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Ludwig Rensch

since 2010: studying Industrial Design at the State Acadademy of Art and Design Stuttgart

2009:studied Fine Arts at „Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart“

2008:did Civilian Service at the youth center „Jugendzentrum Olga Heilbronn“

1995-2008:went to school at „Hölderlin Grundschule“ and „Hölderlin Gymnasium“ in Lauffen am Neckar

was born on january, the 3rd, 1989 in Heilbronn, Germany.

Curriculum Vitae

Ludwig RenschBöheimstr. 43a70199 StuttgartGermany

„I‘m Ludwig. I love music and art. I like to play music with my band. I like to take a second look at things. I like to explore new technologies and cherish the old ones.“

Einheit, Vielfalt, Komposition

book, photography, analysis2013 supervised byCaroline Perret

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„During the workshop ‚Einheit, Vielfalt, Kompostion‘ (unity,

diversity, composition) by Caroline Perret, I produced two little books.

They‘re about the city library of Stuttgart.

„While the first book is a photo documentary of the ‚Stadtbiblio-thek Stuttgart“‚ of its structures, architecture and the patterns inside and outside, the second book is full of drawings that play with the shapes captured in the beginning.“

Angled

LED task light2012 supervised byProf. Winfried ScheuerAM Ulrike Rogler

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„Take the classic task light Anglepoise – designed 80 years ago by George Carwardine, still in production, the epitome of the task light – and turn it upside down. The functionality is still there, but something‘s different ...“

„The project‘s task was, to design a LED reading light, that shows the possibilities of the LED technology. Angled is playing a game with that. It evolved from a simple idea: the so called „Anglepoise“ is turned upside down. Why? Why not? Old habits get twis-ted when almost anything is possible.“

„Anglepoise was exhibited at the world‘s biggest trade fair for lighting and buildings: The Light+Building in Frankfurt. I‘ve been part of the ‚Young Design‘ section.“

Walter

tape dispenser2011 supervised byProf. Winfried ScheuerAM Ulrike Rogler

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„I wanted to make a tape dispen-cer made out of concrete and steel - just like a building, that doesn‘t move.“

two parts of steel: the points of function

two rings of rubber to hold the tape

concrete = heavy weight

„Walter is named Walter refering to Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus. That‘s because I used strict geometries. The measures are following the mathematical fibo-nacci row: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 …“

Bird‘s Nest

birdhouse2012 supervised byProf. Uwe FischerAM Manuel Messmer

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„A little home for a little bird. Not only for people who live on the countryside with big gardens and trees but for those living in an urban environment.“

„The idea was to combine a little wooden box and a screw clamp. People are able to attach the birdhouse to window ledges, bal-conies and other edges that urban architectures are offering. And it can be installed without drilling into walls or nailing trees.“

„I will a gscheits Gschenk“

postcard2011 supervised byProf. Winfried ScheuerAM Ulrike Rogler

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I w i l l a g s c h e i t s G s c h e n k !

„The postcard was made to advertise a sales booth that the class of Prof. Winfried Scheuer had in a design shop called „Magazin“ in Stuttgart. The students designed and produced christ-mas gifts, that were more inventive and different to the stuff that is normally for sale at a christmas market. This postcard was made as a flyer and give-away to promote the sales show“

„The headline is saying ‚I want a proper gift!‘ in the local regional dialect, that is called ‚swabian‘.“

„The drawing of the girl is drawn by myself, just for this postcard. It shows a girl who‘s unhappy about her boring gifts she got for christ-mas.“

© Ludwig Rensch

all photos by Ludwig Renschexcept the portrait of Ludwig, shot by Martina Wörz, and all photos of ‚bird‘s nest‘, shot by

Philip Andris

december 2012