heike Nehl and Anna König from Moniteurs are supporting and co-teaching this winter semester.
6/15/2022
Airport Wayfinding lecture
Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich in London at SDS
The “Sign Design Society” in London is aimed at all those interested in information and graphic design in buildings and public spaces. Lectures on the subject are offered regularly for members and interested parties. On 30 June, Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich will take their book on the road to London and present their work.
Event
Event
6/15/2022
Airport Wayfinding wins Award
Our book receives award from SEGD
The “Society for Experiential Graphic Design” honoring design work that connects people to place by providing direction, storytelling, and compelling experiences in public spaces since 1987 with the SEGD Global Design Award. This year Moniteurs wins the Award for the book Airport Wayfinding. We are very pleased!
EGD Global Design Award 2022
EGD Global Design Award 2022
5/23/2022
Sustainable Reset
Moniteurs at the Smart Airport Conference in Vienna
The International Airport and Aviation Conference “SMART-Airport Cities & Regions” focuses on how a sustainable reset for airports is possible. Moniteurs is represented at the fair and Sibylle Schlaich speaks about “Airport Wayfinding, an essential tool for transformation” in the session “Design & Development, a sustainable reset for airports”.
To the website
To the website
5/5/2022
Brand new art space in Prague
Moniteurs designs visitor guidance system
The new Kunsthalle Praha revitalizes a former substation in the historic center of Prague. The building was largely gutted and rebuilt. Parts of the existing building have been preserved, creating an exciting spatial experience with many intermediate levels, vistas and exits for visitors. A complex task for Moniteurs. We were happy to take on the challenge. The Kunsthalle opened its doors in spring.
5/2/2022
The BER grows …
Moniteurs continues to create orientation
Terminal building T2 has opened, adding six million passengers a year to BER’s capacity and capable of handling around 2,000 passengers during peak hours. It is the fastest-built terminal project in Germany. Moniteurs, airport wayfinding system experienced, collaborated. Architecturally, the focus is on functionality and allowed a different approach to the design of orientation.
4/20/2022
Nine edible plants on the table
Commitment to a good cause
“Saatkultur” is a non-profit project that uses organic seed bags to generate donations for humanitarian aid. The project was initiated by Jutta Nachtwey. Moniteurs was happy to support this project. We designed and implemented the “web showcase”.
To the website
To the website
3/11/2022
Moniteurs in England
Lecture at the University of Reading
The Department of Typography and Communication at the University of Reading in England regularly invites offices to present their work. Anita Meier-Walter from Moniteurs is a welcome guest. The topics were the lead system projects Kunsthalle Mannheim and Berlin Brandenburg Airport. This time the talk with lecturer Joan Zalacain developed into a lively discussion with the students about writings, project duration as well as maintenance and budget of wayfinding systems.
2/9/2022
Forum Gestaltung
Lecture series at the Münster School of Design
Students of the Münster School of Design organise the “Forum Gestaltung“ every semester. In this lecture series, they invite design and media professionals, photographers, illustrators and advertisers to talk about their practice and their work. One of the students’ favourite candidates was the Moniteurs office. Heike Nehl spoke about our work.
12/21/2021
16 Tech Innovation District
Bridge design unveiled
16 Tech is revealing the design of a new multimodal bridge that will connect the 16 Tech Innovation District to Indianapolis’ research/medical corridor and downtown. Moniteurs is proud to be part of the team, responsible for the wayfinding. Read more about the structure that will be the first of its kind in the United States:
16 TECH
16 TECH
10/19/2021
This way > Search, find, guide
Project at the HBKsaar
Together with Prof. Indra Kupferschmid, Sibylle Schlaich is teaching at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar this winter semester. Signs, slips of paper, signs indicate where we are or where we should go. Already from one copy we have to think about how it looks, where it hangs, whom it should address, and where it points. How does guiding work? What are the types – and qualities – of paths? In this project, we will discuss orientation, signs and guidance systems, lend a hand ourselves and design an individual wayfinding system.
10/14/2021
Isotype and beyond
Lecture in the Economic Museum in Vienna
The lecture by Sibylle Schlaich is about the design of a gender-neutral pictogram. A pictogram must be unambiguous. However, the more versatile the message to be communicated, the more difficult it is to design. The necessary abstraction may neglect important distinguishing features. In fact, some pictograms do not distill the essentials, but seek their uniqueness based on non-essential externals. A gender-neutral pictogram is a contradiction in terms.
8/30/2021
Best of Best
Moniteurs Editorial Design wins Iconic Award
The publication “multilayered – constructive diversity”, which Moniteurs designed for the engineering firm schlaich bergermann partner, convinced the jury of the Iconic Award not only in form but also in content. They positively emphasised that the publication also includes the level of art and the possibility of seeing the projects in a further dimension, in augmented reality.
Iconic Award 2021
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Iconic Award 2021
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7/26/2021
Orientation barrier-free
Pictograms for Fraport Greece
Early this years Fraport Greece completed the renovation of its 14 Greek airports. Passengers with restricted mobility (PRM) represent a significant, fast-growing demographic for airports and airlines. Moniteurs was asked to develop a modern and easily identifiable pictogram and signage colour scheme for the Fraport Greece Signage Manual that identifies PRM-services such as offices, booths, waiting areas and specified chairs at Fraport Greece airports.
6/18/2021
Internationales Design Zentrum lädt ein
Book launch at the IDZ
At the next virtual Meetup, Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich will present their new book “Airport Wayfinding”. Participation is free, so feel free to register and watch. The International Design Centre Berlin regularly organises meetings on current topics in the design and creative scene.
Airport Wayfinding
Airport Wayfinding
6/16/2021
Step by step until 2028
Visitor wayfinding for the Deutsches Museum
By the 125th anniversary in 2028, the renovation will be completed and the Deutsches Museum will be one of the most modern technology museums in the world. Moniteurs was already commissioned with the design of the visitor wayfinding in 2016, including interim solutions. The first major part of the renovation with the new wayfinding system was completed in 2018. Since then, the work has continued in great strides, with Moniteurs working continuously on the signage for the opening of the first construction phase in December 2021.
6/8/2021
Medical Campus Augsburg
Orientation in a university
The new medical campus of the University of Augsburg is being built in the immediate vicinity of the university hospital. BHBVT Architekten, with whom we already worked on the PIK project, have been commissioned with two large buildings. A comprehensive wayfinding system is to be developed for the new site and the associated buildings. Moniteurs won the invited competition and we are pleased to be able to design a university campus.
