Ceiling design in the bar | 12,75 x 3,75 m | Executing company Hans Uebelacker | Photo by Tobias Trapp
Harald Rautenberg, a trained urban planner and outstanding graphic designer who has shaped the brands and appearances of many large companies, draws our attention to the interplay of shapes and lines, shades and nuances. His designs are characterised by their great sensitivity to architectural details and a fine sense of appropriate interior design. As is so often the case, the reduction – here to green and white tones – allows us to experience and see more. He designed the ceiling painting especially for the bar in the Koenigshof.
The lines and shapes were inspired by Stone Age cave paintings. Mostly abstract, associations with animal or human figures can be discovered time and again.
Harald Rautenberg’s design was realised by the company Hans Übelacker GmbH & Co KG, known for its special craftsmanship when it comes to unusual surface design.
Eva Mueller | Art Consultant
Curator of the Koenigshof Collection
VITA HARALD RAUTENBERG (short form)
Harald Rautenberg was 1955 born in Leipzig | 1977-82 studied urban planning in Weimar | 1982-88 Bauakademie der DDR Berlin | since 1988 freelance graphic designer | 1990 founding member of the agency xix-Berlin-Gesellschaft für x-beliebige Werbung | 2006 first photographic works | series New York, landscape and architectural photography Berlin, Brandenburg, Baltic Sea
EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS (selection)
Wilde & Partner, Munich | Max Raabe | Passauer Neue Presse | Sony Center Berlin | Galeries Lafayette KaDeWe | Alsterhaus Hamburg | Oberpollinger
AWARD
1993 ADC bronze medal