Project

Digital Special Exhibition: Black, Red and Gold

for Deutsche Bundesbank

For Deutsche Bundesbank, we developed two digital special exhibitions: one on the history and significance of Germany’s gold reserves and one on the numismatic collection.

CLIENT
Deutsche Bundesbank
DURATION
18 months
LOCATION
Frankfurt / Leipzig
YEAR
2022 - 2024

When Scrolling Becomes an Experience

Scrollytelling is not a new concept, but it is rarely carried through with such consistency. For the Bundesbank, we reinterpreted it technically and visually: gold bars rotate in space while scrolling, timelines unfold in motion, and data becomes something to experience rather than only read. The result is a format that draws visitors into a story instead of merely guiding them through it.

Creative Use of Media

Images, films, interviews, audio, animated 3D objects, interactive panoramas from the gold reserve itself – the exhibition uses a wide spectrum of formats because the topic calls for it. Every medium was produced or prepared by us. The result is an experience visitors explore at their own pace, revealing something new with every visit. (Photos: Nils Thies, Deutsche Bundesbank)

a gold bar with a stamp indicating its origina gold bar with a stamp indicating its origina gold bar with a stamp indicating its origin
Black and white image of rows of new VW BeetlesARCHIV - HANDOUT - Drei Angestellte der New York Federal Reserve Bank führen im riesigen unterirdischen Tresorraum Buch über das gelagerte Währungsgold aus aller Welt (jüngeres Archivbild). Die Bundesbank will bis 2020 fast 700 Tonnen deutsches Gold aus dem Ausland nach Deutschland holen. Die Bestände in New York werden schrittweise um 300 Tonnen verringert. Foto: Federal Reserve Bank/dpa (zu dpa "Bundesbank holt fast 700 Tonnen deutsches Gold aus dem Ausland heim" vom 16.01.2013 - Redaktionshinweis:  Verwenung nur zu redaktionellen Zwecken bei vollständiger Quelklenangabe) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

A Historical Exploration

Where is Germany’s gold stored? Why was it moved from New York and Paris to Frankfurt? What does it have to do with the economic miracle? The exhibition answers questions many people have but rarely see presented so clearly. Complex economic-historical contexts become accessible without being oversimplified.

Image credits above: picture alliance / keystone, str Image credits below: Federal Bank of New York

The Exhibition Remains Accessible.

Digital exhibitions have one advantage over physical ones: they never close. “Black, Red and Gold” is still accessible today – for school classes, researchers, and interested audiences worldwide. A project that does not end when the last visitor leaves.

VIEW THE BUNDESBANK EXHIBITION
Schwarz-Weiß Archivfoto des deutschen Golddepots
Bildrechte: Deutsche Bundesbank