4/14/2021
Wayfinding 21
Lectureship at the FH Dortmund
This summer semester, Moniteurs has been invited to create an interdisciplinary course at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In the module “Wayfinding 21”, Heike Nehl will deal with the basics of wayfinding and develop concepts for orientation in space with the students. In addition to analysis, design with brands, signs, pictograms and typography, structural elements or digital products can be created. This is a topic that takes students from all disciplines with them, from design to information technology.
1/29/2021
Hypar shell in Magdeburg
Wayfinding system for multipurpose hall
Built in 1969, the Hyparschale on the banks of the Elbe in Magdeburg is one of around fifty shell buildings by Ulrich Müther still standing. After 20 years of vacancy, the Hyparschale is to once again become a center of attraction for the people of Magdeburg. In 2021, the renovation will begin according to the design of gmp Architekten, complemented by a contemporary guidance system designed by Moniteurs.
12/10/2020
Wettbewerb in den USA gewonnen
Moniteurs plans wayfinding system in Indianapolis
We are part of the team led by New York-based civil engineering firm sbp and architecture firm PAU that competed alongside 33 design teams. The US “16 Tech Community Corporation“ favored our team. In addition to a bridge that connects the newly emerging “16 Tech Innovation District“ with the nationally important research location of Indianapolis, the development of a path and guidance concept for the entire district is also commissioned.
11/13/2020
The Berlin Brandenburg Airport Signage Project
Digital experience
In an iBook we present our guidance system project for the airport Berlin Brandenburg. Four chapters explain how the guidance system was developed and how it shapes the architectural identity of the airport. We brought it up to date for the opening of the airport. Published by niggli Verlag and available in the iBooks Store.
To the iBook
To the iBook
10/28/2020
BER wayfinding system
Identity and function
Berlin Brandenburg Airport will open its doors on 31.10 and with it our wayfinding system will also be launched. A project that has always presented us with new challenges! The wayfinding system was already implemented in 2015 at Schoenefeld Airport, which has been part of BER as Terminal 5 since this week. Now it is finally being put into operation in the new building, at Terminal 1. We are delighted.
Insight
Insight
10/19/2020
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 5
SXF becomes BER
Schönefeld Airport will become part of Berlin Brandenburg Airport on 31.10. and will then be called Terminal 5. The terminal name is already in place. The guidance system was originally planned for one terminal, but today it connects three terminals: Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Terminal 5. Combining function with identity, the wayfinding system forms a design bracket for the entire BER-Campus.
7/30/2020
On the last few meters
Berlin Brandenburg Airport on trial
The airport has its dress rehearsal and is being tested with the help of the ORAT program. The program is an internationally established standard for the commissioning of airports. 800 to 1000 participants help to simulate and thus test the airport operation. The wayfinding system of Moniteurs is also put to the test. Does everyone find their way? We are still making final optimizations – everything should run smoothly for the opening on October 31, 2020.
6/25/2020
Kunsthalle Praha
Orientation in the museum
Our work takes us to the Czech Republic. In a former Zenger substation an industrial monument from the 1930s in the historical centre of Prague, the Kunsthalle Praha is being created as a space for Czech and international modern and contemporary art. Moniteurs is designing the visitor wayfinding system and we are pleased to be working on another project with Axel Kufus and OH Studio.
6/22/2020
The Grid – Green Orientation
Wayfinding for business courtyards in Kreuzberg
Directly in the neighbourhood of the Aufbau Haus in Berlin-Kreuzberg, an business courtyard for the work of tomorrow is being built. THE GRID, designed by Eike Becker Architects, offers 32 commercial units on five floors, as well as an inviting, green inner courtyard. The modern building wayfinding system is designed and planned by Moniteurs, commissioned by the real estate company Pandion.
6/17/2020
Wayfinding for energy suppliers in Dresden
Energy – Waves – Light
The various energy supply companies in Saxony are planning a head office in Dresden, which is intended to promote a common and modern corporate culture. An existing building will be supplemented by a new building designed by the architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. Moniteurs was invited to design a comprehensive orientation system for the office building for 850 employees.
5/7/2020
The evolution of the elevator pictogram
Moniteurs in the Information Design Journal
The pictogram study by Moniteurs, which was already presented at the Information+ Conference in 2018, has been published in the Information Design Journal (IDJ). The study shows how difficult the perception of the two pictograms “elevator” and “toilet” is and why they are often confused. The IDJ is an international journal that has bridged the gap between research and practice in information design since 1979.
To the article
To the article
4/28/2020
DIN Institute in transition
Signage with the font FF DIN
Clarity and structure – the new façade envelops the various existing buildings and serves as a guideline for orientation. DIN, the German Institute for Standardization, the independent platform for standardization in Germany and worldwide, is being rebuilt. Moniteurs designs a comprehensive guidance system for the building with a new office concept. Visualisierung: KIM NALLEWEG Architekten
2/28/2020
sbp book „multi layered”
Editorial design in layers
How do the engineers manage again and again to do innovative and first-class work? With the book “multi layered“ schlaich bergermann partner provides a glimpse into their complex work. Moniteurs reflects this complexity in terms of design, in terms of colour, typography and with “layered” surfaces and images. Numerous works are deepened with augmented reality applications. The editor is Birkhäuser.
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2/24/2020
Filmgalerie 451 in new design
Website Relaunch
Filmgalerie 451 is a long-standing customer of Moniteurs. For this year’s Berlinale 451 is not only represented with 2 productions, but also the website designed by Moniteurs has gone online.
To the website
To the website
12/26/2019
Happy20
Tracing
We were thrilled by the changes of our workspace in 2019, having impact on the way we communicated and interacted. We are curious about new ways of thinking, working, designing in 2020! Seasons greetings from Moniteurs. Best wishes to all our partners, clients and friends!
8/28/2019
Winner! Iconic Award 2019
Wayfinding system for Kunsthalle Mannheim
Pure, clear, directly on the wall! The wayfinding system for the Kunsthalle Mannheim has convinced and won. With the ICONIC AWARDS, the German Design Council has established an international architecture and design competition that takes the disciplines into account in their interplay.
