ZDF WELTUNTERGANG
2014Television Programm
Agency: Wolfundlamm
Client: ZDF
Die Grosse Weltuntergangsshow, with Joko & Klaas.
I was asked to design the set for a one day television show.
The sources of inspiration were mainly The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with a touch of Metropolis, expressionistic paintings, Cubism combined with the gloomy and dreamy imaginative content of Max Beckmann's work.
The whole form a cosy and inviting studio atmosphere where the two hosts, immerged in a post-apokalyptic, xpressionistic and film-noir-wise world, can indulge in reminiscences about our postmodern lives and disgress into philosophical discourses with their guests.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/787d0bc7359a1acd4c9e6ca1eda0ca00395d7f7c3d5fb43ca89d79c98c0f8663/Welt_untergang_live_a_ok.jpg)
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I staged a grotesque
and blurred scenery with high-contrast illumination, skewed furniture on a pure black and white appearence with collapsing perspectives.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c9c0a572b8c56e5e0712de4bcebdff6c5c303ce0cc620171ddec027ce359e60/Welt_untergang_live_b.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e39dceddd03dcd6f37a2680406d677230750f774d1927326d9dfd0a0512762d/Welt_untergang_live_a.jpg)
Backwall illustrations
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07c88ecb1a9023e90f35eb917b727b0a23caf1cf7b476dd6d2c5d811334e3698/Stadt3b_ok.png)
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Final draft of the Set before the construction.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94b972edd5ce9e4a0faa61d6681a3d549a0519c9b1fa47c3cf88faf274645bff/Draft_Set_ok.jpg)