Anstiften 15.000

15.000 Pencils become a fair stand

Interior Architect Johannes Albert and Book Designer Helmut Stabe have designed and realised a concept for the Mitteldeutscher Verlag Publishers, which plays with the pencil as give-away, that fundamentally shapes the look of the fair stand.

Visitors can now decide between the taking a pencil but dismanteling the stand at the same time. The simple but versatile writing utensil is turned into a three dimensional pattern that becomes a shelve and the lettering.
Some of the 15.000 pencils are even used as constructional components: 315 pencils keep eight perforated boards in position.

For the years to come, the perforated grid now offers the possibility to re-position the pencils and books in a new way.