Industrial process as a creative starting point
Hall is the result of a joint project between BWB Surface Technology and the Panter & Tourron design studio on the industrial dyeing process of aluminum. The starting point was the question of how production, material and time themselves can become design content.
The focus was on surface finishing by means of anodizing as a precisely controllable but time-dependent process. Color gradients are not created by subsequent design, but as a direct result of duration, sequence and movement within the production process. The aluminum stores these process parameters in its surface.
Presentation in an international design context
The lights created as part of the Hall project were exhibited at the Milan 2026 design fair. The presentation took place both at Capsule and in the Pro Helvetia environment and placed the project in the contemporary international design context.
The focus was not only on the object itself, but also on the industrial background to its creation. The exhibition made visible how surface technology, process duration and technical parameters can shape the appearance of a product. Hall thus became legible as the result of a close collaboration between design and industry.
The collaboration, the approach and the content background of the project are documented in a detailed interview and project report by profiler.world.
