This spring the Haus am Waldsee Museum is dedicating itself to innovative product design coming out of Berlin. 17 internationally recognized designers will be transforming the gallery into a ‘home’.
The room allocated to J. MAYER H. is adorned with various translations of data protection patterns onto wallpaper, soft furnishings and pictures.
Data protection patterns emerged in the early 20th century to ensure the secure transfer of sensitive information, lining the inside of envelopes and making it impossible to distinguish text inside. These patterns can be interpreted as a contemporary ornamental byproduct of the process of data control. They are prototypical for the information transactions of the 20th century and invoke the current debate around personal privacy and the public domain.
