Colani wants to build auto in M-V

Nov. 27, 2001

Schwerin (ddp/OZ) the star designer Luigi Colani wants to let auto build in M-V. Minister of economics Otto smooths (SPD) spoke yesterday in Schwerin with Colani over this and other projects. " we knew with the area prepared for BMW south the state capital a outstanding location and the nationalusual promotion to offer ", said smooth. Colani must bring along a suitable
investor for its savings auto with the name " Schanghai " however.

Sein aerodynamically arranged two-litre auto is " competitionless ", said Colani. Additionally about the mechanism of a Colani museum one spoke. A location for it must be still found. Also Colani ship designs wants to present. The Ministry stated interest in guest lectures. But both the Wismarer university would come as well as private Design schools into consideration. More Fuer Colani could interest the building of the two-seater passenger car equipped with a plastic body according to own instructions an international vehicle company from Asia. After OZ information it is to concern Daihatsu in Japan.

CONFERENCE

Colani comes Designer legend reports in Trier

A face and at the same time a brand name: Professor Luigi Colani, world-well-known and disputed star designer photos: TV - file/archiv/dpa TRIER. (talk) with the topic " Design from tomorrow " a meeting of the euro info. center Trier concerns itself. On Thursday, 13 September, is expected as an adviser of the Design artists Luigi Colani.

In things " future-oriented product development and - organization " wants to inform the EIC together with the Mainzer Ministry of Economic Affairs and "the network for Design and " communication the regional enterprises. A special attention applies thereby " to the new trend to the barrier-free Design ".

User friendliness and ergonomics, then define expert the function of promising organization solutions. In addition, the aesthetics is not to come too briefly. How one gets these targets under a hat, the prominent designer is to betray Luigi Colani, which does not only report, but afterwards also places itself to the discussion.

Luigi Colani, as Lutz Colani in Berlin born, provides for the sixties always again with revolutionary Design ideas for sensation and is a contentious advocate of the aerodynamic form. In the course of its career he did not only arrange artistic Unikate. It lent its unmistakable Design to many everyday life articles - of furniture up to the camera.

12.09.2001
Provoked by the woman, but
with aerodynamics falls in love

Exclusive interview with Professor Luigi Colani

This inventor heading produces utopias, as others bake at the assembly-line roll. It is however everything else as a utopian. For the on and pure biting is if necessary what provokes it probably eternally and inspires - the female roundnesses. But to touching its futuristic Creationen are quite suited. Even to the Draufsetzen, entering, asks a buckling and of nozzles. The technical designer of the utopia often perfects its real visions up to the assembly-line and to production stage, as only they permit TUEV and Federal Office of Aviation. He combs it either ten times faster, than the police permits. Or also ten times more saving, than likes oil sheikh and Ministers of Finance.

Professor Luigi Colani, class 1928 from Berlin, is a sculptor, painter, flight engineer, technical designer and city planner by occupation. But aerodynamicists, 3-D and form philosopher from passion. The designer Pope infected " whole " generations with his often trend-determining brainstorms from art and construction, fantasy and function. Because it unterfuettert the feasibility of its visions with concrete Creationen: Of the Klo eyeglasses over the hyper+modern nose bicycle up to the first electronic branch bank, nowadays as cash-point dispenser a matter of course.

The idea-spraying energy bundle publicises the Genialitaet of the millions of years old nature, in short the bio Design, as universal remedy, in order to release us of the sharp-edged people hostileness of manufactured products, architecture and city planning. With the same missionary eagerness it instrumentalisiert its philosophyphilosophy philosophy, in order to encourage against Anpassertum, Bedenkentraegerei, average and Spiessertum in Germany anzuwettern, and again to once world the changing German inventor spirit. Contestable thereby if necessary tone type and volume of his eccentric productions and deftig open provocations are, with which the avowed " Ultra left one with roll Royce before the door, airplane in the hangar, and lock in Southern France " for a humane world trommelt. Exclusively in the engineer Web the Maestro illustrates that it the ammunition does not go out in addition still for a long time.

engineer Web: 40 IT enterprises alone from the region Stuttgart look up handstruggling for 4.000 specialists of the information technology and want to again catch to the USA the moved away as it were with the airplane. Over New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco they let enormous advertising transparencies pull by the sky with the request to return but please-beautifully to Germany. As a USA connoisseur and an idea supplier of NASA judge: Imaginatively, or only talk nonsense?

