Double Negative Posted June 7, 2012 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leitz-Park GmbH, the developer of the new Leica Camera AG company headquarters in the Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany donated a sculpture to the city. On-hand for the ceremony were Mayor Wolfram Dette, Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Prime Minister of the State Hesse Jörg-Uwe Hahn and District Chief Executive Wolfgang Schuster. The globe sculpture has a circumference of five meters (5m/16') and will reside in the middle of a roundabout near Leica Camera's new headquarters. Pretty neat looking! Leitz-Park GmbH Donates Sculpture to Wetzlar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sdai Posted June 7, 2012 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2012 Wow ... that is a huge ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted June 7, 2012 Wow ... that is a huge ball. <tasteless joke here> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted June 7, 2012 Share #4 Posted June 7, 2012 Even a sculpture cannot escape the Red Dot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted June 8, 2012 Share #5 Posted June 8, 2012 "The ball's in their court". Wonder if it's a sphere or an oblate spheroid. The latter would have been more costly to make but then Leica is the expect at aspherical designs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angora Posted June 8, 2012 Share #6 Posted June 8, 2012 Pretty much uninspired, they should have come up with something around lenses or cameras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted June 8, 2012 Share #7 Posted June 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) FWIW, the installation was mentioned and illustrated at http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/240958-wetzlar-gets-red-dot.html. Glad to see the location of the globe relative to Leitz Park. Thanks for the follow-up link! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted June 11, 2012 Share #8 Posted June 11, 2012 On another note, does the new Leica building have 'Leica' etched on the roof like an M9-P or is it plain like an M-Monochrom? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted June 11, 2012 Share #9 Posted June 11, 2012 At least Dr K wasn't wearing a black T-shirt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted June 11, 2012 Share #10 Posted June 11, 2012 The last time something that big landed in Wetzlar it was dropped from a Lancaster... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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