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7/22/2019
Médecins sans Frontières
Annual Report 2018 published
Moniteurs is the corporate design lead agency for Médecin sans Frontières. The annual report is published in intensive cooperation with many other print formats – a highlight in their transparent corporate communication. A product that informs about all projects in 2018, conveys income and expenditure with the help of clear infographics and conveys the overall attitude of Médecin sans Frontières.
6/12/2019
GOLD!
Kunsthalle Mannheim wins ED Award 2019
The wayfinding system for the Kunsthalle Mannheim wins gold at the European Design Award. Sibylle Schlaich and Anne von Borries personally accepted the award at the gala in Warsaw. Since 2007, a group of publishers, journalists, editors and academics have rated the best examples of communication design in Europe. We are very pleased!
European Design Awards 2019
European Design Awards 2019
4/16/2019
Visit at Moniteurs
Students from Studio Créa Paris
On Friday Moniteurs had a visit from students of the art school “Studio Créa Paris”. We gave them an insight into our work in our four walls. It is always fun to welcome curious people. Merci pour la visite!
3/21/2019
Analog and digital
Wayfinding for the Messe Berlin
With over 300 million visitors annually, Messe Berlin is one of the world’s 10 largest trade fair companies. Grown over a century, with 26 hall complexes it was time for a new modern orientation and guidance system, analog and digital. Moniteurs won the bid to win the competition and is now working on the overall concept for Messe Berlin.
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3/17/2019
Jewish Garden
Exhibition about competition
In the Gardens of the World, a Jewish Garden will be realized from October 2019. With this, all major world religions will be represented. Grün Berlin has announced a competition for the garden design and on October 14, the accompanying exhibition to the competition was opened. The exhibition, designed as a traveling exhibition, was conceived and designed by Moniteurs. Already in 2017, Moniteurs designed and implemented an extensive exhibition in the new visitor center to the existing gardens.
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3/12/2019
Moniteurs in Indien
Wayfinding lecture at the Nirma University
Lecture at the Nirma University in Ahmedabad, Institute of Architecture and Planning. Sibylle Schlaich talked about the wayfinding projects and the work of Moniteurs at the 5th of march 2019 with the invitation of Professor and Director Utpal Sharma.
Nirma Universität
Nirma Universität
2/20/2019
Moniteurs on the SMART AIRPORTS
Conference in Singapore
International airport and aviation experts provide insights into their projects at the SMART AIRPORTS conference in Singapore. It takes place at the South East Asia Airport Fair. Heike Nehl, Moniteurs, will give a lecture on the project “FLUX – fly through security”, which was developed together with the Innovation Team iabsis (Switzerland) at a hackathon in Berlin to avoid queuing before the security check.
2/16/2019
Open space
Have a break at the Potsdamer Platz
C1 TOMORROW at Potsdamer Platz opens its doors to all visitors. The building planned by Renzo Piano in 1993-1997 is being refurbished by Baumgarten Simon Architekten. The ground floor invites in the future as a sort of marketplace with cafes and food stalls to linger. The four orientations of the building to the north, south, east and west are reflected in the redesigned orientation system of Moniteurs. Constructed words and pictograms.
2/15/2019
Two times Kunsthalle Mannheim
Visitor wayfinding and poster
What a nice coincidence! We approached this project from two sides. Moniteurs developed the wayfinding system for the new Kunsthalle Mannheim and designed the poster for the film “Years of Construction“ by Heinz Emigholz, a long-term film portrait of the Kunsthalle Mannheim. The film will be shown at the 69th Berlinale. A big thank you to our team, the Kunsthalle, gmp Architekten and OH Studio for the great cooperation and to Stefan Kanter for the beautiful poster!
Years of construction
Years of construction
2/14/2019
Congratulations!
gmp architects wins DAM Prize 2019
Wayfinding system is graphic in space. For our work we have to read and understand the architecture and the exchange with the architects is fundamental. We are pleased that one of our important partners has now won the DAM Award with the project for which we have designed the orientation system. gmp architects received the 1st prize for the Kulturpalast in Dresden. Congratulations!
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11/26/2018
Book-a-Slot
Neue Service Web-App am Flughafen Frankfurt im Test
Moniteurs teamed up with Iabsis and Fraport to create a new service for booking a time slot at security. Test run for 1500 flights within europe was open till December 20th.
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11/1/2018
Printed and green!
Editorial design by Moniteurs
In close collaboration with Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, architect and director of the “Institute for Design and Architectural Strategies”, the book Hortitecture designed by Moniteurs. Architecture and plants – how can you reconcile these apparent contradictions to plan cities closer to nature in the future? Hortitecture documents projects, ideas and experiences of 33 international experts who have exchanged symposia at the TU Braunschweig.
10/16/2018
Information+ Conference 2018 in Potsdam
Lecture about pictograms and their trends
The biennial international conference brings together researchers and practitioners of information design and visualization to discuss common issues and challenges. Sibylle Schlaich and Anita Meier give a lecture on public pictograms and their trends for the future. A pictogram study carried out by Moniteurs is presented, which aims to raise awareness of how to handle pictograms and identify trends for future visualization.
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To the event
9/24/2018
Made on the cover!
Moniteurs projects in New Signage Design book
A collection of orientation systems that bring graphic symbols to great aesthetic impact. Moniteurs is represented in the book “New Signage Design” with the projects for Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg, Quartier Potsdamer Platz und Aufbau Haus, published by Promopress, Barcelona, which specializes in topics of architecture and graphic design.
9/19/2018
Museum for people
Orientation in museums – Lecture in Novosibirsk
From 19 to 21 September, there will be an international festival on “Museum of People” in Novosibirsk. In the form of lectures, round tables and conferences, various aspects of the topic “museum” are discussed. At the invitation of the Goethe-Institut Novosibirsk, Isolde Frey participates in the festival and talks about the various wayfinding system museum projects of Moniteurs.
To the event
To the event
8/6/2018
Orange Ocean
Time to change!
The aim of the Orange Ocean initiative is to raise awareness of marine litter caused by plastic. Orange Ocean connects stakeholders from industry, green tech, research and NGOs and sets up a media forum covering all relevant issues relating to the protection of the oceans in order to provide consumers with the best possible information. Therefore, as part of the UN World Oceans Day 2019 on June 8, a global TV and social media event will take place. The pollution of the oceans by plastic waste is a threat that concerns all of us. Moniteurs consulted Orange Ocean strategically and creatively. The execution includes the corporate design, the website and future formats.
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8/5/2018
Merck signage wins!