Professor Colani: That is more than ridiculous. One, that in a country of the liberty, which is active mental liberty, in which still another Restchen at pioneer spirit is available, which will not return nevertheless to this verkniffene and gotten caught Germany. We have nevertheless a laundry bracket at the nose, a laundry bracket at the schamlippen, I would have almost said, and one still elsewhere, we wars nevertheless the ass no longer highly on the desk. The only one, where we are unbeatable world champions, is when defrauding funds. The Mafia sends already its Youngster to Berlin into the teachings.

engineer Web: 10,000 German IT specialists move annually off from Germany, and...

Professor Colani: I am also away. I live half of the yearly in Shanghai. There one wants to structure me to the number unity. If in the next or year after the next reality becomes, which intend, then here still faster the lights go out, than we experience even now.

engineer Web: ... and the Maestro will then establish there its Zukunfts mega+ town center, which is copied from a woman picture put on the cross.

Professor Colani: The future city is only one particle of my activity. I am one of the fathers rapidly. I was a chief designer of the Thyssen company, when the crate was built. I habx27 that rapidly so superior aerodynamics misses. And, because I went to Asia, the thing only looks today like a sip lukewarm water. We have our best labels, from Boss to Bally shoes, made in the meantime in complete false estimate in China, because more inexpensive sew there. Should to those times occur to scrub their quality things on the world market more expensively and be forced we to repair our things in Germany, then the specialists for it are missing to us. Our specialists became extinct then, eliminated. 50jaehrige specialists are set heutzutags easily to air, by these blind chickens in the executive committee floors. Who builds however upper oberscheisse and sets billions into the sand, with bad investments, like Pischetsrieder and others with BMW, still kilometres away the career stairs fall quite upward with VW. Or you take to Piech, whose old Wolfsburger Imperium began with " the name " of people: Calculated buy roll Royce, and Bentley and Bugatti, and Lamborghini. Those did not tick nevertheless any longer correctly.

engineer Web: 10,000 IT specialists turn annually Germany the back, even times 8,500 foreigners we with the help of the Green Card in the country lure could. Where is the logic situated?

Professor Colani: That is reliably no Tinnef. And quite correctly. If us the specialists go out, we must get them to stop from outside. Either we make globalization, or we do not make them. That is not bad at all, if little blood revitalization occurs here. The Germans have themselves output-bled in the 50's, 60's and the half 70's, in order to structure this country. And those are today a right to rest itself and goennen its sons a better life. Only, just in this moment - condemns and course-sews - is in another part of the world, in Asia, with China and its population of billion a giant country in the start holes, over hungry to participate on the world economy. If thereby make serious, we go bathing. On the other hand Frankfurt looks held like a Pippi Langstrumpf village, with its few Wolkenkratzerchen. I am a professor for town construction and Urbanistik in Shanghai. At present there 6,000 multistoried buildings are built over 100 meters height. With us already is a sensation. There participate some, which are high over 400 meters. Highly to build, no character must be from quality. But it witnesses from the unbelievable dynamics of this real boom region and the hunger of humans to set to participate on the wealth of this world, to which we do not have anything, in addition, nothing at all against.

engineer Web: What would have to occur, thus again more occurred with us?

Professor Colani: We would have to be still 27 times dirtier, so that we understand gradually that we to become more creative to have. People as I, those are no more in demand nevertheless here from the mode. Approximately around the half globe one calls the Japanese, the Chinese, NASA in America after me. And our aircraft industry builds the last scrap iron.

engineer Web: It drew even however nevertheless technologically with the American more than and is at least just as successful as these

Professor Colani: Because the Frenchmen with the airbus the tone indicate. And those have still steam in the trousers. I habx27 my lock equal around the corner in Toulouse. And chief designer should become with airbus Industries. Unfortunately me Franz Josef bunch under the hands died away. Which I could have whirled there. There is the Frenchmen and evenly not the Germans, who defend quite clearly Europe against the US Dollar and the American Hegemonialbestrebungen. Imagine they the only following caricature: An enormous round ass, with the American flag drauf. From kucken two small Fues raus, with the German flag on the soles. Each day have we 15 films, per TV organization. Of it are 14 American. Call they me another country in the world, which entbloedet itself more.

engineer Web: Still somewhat, or is if our Kids by occupation all Baywatch heroes, silicone beautifulnesses, mission Impossible agent or cowboy, on German cow kuhhirten distinguishes the German skilled worker, become.

