dead_gold

The bachelor project dead_gold was made by Eva Lotta Landskron, who graduated in 2020 from the University of Applied Science and Arts Dortmund. It was supervised by Lars Hamsen, second examiner was Dirk Gebhardt.

The brand dead_gold was created after the examination of the epic of the golden calf. This is found in the story of the Exodus in the Bible: Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and frees them from slavery. But Moses leaves them by themselves in the desert. They feel alone, insecure and disorientated. To deal with their fears, they create a golden calf. They celebrate it as their new god and their new leader.

The aim of the brand dead_gold is to find a common ground in the differences of individuals. Today there is no longer just one golden calf in the desert, because each individual searches for his or her own way to satisfy his or her needs for security, orientation and self-affirmation. But as soon as we define ourselves based on the differences to other people and lives, the different worlds drift apart and the heterogeneous society is no longer capable of discourse. It paralyses its own progressive development. By thematizing and criticizing our calves and the calves of others, the brand dead_gold can call for a new emotion-free discourse.

The catalog is divided into three parts: First, it shows the objects of the brand dead_gold. After that, their origin and content is displayed: An Amazon catalog shows the different products that are depicted on the objects. Finally, it shows the objects in a scenographic staging. Across these three environments the brand identity is based on a minimalist positive/negative alternation of Antipol and GT America.