Roundabout consists of a street sign of the Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin, extended to fit all its historical names. The Wilhelmstrasse is a main street that was the centre of the German government until 1945. Because of its important status, the name has changed according with the political circumstances. It has sequentially been called Husarenstrasse (1731), Wilhelmstrasse (1740), Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse (1964), Toleranzstrasse (1991, but never implemented) and again Wilhelmstrasse (1993).
Roundabout embodies this history with a sign that is cyclical rather than directional. The streetnames are depicted in their historical typography. On the sign’s inside, the names are written in chronological order from top to bottom, on the outside from bottom to top.
Roundabout consists of a street sign of the Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin, extended to fit all its historical names. The Wilhelmstrasse is a main street that was the centre of the German government until 1945. Because of its important status, the name has changed according with the political circumstances. It has sequentially been called Husarenstrasse (1731), Wilhelmstrasse (1740), Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse (1964), Toleranzstrasse (1991, but never implemented) and again Wilhelmstrasse (1993).
Roundabout embodies this history with a sign that is cyclical rather than directional. The streetnames are depicted in their historical typography. On the sign’s inside, the names are written in chronological order from top to bottom, on the outside from bottom to top.