Professor Colani: It is the best of the world, the German skilled worker. There is that still. The Krux is only the multicolored woodpeckers with the Schmalztolle, which sit over it.

engineer Web: La Colani, and now the chrome-flashing coffin model in its Duesseldorfer office, to which only four wheels and a steering wheel are missing, and already one would know the Po-fair Klo eyeglasses, the aerodynamic nose bicycle, the well-being feeling bath tub a off on the motorway - all these Colani brainstorms will tear and to new pioneer spirit will inspire the Germans from lethargy and future pessimism now...?

Professor Colani: Hoerx27 only on thereby. The first things were high-welcome because finally suitable for humans facility and utensils. The auto+similar chromium-plated luxury coffin is a Design play, which is to energize for thinking. Which we at the moment in make have, are e.g. sensational tanker ideas, because starting from 2002 no in-membranous tankers may drive on more the European Union seas. We build long ocean giant a completely new supercab, which we issue in Miami in the next year, I build for 2002 the fastest auto of the world for a 290 meter. The Colani Truck becomes also a direct hit: 10 L *** TRANSLATION ENDS HERE ***iter Benzin-Einsparung auf 100 Kilometer, das ist im Jahr fur Spediteure ein Haufen Geld, und das nur dank Aerodynamik, da haben wir noch nicht einmal am Motor gefummelt. Wenn wir damit anfangen wurden, konnten wir noch weniger Verbrauch rauskitzeln. Wir haben Plane bis zum Abwinken, drum habe ich auch immer weniger Zeit und bin auf keiner Party, auf der sich Gottschalk und Co herumtreiben.

engneer web: Sie legen sich gerne mit samtlichen Entwicklungsabteilungen der Automobilindustrie an, und werfen denen...

Prof. Colani: Moment mal: Mit diesen eng gestrickten Seilschaften will ich nichts am Hut haben. Weil die alle die falschen Autos bauen. Im Rahmen der Harmonisierung durch den EURO wird die Brusseler EU-Kommission im nachsten Jahr in massivster Weise auf Deutschland Druck ausuben, um die Geschwindigkeit runter zu bringen auf Tempo 130. Wissen Sie, was das bedeutet: Der Zusammenbruch der gesamten Berechnungspyramide aller schnellen deutschen Autos. Und das sind 85 Prozent.

engineer web: Gleichwohl, auf der Frankfurter IAA sind nach wie vor die schnellen Flitzer zu sehen!

Prof. Colani: Weil die  nen Knall haben, in der Autoindustrie. Die ticken nicht ganz sauber. Die wollen einfach, wie die Saurier kurz vorm Verrecken, noch den letzten grosen Sprung machen.

engineer web: Warum sollen die nach Ihrer Ansicht "verrecken "?
Prof. Colani: Hab  ich doch gerade eben gesagt: Es bricht alles zusammen, die gesamte Berechnungspyramide. Mit Crash-Zonen, Motor-Starken, Drehmomenten. Die Autos von morgen sind "4 mal L ": Langsam, leise, leicht und lustig.

engineer web: ...und dieses 4-mal-L-Auto der Zukunft zaubert der Maestro dann rechtzeitig aus seinem Zylinder?
Prof. Colani: Was heist hier rechtzeitig. Es ist in Bau und fahrt in zwei Monaten.

engineer web: Konnen Sie schon etwas mehr verraten?
Prof. Colani: Nein!

engineer web: Das erinnert mich an Ihre etwas altere Fiktion von einem Auto, das mit nur einem Liter Sprit auskommt.

Prof. Colani: Quatsch. Das macht nur das Grosmaul Piech. Der wollte ein 1-Liter-Auto hinkriegen, und schaffte nicht einmal ein 4-Liter-Auto. Das mit dem 3-Liter-Auto, dass stimmt ja gar nicht. Das fahren ein paar Testfahrer mit ausgezogenen Strumpfen barfuss auf leicht abschussiger Strase. Ich habe schon vor neun Jahren im Contidrom mit einer modifizierten viersitzigen Superstromlinien-Karosserie 1,7 Liter bei 80 km/h gefahren. Damals war der Sprit billig. Deshalb hat sich damals kein Schwein drum gekummert.

ingenieurweb: Das hat sich geandert. Sie sind bekanntermasen ein Virtuose der Extreme: Erst haben Sie auf Salzseen in Utah ihre eigenen Geschwindigkeitsweltrekorde gebrochen. Und jetzt wollen Sie demnachst, wie Branchen-Insider munkeln, das hinkriegen, woran die Autokonzerne sich bisher die Zahne ausbeisen - und ein echtes Zwei-Liter-Sparmobil auf die Strase bringen. Auch wieder eine der bekannten Colani-Utopien vom Reisbrett, oder diesmal ein realistisches Spar-Auto, industriell ausgegoren und voll tauglich fur den Verkehrs-Alltag.

