November 21 2008. London, United Kingdom
At the beginning of 2008 German artist Carsten Höller initiated a project for a temporary bar, restaurant and nightclub in central London concerning the intersection of Congolese and Western culture: THE DOUBLE CLUB. He has invited Kram and Weisshaar to join him and producer Jan Kennedy in the planning and realisation of this project for FONDAZIONE PRADA.
In addition, Clemens Weishaar and Reed Kram have contributed several of their previous works and collaborated with the artist on entirely new pieces for THE DOUBLE CLUB. These new works are dedicated to the "Western" sections of the club including the central freestanding fully copper-reveted and neon TWO HORSES RIDER'S CLUB bar in the courtyard, a new series of Weisshaar and Kram's seminal BREEDING TABLES coated in two shades of gray for the restaurant and custom upholstered benches for the discotheque.
October 2-12 2008. Lichtenstein Palace, Vienna, Austria
At the invitation of the Vienna Design Week and with the support of Rieder Smart Elements, the site-specific installation VTOL - VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING will be presented in the front courtyard of the baroque Garden Palace of the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. A twisting, glass fibre-reinforced concrete surface - 100 m2 in size and only 13 mm thick - appears to float weightlessly above the ground on a mirrored pedestal. VTOL is shaped with the aid of a set of software tools especially developed by the designers.
Concurrent to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK events, Sotheby's will exhibit works by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram under the title ECONOMIES OF SCALE in the Palais Wilczek in Vienna.
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June 29-October 12 2008. Ex-Carceri Nuove, Torino, Italy
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have been invited by curator Guta Moura Guedes to contribute with a site specific installation to an exhibition titled FLEXIBILITY, one of the four main shows on the occasion of TORINO WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2008. The Installation called JAILBREAK in the central cell block of the former prison shows 17 cardboard Models of objects from the VENDÔME series, the latest project of the office that was introduced during DESIGN MIAMI/ BASEL in early June.
Prior to the opening, FLEXIBILITY Debate chaired by the exhibit's curator, Guta Moura Guedes, and Alice Rawsthorn, design critic for the International Herald Tribune with Ross Lovegrove, Patricia Urquiola, Clemens Weisshar and Matali Crasset.
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June 3-5 2008. Basel, Switzerland
DESIGN MIAMI/ the most prominent and substantive global forum for historic and contemporary limited-edition design, has named Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram as its 2008 Designers of the Future. On this occasion a comissioned piece of work will be exhibited at DESIGN MIAMI/ BASEL, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland from June 3-5 2008.
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May 31 2008. Sardegna, Italy
Clemens Weisshaar will be giving a lecture and having a concersation with Abitare`s Anniina Koivu titled Progettare Biblioteche Infinite at the FESTARCH conference in Cagliari, Sardegna directed by Stefano Boeri and organized by the REGIONE AUTONOME DELLA SARDEGNA in collaboration with ABITARE magazine, the SERPENTINE GALLERY and STOREFRONT for Art and Architecture. Other speakers include Rem Koolhaas, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Oliviero Toscani.
April 18-24 2008. Milano, Italy
CLASSICON will present new products designed by Clemens Weisshaar during the 44th Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The TRITON family is extended – two new sizes of stools and a table are added. Kram/Weisshaar have also been commissioned to design the CLASSICON Fair Stand in Hall 12, Stand D05, open April 16-21, daily 9:30-18:30h.
April 2 2008. Östersund, Sweden
Reed Kram introduces a new video demonstrating the further development of the BREEDING TABLES project designed by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram. The piece will be on exhibition until August 31 2008 as part of the grand opening of the FÄRGFABRIKEN NORTH.
December 12 2007. Weimar, Germany.
Clemens Weisshaar speaks at the HORIZONTE lecture series at the BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT in Weimar, Germany.
December 2007
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram are named Designers of the Future by WALLPAPER MAGAZINE.
