MAP ONE

Making the Impossible Possible
The dream of flying
The dream of paradise
Book, 16.5 x 23 cm, 136 p., colour, English
€ 35 / 46.60 USD
ISBN-10: 90-810927-1-5
ISBN-13: 978-90-810927-1-5

Press:
Excerpt from book review:
"Using a non-traditional structure and relying on
their visual arts and design backgrounds,
the authors are able to present a fully realised portrait
of this unique hall, the two functions it has served
and the impact its presence has had on the local and
national psyche in a way that is both informative
and critical."
Andrew Finegold, The Art Book Journal,
Volume 15, Issue 4 (November 2008), p 59-60

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The book documents
a unique accumulation
of superlatives. Light is
shed on two business
strategies attempting
to realise mankind’s pri-
mordial dreams. The
scene is the world’s
largest self-supporting
hall in a small village
close to Berlin.

At the end of the 1990s, the firm CargoLifter AG
attracted international attention with its vision of con-
structing the world’s largest heavy-lift airship.
By building an architecturally outstanding hangar,
the company demonstrated pioneering spirit and gave
rise to huge media response. After the enterprise
failed, the hall was sold to a consortium of Asian
firms that then presented the next superlative. The
former hangar was converted into the Tropical Islands
Dome, Europe’s largest indoor tropical paradise.

The authors Gerlinde Schuller (Information Design
Studio, Amsterdam) and Claudia Weber (artist,
Berlin) compare these two visions on their paths
to implementation, while simultaneously putting
them in the context of current international events.
The documentation is supplemented with text
contributions by:
Sam Jacob (FAT Ltd., London), Dingeman Kuilman
(Premsela Design Foundation, Amsterdam),
Jochen Becker (critic and curator, Berlin) and
Prof. Dr. Bernd Kriegesmann (Institute for Applied
Innovation Research, Bochum).

First published in Amsterdam, 2006

Concept and Editing
Gerlinde Schuller, Amsterdam
Claudia Weber, Berlin

Graphic Design
Information Design Studio, Amsterdam
(Gerlinde Schuller, Jacques Borel)
Claudia Weber, Berlin

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Distribution International
Idea Books, Amsterdam
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Distribution Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Vice Versa, Berlin
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