Prof. Colani: Absolut. Aber das wurde Ihnen so passen, wenn ich jetzt hintenrum meine intimsten Ateliergeheimnisse hier ausplaudere. Absoluter Spitzen-Cw-Wert, eine Super-Stromlinie, superleicht und wenig Verbrauch. Wir gehen damit, da bin ich mir mit den Japanern einig, eindeutig unter die zwei Liter beim Verbrauch.

ingenieurweb: Ausgefallen leicht - das musste dann eine Kunststoff-Karosserie werden?

Prof. Colani: Das wird  ne Karbon-Karosserie wahrscheinlich, oder Alu, oder Polyester - wir werden sehen.

ingenieurweb: Ihre Kreativitat scheint ja mit wachsendem Alter regelrecht zu explodieren. Wie schafft das ein 73jahriger - auch ein Staatsgeheimnis?

Prof. Colani : Ach wo. Wenig essen, viel ackern, haha, viele schone Frauen, und dadurch gute Inspiration.

ingenieurweb: Woher beziehen Sie nur diese vielen Einfalle. Doch wohl kaum nur aus der Tuchfuhlung mit einer schonen Frau. Gelegentlich auch in der schopferischen Stille mancher "Ortchen ", womoglich auf dem beruhmten Colani-Klo?

Prof. Colani: Fangen Sie mir doch nicht mit diesem Unsinn an! Das Klo, das ist  ne Wucht. Aber Einfalle bekomme ich immer dann, wenn ich etwas Weiches in den Handen habe. Es gibt nur eine Inspirationsquelle fur den richtigen Mann: Das richtige Weib. Natur-pur!

ingenieurweb: Was immer Sie kreieren, es scheint seinen designerischen Sex-Appeal zu beziehen aus Variationen zum Thema Natur-pur, sprich Frau, die sich in allen Flugzeugen und Autos von ihnen wiederfinden

Prof. Colani: Selbst ein Flugzeug oder Auto bezieht seine Inspiration aus dem, was die Hand des Mannes am liebsten beruhrt. Wer diese Motorik, und meine Aufrichtigkeit, nicht versteht, ist ein Tropf. Als Mann bezieht man seine Inspirationen von den weichen Formen der Gegenseite. Und - umgekehrt - die Frau bezieht von den harten Formen ihres Pendants ihre Inspirationen. Sie sehen das am Frauen-Design. Die machen meist "harte " Sachen. Und am Manner-Design, das ganz weiche Formen vorzieht, ganz weich. Ich habe Kunst studiert und kann ein Menschenohr oder einen Menschenarsch wunderbar nachmodellieren - so echt, dass Sie Marmor kussen. Ich bin aber auch Flugingenieur, habe Aerodynamik studiert. Und aus diesem Spannungsfeld zwischen "weicher " Kunst und "beinharter " Aerodynamik-Kalkulation, aus diesen scheinbaren Gegensatzen entsteht, wenn sie miteinander vereint sind, meine Colani-Hochtechnologie fur die Weltrekord-Fahrzeuge, die Ferrari um 100 Stundenkilometer schlagen und alles andere, was sich auf Strase, Schiene, Wasser und Luft bewegt. Unvereinbares miteinander zu vervollkommnen, daraus rekrutiert sich das eigentliche Geheimnis Colani. Das ist TAO pur.

ingenieurweb: Sie werden am 20. September beim Munchner Karrieretag, der Fachmesse fur Fach- und Fuhrungskrafte, gewiss kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen, was Sie vom heutigen Engineering halten. Nicht sonderlich viel, nehm  ich an.

Prof. Colani: Das ist doch alles uberkanditelt. Alles. Viel zu viel Power, viel zu viel Elektronik, viel zu viel Gewicht. Jeder Ingenieur in so einem Saftladen mochte seine Handschrift an einem Fahrzeug, oder was da gerade gebaut wird, hinterlassen. Daraus entsteht dann ein Ding, das nie aus einem Guss sein kann. Sondern ein Sammelsurium aus vielen Stil-Elementen, die zum Himmel stinken. Kein Auto mehr, wie die seinerzeitigen DS und ID von Citroen, die 25 Jahre lang gebaut wurden, was heute eine Chimare ware, ein Wahnsinnstraum fur die Automobilwelt, genau wie der Mini und der Kafer auch.

ingenieurweb: Und die Stars beim Auto-Mekka IAA 2001 konnen...

