Lars Uwe Bleher, Architect, Scenographer and Exhibition Designer, has been a managing director at the Frankfurt-based Atelier Markgraph since 2004. The interdisciplinary Atelier has over 20 years of experience with cultural, business and science oriented projects. Its service spectrum covers all types of space-based brand or theme-related communication tasks ranging from exhibitions and trade fair presentations to showrooms and corporate architecture as well as events and media productions. In addition to brands like Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, T-Online, Heineken, Sixt and Kahla, the Atelier Markgraph designers also work for cities such as Mannheim and Frankfurt am Main, as well as for numerous museums, including the Deutsche Museum Munich and the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.
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For decades the disciplines of museum exhibition design and trade fair shows remained separate. New demands on museums, and new technologies for presenting information have brought the areas of practice closer. Atelier Markgraph saw and anticipated the integration of these concepts and media. "We entertain and educate at the same time, without giving people a headache," says Bleher.
Since he started working with Atelier Markgraph in 1996, he has designed and realized numerous award-winning national and international projects. Some of his completed projects include: Mercedes-Benz Brand Galleries in Paris und London; Mercedes-Benz trade fair appearances world-wide (Paris Motor Show, NAIAS in Detroit, Internationale Automobilausstellung Frankfurt); DaimlerChrysler Corporate Exhibitions in Washington, D.C. and Tokyo; an exhibit at the Deutsches Museum in Munich corncerning the theme mobility; and a science and technology exhibit for kids at the EXPO 2000 in Hanover.
In recent years Lars has led a bi-continental life, teaching Architectural Design and Digital Design Media at the University of Oregon while also remaining an active leader at Atelier Markgraph in Frankfurt. In his research he focuses on dynamic environments.