November 2007. Munich, Germany
PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR NYMPHENBURG publishes a project documentation about the MY PRIVATE SKY project by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram as the pilot in a series of publications designed by Florian Böhm.
November 20 2007. Karlsruhe, Germany
Clemens Weisshaar lectures at the HOCHSCHULE FÜR GESTALTUNG, Karlsruhe, Germany.
July 1. Munich, Germany
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have designed a limited-edition set of parametric hand made and hand painted dinner plates for Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg titled MY PRIVATE SKY. The project represents the ultimate in personalization: each set shows the night sky at the date and place of birth of the buyer. The first of a series of projects to be designed by the offices of Kram/Weisshaar for Nymphenburg, the project will be presented to the public during the Monaco Yacht Show September 19-22 in Monte Carlo.
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April 18-24. Milano, Italy
MOROSO will present the ALPINE chair designed by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram during the 43rd Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The Alpine chair is realized with transparent polycarbonate legs locked firmly in a composite plastic moulding.
April 18-24. Milano, Italy
CLASSICON will present the TRITON Bar Stool designed by Clemens Weisshaar during the 43rd Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The TRITON Bar Stool consists of a three-legged steel frame supporting a free-form seat shell made from injection-moulded polyurethene resin.
Kram/Weisshaar have also been commissioned to design the CLASSICON Fair Stand in Hall 12, Stand D05 at the Salone Internationale del Mobile 2007 in Milan, open April 19-24, daily 9:30 - 18:30h.
April 19, 15:00h 2007. Via Tortona 35, Milano, Italy
During the Milan Design Week MONITOR magazine is organizing a series of lectures by designers who "work today, but have the mentality of tomorrow."
Clemens Weisshar and Reed Kram are to give a lecture on recent projects on April 19 15:00h at the Press Point in Zona Tortona.
Other speakers throughout the week include Kengo Kuma, Konstantin Grcic and Yves Behar.
April 2-May 12, 2007. Paris, France
On the occasion of their 30th anniversary, the Centre Pompidou has completely revealed their permanent collection of Art and Design on the 4th and 5th floors of the museum. The new hanging presents 1300 pieces from 1905 to the present, now also including the Breeding Tables project by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram.
January 24-28 2007. Frankfurt, Germany
The international Paperworld fair launches the second manifestation of the exhibition concepts developed by Kram/Weisshaar for Messe Frankfurt over the last two years. The Masterplan for the 50.000 square meters of exhibition space restructures visitor flow and experience around a series of special exhibitions designed by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram including 160m2 mural by Mode2, 7m tall design model by Luigi Colani, and 350m long walk-of-fame dedicated to archtetypical pens exhibited as oversized models.
The comprehensive design calls for reinjecting momentum into the mechanics of the trade fair and repositions exhibitioning in the age of total communication.
Spring 2007. Barcelona, Spain
As an extension of their Verb series investigating current architectural production, Actar will launch a new set of books called 'Minigraphs'. The inaugural book in this new series will cover the Breeding Tables Project by Kram/Weisshaar edited by Florian Böhm and featuring contributions by John Maeda, Ronald Jones, Khashayar Naimanan, and Frank Stolle.
September 6 2006. Stockholm Sweden
Reed Kram speaks at the Konstfack Forum on Creativity 2006. The conference will be hosted by Dr. Daniel Birnbaum, Dr. Ronald Jones, and Dr. András Szántó. Other panellists include Michel Sabouné, design manager of Sony Ericsson, Daniel Sachs, CEO of Proventus, and Ole Scheeren, OMA Bejing.
July 13 2006. Frankfurt, Germany
Clemens Weisshaar speaks at the Kulturzone 06 organised by the Schirn Museum of Contemporary Art and Messe Frankfurt with Markus Schäfer and Marti Guixe. Hosted by Volker Albus.