Iconic Awards 2018
Also this year Moniteurs is happy about the Iconic Award in the category “Communication”! The holistic staging of visionary buildings, innovative products and sustainable communication in the context of architecture will be honored. The outdoor and indoor signage for the new Innovation Center of the science and technology company Merck in Darmstadt was voted the winner this year.
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To the project
7/11/2018
Design Talks Business
Lecture at the design festival in Poland
Design Talks Business is a space in which architects, entrepreneurs, strategists, managers and designers meet and bordly go beyond the limits of today’s solutions. The increasing role of design in business and the potential of the dynamically changing man of the Anthropocene era is one of many points of contact for business and design. For this reason, 300 participants will meet on 13 and 14 July 2018 at the Gdynia Design Days Festival in Poland. Based on the theme “error”, more than 20 speakers and presenters were invited to share their inspirations, mistakes, cases and methods. One speaker is Sibylle Schlaich from Moniteurs.
6/29/2018
Pech-Kucha evening at Moniteurs
Berlin Typostammtisch to visit
Once a year, the Berlin type table is traditionally dedicated to Pecha Kucha. Enjoy the sportiest of all presentation formats in exactly 12 x 6:40 minutes of play, held in the garden of Moniteurs and xplicit. We are glad, that the 76th Typostammtisch took place with us. Thanks to the sporty speakers with their interesting topics, the great 130 visitors and the good weather!
6/20/2018
Annual Report Doctors Without Borders
All projects, infographics, attitude!
Moniteurs develops and manages the corporate design for Doctors Without Borders. The annual report is a milestone in their transparent corporate communication. On June 12, 2018, just in time for the annual press conference of Doctors Without Borders, the report was published. A product that informs about all projects in 2017, turns revenue and expenses into clear infographics and transports an attitude.
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5/16/2018
Merck – 350 years
How does signage transport an attitude?
On 3 May, our client Merck celebrated its 350-year history with 900 guests and the official opening of the new Innovation Center. The leading science and technology company has embarked on a new path. The Innovation Center, a central building with further modern buildings creating an innovative working environment for over 10,000 employees. Moniteurs, in close collaboration with Merck and HENN, designed a comprehensive orientation concept and is now implementing it. Foto: Stefan Schilling
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5/2/2018
Doctors without border
Won the competition
Moniteurs was able to assert itself in a competition run by Doctors Without Borders throughout Germany. Since 2000, we have been cooperating intensively and confidently with Doctors Without Borders. Now it is important to sharpen the corporate design developed by Moniteurs to target specific groups and to live the brand in the digital transformation. We are happy about the common view ahead and the coming cooperation.
4/19/2018
Architecture and pictograms
Summer semester at the University of Hannover
How can a message be conveyed with signs without language and text? Sibylle Schlaich teaches again at the Institute of Design. Pictograms are not only applied to the finished structure, but also help in the planning phases to communicate and present functions or processes. The students explore what pictorial signs convey alongside the content: an identity, belonging to a building, a company, a time or even a country.
3/9/2018
Würth
Sign family for outdoor areas
The final totem of the orientation and signage system has been installed and stands at the access road to the Carmen Würth Forum, the congress and cultural centre built by Chipperfield Architects, directly opposite the company headquarters of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG. In contrast to the signage system found across the open spaces of the company headquarters, this totem’s header prominently features an illuminated logo of the Carmen Würth Forum.
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2/20/2018
Interdisciplinary workhackathon
Vitra invites to Amsterdam
Heike Nehl and Anna König from Moniteurs with Sveta Goldstein and Tobias Kuster from Geneva form one of eight teams that will participate in the Hackathon – a collaborative software and hardware development event. This event will be hosted by Vitra (Swiss designer furniture manufacturer), supported by Frame Magazine. Investigating our needs for living and working environments, technologies, and the interface between them, participants will aim to find answers to the question which objects and spaces will survive in a hyper-connectible future – and why.
2/13/2018
Film series of Heinz Emigholz
Postergestaltung
Also this year, the Filmgalerie 451 is represented with a documentary by Heinz Emigholz at the Berlinale. “Two Basilicas” is a confrontation and juxtaposition of two churches. Stefan Kanter from Moniteurs designed the poster, which is already the thirteenth in this series. Adrian Curry writes on the film portal “MUBI”: „I was first struck by this beautiful poster, above, for his 2013 film The Airstrip and, digging deeper, I discovered a whole series of posters for Emigholz’s work which adhere to a similar deceptively utilitarian style…“
Berlinale 2018
MUBI
Berlinale 2018
MUBI
1/5/2018
Kunsthalle Mannheim
Wayfinding for Visitors
On December 18, Mannheim celebrated the handover of the new Kunsthalle to the city. Only briefly was it open and many interested came. The building designed by gmp-Architekten, Interior by Axel Kufus with OHstudio and the wayfinding system designed and planned by Moniteurs! The house will finally open on 1 June 2018.
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12/11/2017
Silver for Bridge Finder
Annual Multimedia Award 2018
Since its founding in 1996, the Annual Multimedia Award has demonstrated the vibrancy of digital brand communication. Moniteurs won with the microsite “Bridge Finder”, designed and developed for the Footbridge conference. The digital compass informs about 73 selected bridge designs and invites you for a walk in Berlin.
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11/20/2017
Smellscapes
Workshop in Reading – England
Anita Meier of Moniteurs was invited to the Department of Typography and Communication at University of Reading in England. For a day, the students learnt about multisensory wayfinding and smellscapes, and they also had a go at doing a smell map of the campus.
11/15/2017
Pictograms and graphic symbols
Seminar at the University of Hannover
Sibylle Schlaich will once again be giving a seminar on signs and their non-verbal communication at the Institute of Design. Using examples, possible applications are investigated, researched in buildings and urban space. In addition to presentation and drawing style analysis, pictograms are designed and drawn by the students.
10/18/2017
Who designs Identities?
Paneldiscussion with Heike Nehl
The BDG – German Association for Communication designer invites to a panel discussion. Boris Kochan discusses company identity, brands and products with Heike Nehl and Lars Harmsen and how they are increasingly shaped by their users in their development, care and perception.
