European Peacemaker

A hundred years ago, people were just as confused with the world as we are today. Except they were alive during and in the aftermath of the First World War. In those days, ordinary people did not stand out much. For Jüdisches Museum Berlin we created the exhibition design for the intervention »Carl Melchior – Jüdischer Vorkämpfer eines europäischen Friedens«. Its name-giving hero was such an ordinary guy.
    • Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Photos by Yes Sucksdorff, Jule Röhr
    • European Peacemaker
    • 2019

  • Melchior was a salesman and financial advisor, skills that came in handy for helping to end the First World War. Central carriers of information of the exhibition are massive streaks of paper. They unroll down to the display cabinet floors like cash register rolls. Their overwhelming dimension is the central associative connecting point for Melchior’s superhumanly commitment to peace, that finally cost him his life when he died of exhaustion.

  • Accents of color scheme, layout and typography are taken from original 1920ies train ticket designs. The tickets are a reference to Melchiors restless travelling as German representative for post-war peace negotiations. The use of extreme font styles creates a strong distance effect. The layout supports a clear structuring for the amount of information provided.

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