Pascal Johanssen (born 1973, in Berlin) is a German gallery owner and founder of Direktorenhaus Berlin.[1]
Johanssen studied law and worked in the innovation research of the design department of Universität der Künste Berlin.[2][3] In 2005, he opened the Johanssen Gallery with its main focus on graphic art and illustration.[1][4] In 2006, he founded "Illustrative" together with Katja Kleiss, an international biennial for contemporary illustration and graphic art in Berlin, which also took place in Zurich and Paris.[5] In 2010, the gallery moved to a new venue in the Direktorenhaus situated at the Alte Münze in the center of Berlin,[6] which had by then been established as the exhibition venue for design and contemporary arts and crafts.[5][7] Johanssen is the curator of the international touring exhibition "Handmade in Germany,"[8] and editor of the magazine "Objects. Journal of Applied Arts"[5] and co-editor of "Deutscher Manufakturenführer".[9]
Engagement
editSeveral projects of Pascal Johanssen deal with the relationship of material culture and digital environments. Johanssen initiated the international touring exhibition "Handmade in Germany," which introduces the manual and artisan character of the production in manufactories as a sustainable model for work and life. Johanssen is editor of the magazine "Objects. Journal of Applied Arts," co-editor of "Deutscher Manufakturenführer" and initiator of "Deutsche Manufakturenstraße", a 3000 km long holiday route, which connects all manufactories of the different German regions.
Publications
edit- With Thomas Schildhauer: Führungsmethoden im Innovationsprozess, in: Lutz Becker: Führungskonzepte und Führungskompetenz, Symposion Publishing GmbH, 2006, ISBN 9783936608809, S. 305–322; Vorschau
- eGovernment neu denken: Innovationsstrategien für die digitale Verwaltung, SER eGovernment Deutschland, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-939117-81-1
- "Die große Walz". In: Objects. Journal of Applied Arts, No. 7, 2014, Berlin, S. 32–39
- "Mitteilungen aus dem Direktorenhaus". In: Objects. Journal of Applied Arts, No. 6, 2013, Berlin, S. 18–19
- "Kommt das Deutsche Design Museum?". In: Objects. Journal of Applied Arts, No. 5, 2012, Berlin, S. 16–25
References
edit- ^ a b Johannssen Gallery – Background, johanssen-gallery.com
- ^ Dorothea Grass: Der Bilder-Sound unserer Zeit Archived 13 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interview mit Pascal Johanssen, seenby.de
- ^ Lutz Becker: Führungskonzepte und Führungskompetenz, Symposion Publishing GmbH, 2006, ISBN 9783936608809, S. 8 und 322
- ^ Cutting-edge galleries, in: Mark Wigan: Global Contexts, Basics Illustration 04, AVA Publishing, Lausanne 2009, ISBN 9782940373949, S. 148; Vorschau
- ^ a b c Dirk Westphal: Designerkunst: Experimentelles Gesamtkunstwerk, Berliner Morgenpost, 17. Oktober 2010
- ^ Anna Pataczek: Bretterhimmel und Moosfußboden. Neuer Kunstort: Grafiker, Designer und Glasbläser beleben das einstige Berliner Münzamt in Mitte, Der Tagesspiegel, 15. Juni 2010
- ^ Stefanie Dörre: Direktorenhaus, Tip Berlin, 30. September 2010
- ^ Stephanie Drescher: Ausstellung "Handmade in Germany", Magazin Euromaxx der Deutschen Welle, 29. Oktober 2012
- ^ Deutscher Manufakturen Führer 2015, handmade-worldtour.com