WHAT IS WRONG WITH GROOVING worldwide record exchange
Degree Dissertation by Martin Kühnel
Tutors: Professor Peter Eckart, Professor David Linderman
HfG Offenbach am Main WS 2005/2006
Product Design Faculty
THEORETICAL PAPER
SEARCHIN’ FOR SOUL
An analysis about collecting records
The theoretical work gives an insight into the world of the record collectors. The emphasis lies on the sorting and archiving of large collections and also putting together and compiling of single pieces to create an individual collection. Another focus of the theoretical work is the description, history and development of record mailorder.
PRACTICAL WORK
As part of the practical work an online record mailorder shop was created which satisfies the search preferences of record collectors. The data base queries are triggered through an interactive interface, which recalls associations with regular record store displays and wall decorations. Here can be seen some screenshots and pictures of the design process.
PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Short project documentation explains the ways to the basic idea of this project. The description of the visual and customized search functions is provided. The explanation of the visual vocabulary, icons, color definition and font usage are also included.
PRESENTATION
A number of photos from the presentation on February 16, 2006 in the auditorium of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Schlossstrasse 31, 63065 Offenbach
HFG OFFENBACH
You will also find a short description and some photos to this degree disertation on the homepage of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach.
DANKE / THANKS
At this place a big Thank You to everybody who has given support:
Julien Achard (Paris), Alan Bangs (Köln), Hans Peter Eckart (Belin), Peter Esselbrügge (Offenbach), Monika Fischer-Streek (Offenbach), Stefan Frey (Wiesbaden), Jotaro Fushimi (Tokyo), Axel Hamberger (Giessen), Katja Häring (Wiesbaden), Claudia Hermann (Frankfurt), Jake Holloway (London), Lars Joachim (Wiesbaden), Florian Keller (Munich), Oliver Koch (Kassel), Jens Koermer (Berlin), Hitoshi Kohiyama (Tokyo), Eda Kühnel (Kassel), Christian Lauer (Wiesbaden), Marcus Lee (Berlin), Mats Lundgren (Sundsvall'), Par Melcherson (Bromma), Charlie Miller (Redondo Beach), Karsten Müller (Wiesbaden), Keita Narukawa (Tokyo), Thomas Pasquet (Paris), Pavel Porochin (Berlin), Monika Prein (Berlin), Michael Reinboth (Munich), Raffaela Renzulli (Aachen), Ulrik Riehmer (Hamburg), Marion Rossius (Kassel), Dirk Rumpff (Berlin), Nanna Rüster (Frankfurt), Dara S. (New York), Suje Schubert (Wiesbaden), Dave Scratch (London), Wolfgang Seibt (Offenbach), Tobias Seidenthal (Kassel), Ryuichirou Shibato (Tokyo), Bettina Stramitzer (Wiesbaden), Tanja Suebsmann (Köln), Mark Taylor (London), Joonas Terje (Malmö), Luca Trevisi (Bologna), Dr. Sampsa Villhunen (Helsinki), Marc von Siebenthal (Bern), Günther Waldmann (Munich), Christoph Winter (Wiesbaden), Yoshiko Yamamoto (Frankfurt), Yousei Yoshida (Tokyo)
Special thanks to the programmers:
Andreas Ewald / Flash animations (www.e-wood.de)
Michael Kühnel / Database, content management & shopsystem (www.michael-kuehnel.de)
CONTACT
Senden Sie Martin Kühnel eine E-Mail bezüglich Anfragen, Kritik, Anregungen oder wegen der Anforderung einer Infomail wenn der Record-Mailorder-Shop fertig gestellt ist und komplett online geht.
Send Martin Kühnel an email with your questions and recommendations and subscribe a newsletter to find out about the launch date of the full size record mailorder shop.
OLD WEBSITE
Until the launch date of the new design the old WHAT IS WRONG WITH GROOVING website is still available online. Visit it to see which interesting, rare and extraordinary records have been newly listed there.
© 2006 / Martin Kühnel // All rights reserved.