Prof. Colani: ...die konnen Sie alle vergessen. Ich hab  gerade vorab einen kleinen so genannten IAA-Star auf dem Hof gehabt. Mir ist physisch schlecht geworden. Ich hab  den ganzen Tag nicht Fressen konnen, als ich gesehen habe, was sich Automobilwerke an Mist erlauben bei einem Sportwagen, bei dem Aerodynamik eigentlich ganz vorne stehen musste.

ingenieurweb: Sie kritisieren eben, jeder Einzelingenieur wolle seine Handschrift im Endprodukt wiedererkennen. Wundert Sie das, wo das Einzel-Talent sich immer mehr ducken und verleugnen muss zugunsten der vergotterten Teamfahigkeit. Ist Anpassungsfahigkeit wirklich wichtiger als individuelle Kreativitat?

Prof. Colani: Dieser Trend ist vollig falsch. Dadurch haben wir ja den Salat, den Team-Salat. Es gibt keine Automobile mehr, wie sie fruher mal z.B. ein Giugiaro und andere mit ihrem ganzen schopferischen Talent sozusagen zur Welt gebracht haben. Heute sitzt an seiner Stelle ein Team von Armani-Anzugtragern mit gepiercedten Ohrlappchen und mit dicken Schnallenschuhen, sie sehen ja, was die zustande bringen. Vor 30 Jahren konnte man einen Ami-Schlitten von einem Italo-Sportster und einem Techno-Germanen auf ein Kilometer Entfernung erkennen. Heute haben die Knopfedrucker mit ihrer Einheitssoftware eine traurige Vermassung verursacht.

ingenieurweb: Uber die Deutschland AG, und den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland wird viel geredet, und genau so viel geklagt. Fur die einen sind die "Nieten in Nadelstreifen " die Schuldigen des Desasters. Fur die anderen sind die Deutschen zu einem Volk der Faulenzer erschlafft. "Derek " Horst Tappert meint, sie sind zu bequemen geworden und nehmen sich fur zu wichtig. Wo liegt fur Sie der Hund begraben?

Prof. Colani: Wir ersticken an unserem Reichtum, den unsere Vorvater mal zusammen gekratzt haben. Das erben die Youngsters jetzt, und tun nichts mehr. Durchaus zu Recht. Wenn ich so Millionen auf die Kralle bekame, wurde ich auch mal erst auf  ne Insel fahren, und den Affen machen. Es fehlt einfach an dem optimistischen nach-vorne-Drangen, was noch in den 60er Jahren der 7. Himmel war, das Ziel. Es gab weder Begrenzungen noch Angste, die Welt war einfach offen fur Tatendurstige, und heute ist sie zu; vernagelt. Mobil sind wir nur noch beim Urlaubmachen. Und so einfallsreich, dass wir im Urlaub nur an eines denken - an den nachsten Urlaub. Eines der kreativsten Technik-Lander der Welt ist kaputt. Und daran sind die Nadelgestreiften aus den Vorstandsetagen mit Schuld. Denen rinnt der Kalk aus den Hosen.

ingenieurweb: So alt sind die doch gar nicht mehr...

Prof. Colani: Nein, moglicherweise zu jung sind sie. Die haben keine Erfahrung, machen Kapital am Kapitalmarkt, statt Wertschopfung durch ihre Produkte, haben am Jahresende eine einigermasen korrekte Bilanz, aber ihre Produkte dumpeln im Keller.

ingenieurweb: Wundert sie das, wenn - Hauptsache jung - 50/55jahrige hoch erfahrene Ingenieure mir-nix-dir-nix einfach nach Hause oder in den Vorruhestand geschickt werden...

Prof. Colani: Am liebsten wurde ich mir die alle wegpflucken, diese 50/55jahrigen Hochkarater und wurde mit denen ein Fruhrentner-Team aufmachen. Damit konnten wir alle anderen in den Sack stecken.

ingenieurweb: Was raten Sie jungen Leuten, und Berufseinsteigern.

Prof. Colani: Die sollen auf die Strase gehen, und eine Revolution anzetteln, gegen samtliche Eseleien, die sich Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft leisten. Ich komm  dann mit meinem 2-Liter-Auto dazu.