Announcement
Announcement
9/1/2017
Footbridge Conference
Communication – digital and anolog
On September 6th it starts and the preparations for the conference go full-speed. Posters and wayfinding are hang up, the website has grown. In the run-up, participants from all over the world have introduced ideas for new pedestrian bridges in Berlin, city of water. This precious collection of 73 selected bridge designs is published in a book, designed by Moniteurs. Everyone has the possibility with „Bridgefinder”, a web-app specially designed for the conference of Moniteurs to explore these bridge. Good luck to the bridge builders!
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8/7/2017
Winner!
Iconic Awards 2017
Mit ihrer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung des Gestaltungsprozesses begründen die Iconic Awards eine neue Dimension der Architekturauszeichnung. Der Fokus liegt auf dem Zusammenspiel der Gewerke im Kontext der Architektur. Wir freuen uns über einen erneuten Iconic Award! Das Leitsystem für das Deutsche Museum in München ist Winner in der Kategorie „Communication“.
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7/3/2017
Nominated!
German Design Award 2018
We are delighted that the wayfinding system for the Deutsche Museum in München has received so much recognition.
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6/28/2017
Bronze!
Wayfinding Deutsches Museum
Moniteurs wayfindig system for the Deutsche Museum in Munich were selected by the jury of the European Design Awards 2017 and won Bronze!
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5/22/2017
6 x at 6
Lecture at the Leibniz Universität Hannover
Sibylle Schlaich was invited to speak about orientation systems, the current work of Moniteurs in space and surrounding with architecture, as part of the lecture series “6 x Tuesdays at 6” organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape.
5/15/2017
By the way
Leitsystem Tempelhofer Flughafen
Spring – sun – outside! On the way to the Temeplhofer Feld along the airport building. The listed building still belongs to the longest building of the world and is used as an buisness and event location. Moniteurs designed the overall orientation system for the outdoor area.
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4/28/2017
SIGN V
Moniteurs wayfinding
A book divided into 18 chapters shows internationale wayfinding projects in their different context. Released by ARTPOWER, the most professional art-related book publishing agencies in the Asia-pacific region. Moniteurs wayfinding systems are represented with: Aufbau Haus, BMW Leipzig Plant, Potsdamer Platz and the Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
4/26/2017
Kulturpalast Dresden opening
Signage for many people
The Kulturpalast Dresden will ceremonially reopened. In the future many different people will move through the building. At all times it counts for everyone to offer an ideal orientation. It was the particular challenge for us designing the signage system.
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4/24/2017
IIID Award 2017
Leitsystem ausgezeichnet
The “International Institute for Information Design” awards every third year. This Year 53 projects were awarded. Our Wayfinding system for the Deutsche Museum in Munich were selected.
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4/7/2017
Gardens and humans!
Exhibition design for the IGA Berlin 2017
On April, 13th the International Garden Exhibition Berlin will open. The new visitor centre will welcome visitors with the exhibition “Gardens of the World“. Exhibition subjects include, among others, ten themed gardens and nine international contemporary gardens. Moniteurs developed the exhibition design and its contents and were responsible for the implementation.
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4/4/2017
Berlin Design Digest
Moniteurs – in it
10 years ago, UNESCO named Berlin the “City of Design”. Robert Eysoldt and Raban Ruddigkeit used the 10th jubilee to publish the book “Berlin Design Digest” which presents a collection of 100 successful and internationally relevant projects realized by design agencies based in Berlin. The book showcases the wayfinding system for the Airport Berlin Brandenburg by Moniteurs.
Berlin Design Digest
Berlin Design Digest
3/28/2017
Reading places
Work with students
Summer term 2017 at the university hannover – Institute for art and design. Sibylle Schlaich sets the subject “reading places” for the students. The group will explore, analyze and evaluate places in Hannover. The target will be to appraise and to encroach on the phenomenon.
3/13/2017
Charité
New building with new wayfinding
With the new building and reconstruction of the Charité in Berlin-Mitte an extension of the wayfinding system was required. Firstly Moniteurs has been commissioned to develop an analyse-report, followed by the facade application for the rescue center, the development of an entire new pictogram family, wayfinding signage in the foyer and elevator vestibules of the 21 levels tower building, including wall application.
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12/12/2016
Moving on to new worlds
Wayfinding in the Deutsche Museum
Even though there are large construction works until 2025, the museum will remain open for visitors. Moniteurs new wayfinding system for the museum is able to respond to ongoing changes. Stefan Schilling, our photographer took photos for us of the current state.
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11/1/2016
LINK
Lecture at the HBK Saar
The design department is inviting to the series of lectures called “Link”. Sibylle Schlaich from Moniteurs gives a talk about the “Link” between the beholder and space – the wayfinding system.
10/26/2016
The red thread
Lecture and workshop at the KIT
The department architecture communication “a’komm” at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe was founded to analyze the basics of communication and intermediation of architecture. In a lecture and following workshop Heike Nehl talks about Moniteurs work and gets into a dialogue with the students to work on the subject architecture and wayfinding. What is fascinating about wayfinding, about installing graphically messages in space , so that people feel guided.
8/29/2016
Winner – Iconic Awards 2016
Signage for PIK
Again, the Iconic Award nominated a Moniteurs project as a winner in the category Communication/Guidance system. The international architecture and design competition focus on the interplay between all the disciplines in the architecture, construction and real estate sector and the design and productive industries.
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7/11/2016
Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic
Concept for Wayfinding
After its closing, the Airport Berlin Tegel will turn into a research and industrial park. For the 550 ha big territory the Tegel Projekt GmbH was looking for a partner to develop an integrated Wayfinding system. PSY:PLAN an d Moniteurs applied together and have been awarded for the project. Visualisation: Reicher Haase Associierte
6/21/2016
Outfit for a Conference
Footbridge 2017
The International Conference “Footbridge” organised by the Chair of Conceptual and Structural Design at TU Berlin welcomes many bridge designers and builders from all over the world to share their views, to exchange ideas, to learn and to meet colleagues and friends. Moniteurs designed the new Corporate design and implemented it into the whole event information material like poster, flyer and the website for the 6th conference in Berlin.
footbridge2017.com
footbridge2017.com
6/15/2016
33pt
Lecture in Cologne
33pt, the Graphic Design Conference at the FH Dortmund and the Köln International School of Design (KISD) goes in to the next round. Under the guests from europe of the already 7th conference also is Sibylle Schlaich from Moniteurs.
