T-O 12
is a new nightclub on Stuttgart’s notorious “party mile,” Theodor
Heuss-Strasse. Like the street, the club is also named after the late
Theodor Heuss, a fun-loving, dashing man and the first person elected
for a full term as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Clubbers call the joint either Theo (T O sounds just like Theo in
German) or Theo Zwölf (=Theo 12 in German).
To create the three-story club, the owners hired two Stuttgart-based firms: Architecture and communications firm Ippolito Fleiz Group, and graphic designers i-d buero.
The result is a sleekly mysterious, pitch-dark space with white
furnishings and massive black-and-white murals. The all-black walls,
ceilings and floors together with the huge mirrors and tiny light spots
produce an effect that is vertigo–inducing and fun. Theo would approve.
By Tuija Seipell