von GROTE Ausstellungsgestaltung und Design / Gesa von Grote /

Gesa von Grote

Gesa von Grote is an architect and scenographer. After completing her studies in Architecture at the RWTH Aachen University, the École d’architecture de Paris-La Défense and Berlin’s University of the Arts, she worked for many years as a freelance interior designer. From 2010 she managed a renowned Berlin office for exhibition design, museum planning and interior design concepts together with exhibition maker Stefan Iglhaut. Since 2020, Gesa von Grote has continued to manage the office alone under the name von GROTE GmbH.

Team

 

von GROTE Ausstellungsgestaltung und Design / Elisabed Zautashvili / Architecture and scenography
Architecture and scenography

Elisabed Zautashvili

Elisabed Zautashvili studied architecture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in Georgia. In 2019 she completed her Master of Design at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she worked for five years as an independent interior designer in Tbilisi, where she realized her own projects in a wide variety of areas such as handicrafts, graphic design and for the Senate Department for Culture. As an interior architect and exhibition designer, she now works as part of the team at von GROTE.

von GROTE Ausstellungsgestaltung und Design / Daria Hannig / Graphics and concept
Graphics and concept

Daria Hannig

Daria Hannig studied visual communication at the Bauhaus University Weimar and film at the KASK School of Arts Gent. In 2022 she completed her master’s degree in design at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and has since worked at von GROTE as an exhibition designer for graphics and conception.

von GROTE Ausstellungsgestaltung und Design / Sabine Melis / Interior architecture and scenography
Interior architecture and scenography

Sabine Melis

Sabine Melis studied Communication Design at the Braunschweig University of Art. She has over 15 years of experience in the design and project management of exhibitions and interior architecture projects. Her focus is on developing interactive stations that make complex content accessible and engaging for diverse audiences. With a strong commitment to aesthetics, functionality, and user experience, she combines design and communication to create holistic spatial concepts.

von GROTE Ausstellungsgestaltung und Design / Cosima Emersleben / Architecture and scenography
Architecture and scenography

Cosima Emersleben

Cosima Emersleben is studying interior design at Coburg University with a special interest in educational buildings and designing within existing structures. Alongside her studies, she volunteers at a youth education center, where she helps design educational programs and supports young people. She is currently completing her internship at von GROTE.

Extended team

 

Media Planning

Framegrabber

Since 2000, FRAMEGRABBER has been designing, planning, and producing comprehensive media spaces for permanent and temporary exhibitions in museums, trade fairs, corporate showrooms, and public areas.

IT Infrastructure

Matthias Meier

Matthias Meier, supervises all matters of IT infrastructure, and is responsible for the administration of networks, servers and databases.

Translation

Lindsay Jane Munro

Lindsay Jane Munro lives in Berlin and works as a translator / interpreter and language teacher for English. We have created many projects together with her at von GROTE throughout the years, including the translation of this website.

Multimedia Development and Video Editing

Markus Uhl

Markus Uhl studied Social and Business Communication at the University of Arts in Berlin as well as photography at the University of Toronto. At von GROTE he is as a freelancer responsible for the creation and editing of moving and still images.

Architecture and scenography

Caroline Wegener

Caroline Wegener studied Architecture (Diploma) at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London and then gained an MA of Arts in Animated Film at the Royal College of Art, London. She works and has worked for various offices in the area of exhibition design and brand architecture. She has been working as a freelancer for von GROTE since 2011.

Concept development

Daniela Walz

Daniela Walz has been developing concepts and content for exhibitions and experience worlds for more than 15 years. Her main focuses are strategic positioning, storytelling, communication, and content development. She also coordinates content production. As a freelance collaborator, she complements the von GROTE team.

Collaboration

 

Interactive Mediastations

Daniel Finke

https://www.finke.media/

Exhibition planning

Meike-Marie Thiele

https://www.thiele-projekt.de/