5/19/2016
Kunsthalle Mannheim
Bauliches Corporate Design
Mannheim bekommt eine neue Kunsthalle. Die architektonische Idee der Stadt in der Stadt soll mit dem Neubau verwirklicht werden. Architekten des Baus sind gmp – Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. Für die Umsetzung des Baulichen Corporate Design entschied sich die Stiftung in einem Wettbewerb für das Team Axel Kufus und Moniteurs. Entstehen wird ein markantes bauliches Corporate Design mit Interior, Mobiliar und Besucherleitsystem. Visualisierung: gmp
5/15/2016
Microsite for schlaich bergermann partner New York
10 years jubilee visualised
The spark was the competition for the One World Trade Center — sbp has also been in New York for the last 10 years. A cause for celebration and a reason to give a detailed story of the office. For sbp, Moniteurs has developed a microsite, providing a suitable stage from which to present the times, its witnesses and the projects of the office.
5/12/2016
Visitor center “Gardens of the world”
Exhibitiondesign
Moniteurs has won the pitch for the exhibition design concept and realisation of the visitor centre of the “Gardens of the World”. The International Garden Festival will take place in Berlin in 2017. The centrepiece will be the extended gardens of the world and visitors will be introduced to the gardens in a new visitor centre. Moniteurs will be supported by landscape architect Susanne Yacoub. Foto: ©ww+; Esch-sur-Alzette
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4/13/2016
What supports orientation?
Lecture in Vorarlberg
In a report at the FH Vorarlberg in Austria, Heike Nehl presents the creative work in developing a wayfinding system and reconsider the W-questions: who, where, why and whereto? How does the interaction of analog and digital media changes the perception? Sign is a sign is a sign – each sign is a part of a system and all together they build a communication chain – what is all behind?
4/12/2016
What’s behind the sign
Lecture in Krakow
What is exciting about wayfinding, about installing graphical messages in space, so that people follow them? How is signage connected with other media, for example with digital media? Sibylle Schlaich, founder and managing director of Moniteurs Kommunikationsdesign GmbH, has designed and implemetend wayfinding systems for the last fifteen years. At the Goethe Institut in Krakow she will present Moniteurs current work.
4/4/2016
Teaching in Hangzhou
Project in China
This spring Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich are again invited as guest professors in China at the CDK (the Chinese German Art Academy in Hangzhou). Since 10 years the CDK is the cooperation partner university of the UdK Berlin. This year the subject for the student will be “space and identity”.
3/31/2016
Märkisches Viertel Berlin
Orientierung im Stadtviertel
The new wayfinding system in the Märkische Viertel is completed. Since the beginning of the year the system was installed, designed and planned by moniteurs.
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2/22/2016
Workshop in Saarbrücken
Signs and Pictograms
“Signs and Pictograms” are centered in a Workshop at the architecture department of the University of Applied Science in Saarbrücken. Sibylle Schlaich from Moniteurs is bringing the subject and is holding the workshop at the 24th of february.
2/16/2016
Terekhovo Station
Competition for the Metro Station in Moskow
121 Offices applied for the open and international advertised architecture and design competition. Gerber Architects with Moniteurs reached the second and last stage with three other applicants. Moniteurs developed, connecting to the architecture, the signage concept for the Terekhovo Station in Moskow.
2/11/2016
Panel discussion FH Bielefeld
”designing the digital future”
On the occasion of planing a new study course with a digital focus, the design department organised on february the 10th a panel discussion with the subject “designing the digital future”. One of several speakers on podium is Heike Nehl from Moniteurs.
1/21/2016
10 years schlaich bergermann partner in Berlin
Time flies!
As an important dependance of the main office in Stuttgart, schlaich bergermann partner realised many exciting projects in Berlin since 10 years. Moniteurs could accompany this time with analog and digital designworks. Many thanks and congratulations!
1/7/2016
ICMA Books Award
Moniteurs wins Gold
Moniteurs wins gold in the category “iPad Books” for the exemplary concept and design with “Moveables” for schalich bergermann partner at the International Creative Media Award 2015.
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11/11/2015
Filmgalerie 451
Schlingensief DVD Edition
The first 6 issues of the DVD edition are here. For 25 years, the Filmgalerie has published the films of Christoph Schlingensief, and for 20 years, Moniteurs has has accompanied the Filmgalerie with posters, titles and cover art.
11/6/2015
sbp relaunch
new and online
Moniteurs assisted in the rebranding of schlaich bergermann partners and created a new visual identity, including internet presence, in close cooperation with the client and developers – now online!
11/3/2015
Monico in “Year Book of Type 2“
Moniteurs type designed by xplicit
For our last relaunch, we asked Alexander Branczyk to provide us with a new, very light version of our corporate font “Monico”, which he originally designed in 1994. Together with Georg Seifert, he expanded the font family, which is now presented in the type book from Slanted.
10/30/2015
Opening of the PIK
Building wayfinding
In October, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research opened, where over 200 scientists from all over the world now conduct their research. Moniteurs adopted the colour concept of the architecture and the coding of the three components with different bright colours in the orientation system, and reinforced it through associative terms.
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10/8/2015
Aufbau Haus 84
2 Buildings – 1 Signage
Entry into the Aufbau Haus 84, designed by Barkow Leibinger, mediates between the historic Elsnerhaus (1914) and the first construction phase Aufbau Haus 85. Moniteurs continued the concept developed for Haus 85, so that both buildings are connected by the same orientation system.
9/22/2015
Wayfinding
Evaluation
Moniteurs, accompanied by PSY:PLAN, has been commissioned by the city of Berlin, to analyse the tourist wayfinding systems of ten major national and international cities. The task is to evaluate how these wayfinding concepts are applicable to a future system in Berlin. Dresden, Potsdam, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Bristol, London, New York, Sydney, Wien und Zürich will be analysed.
7/14/2015
Upper West
Signage for a high tower
The Upper West, consisting of a 118m high tower and a building complex directly on Breitscheidtplatz in Berlin, is one of the biggest buildings in City West and breaks new ground. With a total surface area of 53,000 square metres, there will be, as of 2016, retail spaces, offices and to date the largest hotel in the Motel One group. Moniteurs designed a concept which encompasses both the representation of the tenants in the various buildings and the orientation in the tower and the complex.
7/14/2015
IGA Berlin 2017
Orientation and information concept
In 2017, GrünBerlin, in cooperation with the IGA, will host the Internationale Gartenausstellung (International Garden Show) in a 100 hectare area at the “Gärten der Welt” (Gardens of the World) and at Kienberg Park. Moniteurs could qualify for the tender of the outline planning of the orientation and information concept for Gärten der Welt/IGA Berlin 2017.
