Zumtobel Group Award Company | Investor Relations | Press | Careers | Sustainability Contact|DE|| Facts Growth perspectives Lighting in IoT Living Light Our brands Management Board Supervisory Board Annual Reports Corporate Values Dr. Walter Zumtobel Award Code of Conduct History Locations Annual Report 2015/16 by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Matthew Monteith in Collaboration BLUE HOUR by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Entitled “Blaue Stunde – Blue Hour” the latest artistic annual report from the Zumtobel Group is the 25th in an ongoing series. The silver jubilee edition was designed by design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro of New York, with founding partner Elizabeth Diller in the role of creative director. For the art book section of the Annual Report 2015/16, the renowned architect and her creative team have worked closely with photographer Matthew Monteith to realize a one-of-a-kind photographic project. As their overarching theme, the designers chose the magical light of “the blue hour” – the brief twilight zone at the juncture of day and night – an everyday phenomenon but one that is rarely given much attention: “In the ‘blue hour’ spectrum, colours intensify while shadows grow more diffuse, the light becomes more diffuse ... buildings look sexy during this time. It’s when the natural recedes and civilization begins to take over; the city lights come on, building lights go on. It defies the possibility of existence without artificial light. We are condemned to the unnatural,” says Elizabeth Diller, describing this phenomenon. In Conversation: Elizabeth Diller, Paul Marantz, Klaus Vamberszky This year’s core topic – the blue hour – is considered in greater depth in a roundtable encounter between Liz Diller, lighting designer Paul Marantz, whose fame extends well beyond his New York base, and Klaus Vamberszky, our Chief Technology Officer. Together they discuss time as the fourth dimension of light and new prospects emerging from the ongoing technology shift within our industry. Interview with Elizabeth Diller Blue Hour. Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Matthew Monteith in Collaboration. Published by Zumtobel Group. Photographer Matthew Monteith succeeds in capturing the narrative effect of the blue hour with great subtlety in a series of images. Over a one-hour period, he took 45 shots of a room from exactly the same angle. The light situation changes from one photo to the next as the magical interplay of daylight and artificial light progresses, while in the background a mysterious plot woven around an enigmatic occupant appears to unfold. Ordering ORDER the Annual Report here Downloads Interview (pdf, 907.95KB) Annual Report 2015/16 (pdf, 14.63MB) Annual Reports since 1992 Here you get an overview of the Annual Reports since 1992. Chronology of Annual Reports © Zumtobel Group AG 2016 Help Sitemap Impressum Privacy Statement Terms of use