The " aero 3000 " of star designer Luigi Colani was promoted to the secret star of the AMI commercial motor vehicles.

Large exhibition areas with old timers the commercial motor vehicle hall
filled up, in which a futuristic vehicle became the secret star: Professor
Luigi Colani had its DAF XF based " aero 3000"-Raumschiff to the elster
office for giving and placed itself to the discussion personally.

Star designer Colani opens Handy museum

Cologne / Washington. If Luigi Colani tinkers or to its call as a professor in China follows not even on its Cologne property Maarhausen again at one of its unusual ideas, he gives himself in the public extremely kommunikativ.

Star designer Colani eroeffent Handy museum Recently he transferred before a great force at countcount counts one its cast-off Handys in the " faithful " hands of the director of mash Ems Heinz to singer, who created the only portable radio museum of Europe. Singer abgeluchst already many prominent one one the retired Handy, so for example Johannnes Rau, OSCAR Lafontaine and Franz Muentefering. In order to protect the political Proporz, he wants to strive now also for the political sizes of the other parties. The fulfilment for it would be however, a Handy of Boris Yel'tsin too ergattern and particularly from Bill Clinton. If the latter should actually succeed to it, it would be to be entered afterwards whether the kommunikative number is still stored by Monika Lewinski.

Design
Colani peppt the running pasteboard up

Starting from year end Trabis in Mark clover mountain are to be reequipped Leipzig. Star designer Luigi Colani wants to aufpeppen the Trabi. " that was an affair of heart of me ", acknowledged the 73-Jaehrige yesterday a eport of " picture ". For those approximately 500,000 Trabis, which roll still world-wide, it developed a new aerodynamic front portion: swung fenders, deeply which are situated headlights and a ball-round windshield. " with this schnittigen Design the Trabi fits better into our time and is still in the next century current. " A Japanese engine is to provide for more steam under the hood and bisect gasoline consumption. The production approximately 2,000 Marks (l 023 euro) of the expensive Tuning set is to start end of the yearly in Mark clover mountain with Leipzig. A Trabi re-equipment lasts three to four days. There are already prospective customers. " we look up still another suitable workshop ", say Trabi fan Uwe Heinel, which wants to create for it especially a company. Heinel collects since 1992 products of Colani and had it ange sprochen. (dpa/Degenhardt)

The GDR auto is to receive a rounder Design

World mirror
18.10.2001
Trabi

It sketched ball-point pens and toilets - now star designer Luigi Colani of the East German wants once dearest auto, which Trabi aufpeppen, with new Design. " that was an affair of heart of me ", acknowledged the 73-Jaehrige on Wednesday a report of the " Bild" newspaper. For those approximately 500,000 Trabis, which are still world-wide " on the Road ", it developed a new aerodynamic front portion. Until 1991 in Zwickau approximately 3.7 million of these auto were produced.

Swung fenders, deeply which are situated headlights and a ball-round windshield - so conception is to roll the " running pasteboard " in the future over of Germany roads after Colanis. " with this schnittigen Design the Trabi fits better into our time and is still in the next century current. " With its design the designer of its not always undisputed line remained faithful: Everything, of the Kloschuessel begun up to the racing car, is approximately and aerodynamically rowing boat or refrigerator with it. The production approximately 2000 Marks of the expensive Tuning set is to start end of the yearly in Mark clover mountain with Leipzig. The re-equipment of a Trabi lasts in each case three to four days. Colani can hardly save itself from inquiries.

Week final magazine from 27 October 2001


New front portion and round Design

It sketched ball-point pens and toilets - now star designer Luigi Colani of the East German wants once dearest auto, which Trabi aufpeppen, with new Design. " that was an affair of heart of me ", acknowledged to that 73-Jaehrige a newspaper report. For those approximately 500,000 Trabis, which are still world-wide " on the Road ", it developed a new aerodynamic front portion. Until 1991 in Zwickau (Saxonia) approximately 3.7 million the " refugee suit-case " were produced.

Swung fenders, deeply which are situated headlights and a ball-round windshield - so conception is to roll the " running pasteboard " in the future over of Germany roads after Colanis. " with this schnittigen Design the Trabi fits better into our time and is still in the next century current. " With its design the designer of its not always undisputed line remained faithful: Everything, of the Kloschuessel begun up to the racing car, is approximately and aerodynamically rowing boat or refrigerator with it.