6/18/2015
Deutsches Museum Munich
Museum orientation system
Moniteurs has won the competition to design a new orientation system for the Deutsche Museum Munich. In single construction stages the museum will be extensively modernized and restructured until 2025. For Moniteurs the core of the task is the development of a signage concept for the inner and outdoor areas with the focus on the collection building and the museum island.
6/4/2015
Al-Olaya Metro Station
Signage for metro station in Saudi Arabia
Moniteurs has been commissioned by Gerber Architects International to develop the orientation system for a metro station in Riyadh. The Architects are one of the winner, beside Snøhetta and Zaha Hadid Architects, of the invited international competition of the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh. The signageincludes the Olaya Parc, the exterior of the statio, public and non-public areas, shopping and retail area and the underground parking. Visualisation: Gerber Architects international
4/6/2015
City Quarters DomAquarée
Orientation System
The city quarter DomAquarée, with a total rentable space of 71,000m², lies in the historical centre of Berlin, opposite the Berlin Cathedral. In addition to many shops and a multitude of restaurants, one can find apartments, flexible office spaces and a four-star hotel. Moniteurs has been commissioned by Bilfinger Real Estate to design a new orientation system for the outdoor area.
3/23/2015
Carlswerk Cologne
Orientation System and Repositioning
Carlswerk is an industrial complex with a one hundred year history, and at approximately 126,000m², the largest urban industrial campus in Cologne. Cultural institutions, restaurants, offices and production facilities have made the former industrial site their home, turning it into a vibrant, lively city quarter. Moniteurs designed the Carlswerk brand and the orientation system for the location. Image: BEOS
3/16/2015
PIK – Institute for Climate Impact Research
Building Orientation System
The new building for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is located at Telegrafenberg in Potsdam, a site of great historical and international significance. The building was designed by the architectural firm BHBVT, while Moniteurs designed the orientation system and strengthened the visual identity of this striking building. Visualization: BHBVT
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2/25/2015
BMW FIZ Future
Orientation System
Moniteurs has won the international competition, open by invitation, to design a new orientation system for the entire area of the BMW Research and Innovation Centre in Munich. Moniteurs has now been commissioned to develop a master concept 2050 for analogue and digital wayfinding. The first step should already take place in 2015 – signage of the new concept on a renovated building. Visualisation: Henn Architekten
2/11/2015
Project exhibition
Project at the University Bielefeld
The pleasant highlight of the winter semester 2014/15 was the degree-show of the University Bielefeld/Design department. The concept for a new corporate design and a digital guide as a webapp were developed and designed by a team of students, taught and supported by Heike Nehl.
2/10/2015
IIIDaward 2014
Moniteurs wins …
Moniteurs wins silver in the category “Healthcare” with „Ärzte ohne Grenzen“ and bronze in the catagory “Wayshowing” with the Signage project for the DGUV. The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) is a global network of individuals and organisations who are interested in optimizing information and information systems for knowledge transfer in everyday life.
1/29/2015
Signage goes digital
Presentation at Haus Wellensiek
Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich have been invited to talk at Haus Wellensiek in Bielefeld on the 11th of February. They will be asking the following questions: how does digital media support orientation and what role does analogue information play in the orientation systems of spaces? How can both worlds compliment each other? Through their work with orientation systems, the design office wishes to show how rapidly change has been accomplished, not least in the mind of the visitor/user.
1/16/2015
Second place for Structural Corporate Design
Competition for the Federal Foreign Office
The jury has awarded second place to the design by kadawittfeldarchitektur and Moniteurs. The requirement was to develop a structural corporate design for the representation of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad. “The discovery of lightness” formed the basis of the concept. The new offices were designed to be light, open, friendly and trustworthy like the society they represent. The elegant corporate design should convey a positive, future-looking impression abroad.
1/9/2015
New Website for the BDA
won
The Association of German Architects (BDA) wishes to redevelop and improve its internet presence. Suitable applicants were invited to compete in a closed competition. The pitch by Moniteurs, together with null2, was the winner.
12/9/2014
Culture of bridgebuilding
Print media for colloquium
Moniteurs designed the communication media for the colloquium “Constructive engineering” at the Institute of Construction Engineering of the TU Berlin. The series of lectures picks up the latest, important and most interesting issues, for example the culture of bridge building in Berlin. Engineers from planning offices, administrations, building enterprises and students shall discuss and brought together.
11/26/2014
over there
Workshop at the FH Schwäbisch Gmünd
Every winter semester at the Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd is held a so called “laboratory week”. Students work in interdisciplinary workshops together. Sibylle Schlaich has been invited to hold an workshop about Orientation and Signage. Different signages should be developed, either digital or analog. Anything goes. Which most interesting, beautiful or directly way hits the mark.
10/20/2014
dguv headquarters
Building orientation signage
From the 20th of October, the DGUV (Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung) will have a new headquarters. Moniteurs designed the orientation system for the new building, located on the corner of Glinkastraße and Französische Straße. The building was designed by Grüntuch Ernst Architects and contains conference rooms, reception area, office spaces and an underground car park.
10/17/2014
moveables
iBook for sbp
The first iBook of the engineering consultants schlaich bergermann and partner, designed by Moniteurs, will be launched on the 20th of October. The digital medium presents the highly complex projects with the issue “moveable structures” with films, slideshows, many images, text and music in a vitalized way.
10/16/2014
Orientation and Identity
Lecture at the FH Dortmund
Within the scope of the project “Westfalenhalle Signage” supervised by Professor Martin Middelhauve, Lars Harmsen and Alexander Branczyk, Sibylle Schlaich has given a talk about “Orientation and Identity” at the FH Dortmund.
9/23/2014
Digital Orientation
Lecture at the FH Bielefeld
Heike Nehl is teaching Interaction design at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld this winter semester. Her project “Digital Orientation” addresses to design students and students of new media informatics of the University Bielefeld. Together they will engaged in the subject “mobile guide” and develop concepts and prototypes.
Blog about the project
Blog about the project
7/25/2014
Transforming Information
Moniteurs lecture
“VisionPlus Vienna: transforming information” is a conference, organized by the International Institute for Information Design (IIID), to examine the role of the Isotype transformer 90 years on. The venue is dedicated to Marie Neurath. Much of her early work for the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum was pathbreaking. Siyblle Schlaich und Heike Nehl are invited to join the conference as speakers.
