WE WANT WIND /
WE WANT WATER
WE WANT WIND /
WE WANT WATER
Volker Albus, DEU, 2015
Cork and granulated cork are finely ground and pressed into blocks using synthetic resin or cut into shapes, including footballs, rugby balls, basketballs, handballs, volleyballs and medicine balls. The material is waterproof and wind resistant. Perfect for the seaside – where any other ball might sink or be blown away.
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we want wind / we want water
Collection of cork balls 2015
Granulated cork
Handball Ø 18 cm
Football Ø 23 cm
Volleyball Ø 20 cm
Basketball Ø 24 cm
Rugby ball Ø 16/29 cm
Medicine ball Ø 34 cm
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Volker Albus
Born in 1949, Volker Albus studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, from 1968 to 1976 and then worked as a freelance architect. In 1984 he began to design furniture and to work in interior design. He quickly became one of the most important representatives of New German Design. He has written many books and also regularly publishes essays in magazines like Design Report, FORM, Hochparterre and KUNSTZEITUNG. He has curated many exhibitions, including Gefühlscollagen – Wohnen von Sinnen (1986). For ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) he has planned five touring exhibitions which he also curated long term. Since 1994 he has been professor of product design at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany.
Volker Albus *1949
Studies: 1968 - 1976 Architecture at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Status: Product Design Professor and Curator
Lives/works: Karlsruhe
Contact: albus@123va.de
EXHIBIT COLLECTION
PURE GOLD
Upcycled! Upgraded!
Pure Gold is an exhibition organized by the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes art and cultural exchange in exhibitions, dialogue and conference programs.
As a competence center for international cultural relations, ifa connects civil societies, cultural practices, art, media and science. The ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.
©2022 ifa. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