May 6-10 2006. Frankfurt, Germany
Over the course of the past year the offices of Kram/Weisshaar have laid the groundwork for a series of interventions to redefine the face of the trade fair for the 21st century. With the architectural and media master plan for a new event format at Messe Frankfurt, The Design Annual will be the first implementation of these newly-developed concepts.
Selected manufacturers from all facets of the design world will be exhibiting along with a series of special exhibitions and events. In addition, the architectural design model will be on display at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt concurrent to the actual event.
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January 12-April 20 2006. London, UK
At the invitation of curator Libby Sellers, Kram/Weisshaar have designed an installation for the outdoor tank at the Design Museum on the Thames river front.
December 9 2005. Munich, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Ernst-von-Siemens-Auditorium Barerstr. 40
Hosted by the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Otto Wiesheu and Prof. Dr. Florian Hufnagel, Director of Die Neue Sammlung, Ross Lovegrove and Clemens Weisshaar will be giving a talk on Innovation.
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October 6-23 2005. Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
The exhibition JUNG + DEUTSCH (Young and German) will be travelling to Japan. The exhibition will be presented at "Designer's Week" in Tokyo in October 2005 as part of the festival "Germany in Japan". An early prototype of the Breeding Tables will be presented in the show.
September 8-11 2005. Udine, Italy
The Prototype Rodrock chair designed for the Caiazza Memorial Challenge will be presented at Promosedia.
July 10 2005. Paris, France
The Exhibition BREEDING TABLES: LA RACCOLTA shown for the first time in April in Milano has been acquired by the Centre Pompidou for the permanent collection.
July 6 2005. Zurich, Switzerland
Invited by Chris Lubkemann of Ove Arup`s Global Foresight + Innovation group Clemens Weisshaar speaks at the GDI in Zürich/Rüschlikon at the conference Retail 2025.
June 3-5 2005. Aix-en-Provence, France
Kram & Weisshaar will present the Audio-Visual installation 'Military Vacation' as a part of the Territoires-Electroniques festival at FONDATION VASARELY. Other invited artists include Chris Cunningham, Fennesz, Niko Stumpo, Marius Watz, and many more.
May 5-16 2005. Berlin, Germany
An early prototype of the Breeding Tables as well as the video Breeding Tables: La Raccolta are to be shown in the exhibition JUNG + DEUTSCH (Young and German) The show provides, for the first time, a survey of the most important ideas of a new generation of German designers from the fields of furniture and product design, graphic design, fashion and media design. The exhibition is curated by Mateo Kries and Britt Angelis, produced by Tanja Thiele in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, exhibition design by Hermann Weizenegger and Oliver Vogt.
April 17 2005
The Breeding Tables will be put into production.
MOROSO will be mass manufacturing the COUNTACH series with three selected standard models:
BT # 207, BT #525 and BT # 996
Individual pieces in customer defined sizes are available upon request.
For details please contact MOROSO sales.
April 14-17 2005. Milano, Italy
Ingo Maurer has invited Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar to show with him at Spazio Krizia during the Salone 2005.
K/W will be showing the installation Breeding Tables: La Raccolta at Ingo Maurer c/o Spazio Krizia, Via Manin 21, 20121 Milano, April 14 to April 17, 2005: open daily from 11am to 9pm.
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Feburary 22 2005. München, Germany
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram will be lecturing at the Digital Lifestyle Day 05.
Dr. Hubert Burda invites you to the Hubertussaal at Nymphenburg Palace.
January 17-23 2005. Cologne, Germany
K/W will be showing the BREEDING TABLES project in an installation at the Cologne Furniture Fair 2005. Supported by VITRA and BrandEins magazine.
December 2004.
idN Special 04: The Art of Experimental Interaction Design, edited by Andy Cameron featuring the work of Kram/Weisshaar out now.
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July 14 2004. Los Angeles, United States of America
Opening of the Prada Beverly Hills Store built by Rem Koolhaas's OMA. Together with OMA's research branch AMO and Hosoya Schaefer Architects, Kram and Weisshaar have conceptualised, designed and executed the Instore Technology.