6/25/2014
The 15th “Children and Youth Welfare Day” 2014
Exhibition Opens
The beginning of June will see the 15th “Children and Youth Welfare Day”, with Berlin as this year’s host city. The event will take place in a dedicated area of 1,300 square metres, supported by the 12 districts of Berlin and sponsors. Moniteurs is in charge of the exhibition design, while xplicit has designed the exhibition graphics for over 50 participants. Individually designed, modular elements will be combined to create a cityscape, accompanied by experimental artwork.
5/24/2014
Silber!
European Design Awards
Silver for the microsite “Fontwalk”, designed by Moniteurs. We celebrate together with our client FontShop over this year’s prize, awarded by the European Design Awards 2014.
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5/20/2014
Wednesday course in Schwäbisch Gmünd
Lecture at the HfG
Moniteurs is to be a guest at “Wednesday Seminars” at the university of Design Schwäbish Gmünd on the issue “communication in space”. Experts from the fields of design, art and culture, science and industry are invited to speak on current topics in their respective fields.
5/2/2014
Beziehungsweisen
Lecture at UdK Berlin
Sibylle Schlaich has been invited by Professor Skopec to speak at “Beziehungsweisen” (“Making Connections”) in the class of Visual Systems. She will talk primarily about the design process with respect to large projects, and on the topic of orientation systems.
4/7/2014
Orientation in the DGUV Building
Signage for Insurance
Right in the centre of Berlin, on the corner of Französische Straße and Glinkastraße, the Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, the DGUV (German Social Insurance Organisation) is under construction. The administration building, designed by Grüntuch Ernst Architects, has been awarded the Gold Certificate from the German Sustainable Building Council. Moniteurs, commissioned directly by the DGUV, has designed the building’s orientation system, and should be completed later this year. Visualisation: Grüntuch Ernst Architects BDA
4/7/2014
Palace of Culture Dresden
Building an Orientation System
The historical Palace of Culture in Dresden, a national heritage site, will be renovated by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and partners. Moniteurs has designed the orientation system, commissioned by Kommunale Immobelien Dresden. From 2017, Dresden will once again have a cultural centre with a concert hall, a central library and a cabaret theatre. Visualisation: gmp Architects
2/19/2014
Constructing with Carbon
Forum Appearance
A vision forum for an even more unusual material in construction, with speakers who are among the most distinguished and experienced in constructing with carbon. Moniteurs has designed the website and the print media for the conference at the Technical University of Berlin.
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2/14/2014
Wayshowing > Wayfinding
Moniteurs Airport Signage in a Book
After the successful book on orientation systems by Per Mollerup was published at the end of last year, there is now a second book on the topic, completely revised and with a greater practical section. It will mainly cover orientation systems for major projects and public spaces. The orientation system for the Berlin Brandenburg Airport by Moniteurs is also among the selected works covered.
276/2014
451 Filmgalerie
Berlinale-Booklet
„Filmgalerie 451 presents the following at the Berlinale 2014: “The Airstrip” by Heinz Emigholz, “Three stones for Jean Genet” by Frieder Schlaich with Patti Smith, “Everything that rises must converge” by Omer Fast, “La ultima pelicula” by Ray Martin & Mark Peranson. Posters and booklet for the party in the Berghain Kantine were designed by Moniteurs. Printed by Xplicit in Risograph.
Zum Projekt
Zum Projekt
1/20/2014
Moniteurs in Innsbruck
Presentation at Weissraum
Moniteurs to visit WEISSRAUM (Whiteroom), a forum for visual design in Innsbruck. WEISSRAUM is an initiative for those who are more graphically aware and for those concerned with shape and form. Well-known designers from all over the world will give presentations and run workshops and on the 1st of April, Moniteurs has been invited to give its own presentation.
1/13/2014
The Märkische Quarter
Orientation System
The Märkische Quarter in Berlin is a metropolitan area of 3.2 square kilometres with nearly 40,000 residents, the orientation of which is not easy. The district office of Berlin Reineckendorf recently held a competition to redesign the orientation system, which Moniteurs won in 2013, and the firm, accompanied by the environmental psychologists from PSY:PLAN, will be working on a new concept. PSY:PLAN will research and consult for the project in the fields of architecture and the psychology of perception. Moniteurs already worked intensely in this area in 2006, developing an orientation system for several residential buildings for the organisation Gesobau.
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11/28/2013
Type Talk
Lecture at the Apple Store
Type Talk, on the 28th of November at 6:30pm with Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich, on the visual identity of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which has not yet opened: the orientation system, closely connected to the corporate design elements, and with its own font, has long made headlines in the international design scene. Organised by Jürgen Siebert, the free “Type Talk” series takes place monthly in the Apple Store on Kurfürstendamm.
10/14/2013
Gold!
Fontwalk wins at the Annual Multimedia Award
“Fontwalk” wins “Gold” at this year’s Annual Multimedia Award. Since 1996, the competition has shone a spotlight on outstanding work in the digital domain. Moniteurs developed the microsite “Fontwalk” for Fontshop, which showcases the latest fonts and trends in the world of typefaces. At “Fontwalk”, the user is guided on a journey through the fonts, where moving pictures illustrate the history of each font while simultaneously highlighting its unique qualities and features.
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10/10/2013
Take Off!
Guest professor in Hangzhou, China
This Autumn, Sibylle Schlaich and Heike Nehl are guest professors in China at the Chinesisch Deutschen Kunstakademie (Chinese German Academy of the Arts) in Hangzhou. A cooperation project between the UdK Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts) and the CAA (Chinese Art Academy), their work concerns the subject of airports and new creative approaches to vastly different fields of design. Their lectures will include all communication media employed at an airport, infographics, orientation systems, the corporate design of an airport, the corporate design of an airline, digital media such as apps, infographics on the airfield and the graphical use of space.
9/30/2013
1:1 – Signage Orientation Identity
Book by Moniteurs
“1 : 1 – Signage, Orientation, Identity” is a special book. It not only describes the projects of the last ten years and the way of working of the communications design company Moniteurs, but the projects are also graphically brought into focus: in this way the book shows Moniteurs’ orientation systems on a 1 : 1 scale. Book launch Tuesday, 24th September, 7pm, Reading Room, Berlin, Guest Speaker: Jürgen Siebert
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