The production approximately 2000 Marks (1023 euro) of the expensive Tuning set is to start end of the yearly in Mark clover mountain with Leipzig. The re-equipment of a Trabis lasts in each case three to four days. " we look up still another suitable workshop ", said the admitting Trabi fan Uwe Heinel, which wants to create for it especially a company. Heinel collects since 1992 products of Colani and it had addressed. " there I could say not no ", remember the designer. Large interest in the " running pasteboard "

" up to now we had 25 orders. But since yesterday the telephone storm rings ", said Colani. The interest had to be expected. The conventional outside of the Trabis is not only modernized. A Japanese engine is besides for more steam under the hood to provide and additionally gasoline consumption bisect.

Colani preserves for a long time a preference for East Germany: " here the Gripse and spirit sit. The country is a center of smart headings. " In the passed years he had together operated with several companies in the new countries. Whether televisions for RFT in Stassfurt, binoculars for Carl Zeiss in Jena or lady shoes for a Meissner company - Colani sketched the Design for it.

Sandra Degenhardt

Information and part number: 02 21/7 00 50 51 or 52

Date: 11.04.2000
Author: Torben Mueller

Colani sketches now also still designer coffins and - to urns Bestatterkongress " Eternity 2000 " on the fairground Over death and mourning turn tomorrow and the day after tomorrow everything on the citizen of Berlin fairground: On the congress " Eternity 2000 "discuss Bestatter, physicians and church coworkers handling dying. In the exhibition area manufacturers coffins and urns, in addition, Bestatterwagen and flower decoration show.

From simple to noble the pallet of the coffin supply on the exhibition is enough. Simply the Peace " box presents itself ": The sticking coffin is particularly suitable after manufacturer data for fire funerals or note-in-corrodes. With a price of 399 Marks it is clearly under the usual wood models. As for example that of the coffin of star designer Luigi Colani: Between 7,000 and 14,000 Marks the model costs " Epocca ", at which above all the circulating " railing " is noticeable - a stretcher bar, which the designer attached instead of the usual grasps. The dead one is situated not simply on padding, but in a type mummy sleeping bag. Who likes it still more nobly, carat selects the model with genuine root veneer and gilded griffstangen in 24. Also to the fire funeral, for which ever more German decide, Colani thought: Its urn costs approximately 900 Marks.

Designer Colani would like to bed dead ones softly, as in the left coffin, in which " a sleeping bag " is situated. In the center a swung " urn ", the coffin is on the right is classical with cross.

Offerta: New media hold chute
ka-news on the consumer fair thereby

Karlsruhe - it is already the 29. Output of the regional consumer fair Offerta 2000 of Saturday, 28 October until Sunday, 5. November. As in each year the organizers " discover " new areas, which become points of attraction, because they arouse the interest of many visitors. In this year this applies to the area of the new media. For the first time enterprises from the information and communication technology present themselves. Also ka-news participates with a being located in the concert hall. Additionally it gives on the Offerta nine further ranges of topics, from building over the garden up to the Wellness. A highlight: Star designer Luigi Colani will present the first model of the new game park stadium.

Karl W. Hinte, Geschaeftsfuehrer of the Hinte measurement and exhibition GmbH expects also in this year about 100,000 visitors on the Offerta. It will probably happen somewhat more closely than in the passed years: Because of the building of the congress hotel the exhibitors must get along with altogether 4,000 square meters fewer workstation. Some exhibitors had to be even rejected. Also the visitors must adjust to modifications, the underground parking under the festplatz are available only strongly reduced. As opportunity of evasion however the underground parking of the Queens hotel can be used.

Also over 50 per cent the area " housekeeping, food and beverages " is situated in front, which concerns the weighting of the individual areas, which will have to be seen on the area of the offer. In second place rank gift articles, Accesoires and arts and crafts: Christmas is before the door. How the annual questionings of the visitors show, many would like to inform particularly about " building, development, renovation and energy engineering " or compare supplies. The service industry becomes likewise ever more important: Thus for example the research center will present its 25 teaching professions.

The Offerta program is rounded off by many maintaining items. On the internal message surfaces more than 400 special meetings are planned. In the focal point is located a 3-D-Multimedia-Show with a combination of laser and video technology, which are singular according to specification of the organizer in Europe.

