Now in its 31st year, Mayday has long been one of the really big European techno institutions and at the same time a modern interpretation of the traditional May dance. With the 30th anniversary last year, the time was ripe for a return to the origins of the festival and a complete redesign of the production, in which over 300 spots from GLP played the leading role.

GERDON DESIGN GmbH has been in charge of the main arena floor in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle for many years and was again responsible for lighting and set design, as well as content design, this year.

Under the slogan “MOMENTUM”, Mayday 2023 celebrated the return to the techno culture and harder electronic genres of the early years. This, in turn, called for a straighter, more industrial design language. The overall look has become cleaner, with most of last year’s decorative elements removed.

For the designers, Thomas Gerdon and Marek Papke from GERDON DESIGN, it was a short conceptual path from the basic idea of straight lines to light curtains as a design element – and thus to the impression X4 Bar from GLP.