Olymp & Hades, Essen Germany

The city of Essen is being brushed up. If you walk through the streets of Essen today - Essen and the Ruhr area being cultural capital 2010 - you find ever new and renovated places and buildings. Among others, a shopping mall near the town hall which was getting on in years has been revived. If you come close to the heart of the shopping mall, you can even hear electronic beats. However, in his outlet of Olymp & Hades, the textile retailer Görgens does not invite to dance but to go shopping.


Today people easily climb this Olymp by an escalator. Here they are not received by antique gods, but by a virtual fashion parade and manikins. 430 Eyeleds ColorEye®, equipped with high-quality Insta LED-technology, escort the visitor on his way to the sales room upstairs.

project information

Location
Essen, Germany

Architect & Light design
Lichtpartner Willingen GmbH & Co. KG

Installation
Mesvi, Santa Coloma de Gramanet

Photography
Kirsten Görner, Essen

Featured
October 2009

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