The Offerta 2000 on the areaarea area and the buildings of the congress center is from 28 October to 5 November daily from 10 to 18 o'clock opened (dis)

Thursday, 19 October 2000 c ka-news 2000

Colani plant Wildpark II
Star-Designer will Brucke zu anderen Vereinen schlagen / KSC-Projekt kostet 80 Millionen

News Beitrag 1293 - Sonntag, August 20, 2000 um 15:42:14

Jetzt ist es offiziell: Weltburger und Stardesigner Luigi Colani will sich des  ildparks II fur Karlsruhe annehmen. KSC-Prasident Detlef Dietrich konnte den Sensations-Coup lange unter dem Deckel halten, doch der Druck ist zwischenzeitlich so hoch, dass der Kessel an allen Ecken und Enden leckt.

Karlsruhe. Der 72-jahrige Colani, der zeitweise in Karlsruhe wohnt, ist Idol und Vorbild gleich mehrerer Designergenerationen. Autos, Motorrader, Flugzeuge, Toiletten, Computermause oder ganze Kongresszentren - Colanis kreative Power machte bisher vor nichts halt. Und nun der  ildpark II 

Noch hat auserhalb des KSC niemand den Entwurf gesehen, doch soll Colanis Studie eine sensationelle Dachkonstruktion enthalten, die dem Wildpark ohne nennenswerte Anderungen an der Haupttribune ein schliesbares Dach beschert. Damit allein gibt sich der Meister jedoch nicht zufrieden. Mit Hilfe einer  olani-Brucke uber den Adenauerring mochte der Kunstler  rucken schlagen zu den anderen Vereinen  rund ums Wildparkgelande einen lebendigen Anziehungspunkt fur die Jugend schaffen, der vollig in Landschaft und Natur integriert ist.

Ganz nebenbei entstunde fur 60 bis 80 Millionen Mark in Karlsruhe ein Gesamtkunstwerk von internationaler Bedeutung. Und das obendrein noch stark subventioniert. 30 Millionen Mark der Sportwelt AG liegen bereit, freilich unter der Vorgabe, die Stadt moge sich mit weiteren 20 Millionen beteiligen. Den Rest will der KSC mit privaten Sponsoren abdecken.

Dietrich bestatigte gestern morgen, dass es Kontakte zu Colani gebe. Allerdings hange das Engagement des Stardesigners noch von einigen Bedingungen ab, die einer Klarung bedurften.  um Beispiel mussten wir noch zusatzliche Sponsoren aus der Region finden  sagte der KSC-Boss. Schon heben die ersten Zweifler die Hand. Wenn das Modell eines Pfalzer Architekten schon 600.000 Mark verschlang, was kostet dann erst das Modell eines Stardesigners?

 omentan ist Colani so angetan von der Idee, dass ihm sein Honorar vollig zweitrangig erscheint  erzahlt Dietrich, der hochstpersonlich die Verbindung uber eine gute Bekannte hergestellt hat. Eine Steilvorlage aus dem Wildpark mitten in die Stadt, trifft doch sein Vorschlag genau die entscheidenden Punkte der  erger-Studie in Sachen Stadtmarketing.  ir finden das Bemuhen der Stadt in diesem Bereich sehr gut und mochten unseren Beitrag dazu leisten, Karlsruhe attraktiver zu machen  sagt Dietrich und hofft, dass die Stadtvater seinen Pass auch erlaufen konnen,  enn fur die Region ist der KSC mehr als Fusball  (bob)

The life's work of the 71 years old star designer Luigi Colani is to be presented in one year on the Baltic Sea island Usedom in a permanent exhibition. In the Futurama, 5,000 square meters a large hall in the place Zinnowitz, are to be shown supersonic aircraft for NASA, auto, clocks, gulf racquets and also the legendary Stassfurt television, said Colani in Zinnowitz. The life's work becomes estimated to a value of 50 million Marks. Besides the designer wants to shift its domicile of Switzerland into the Baltic Sea bath. - dpa

" In nature almost all matters of form are answered.
From a small lump in my vest pocket I know the whole world spiders! And I have still ideas for 500 years in the heading. "
Luigi Colani, Experience a premiere Creatively, more visionaer, zukunftsorientiert:Luigi Colani is considered than of Germany most progressive and most well-known designers. It created the ball kitchen, aerodynamic auto - and now: The new goose ford ago catering trade bottle for your fastidious guests.

With the new star of the catering trade are correct not only the optics, but also the worths: Mineral water from the depths of the Anhaltiner nature park convinces connoisseurs since 1876 with excellent values and a particularly harmonious composition.

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