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Studio Presentation & Portfolio
WHITEvoid 2017
Who We Are WHITEvoid operates at the horizon where art, design and technology meet The studio is comprised of specialists in interaction, media- and product design, architecture, mechanical and electronic engineering. The main focus of the projects is the translation of bits and bytes into objects and environments and vice versa. Space, object, sound and interaction are the key elements of all works. The interactive installations and products are created for museums, exhibitions and trade fairs, festivals, concerts and clubs. WHITEvoid’s designs are exhibited and experienced internationally and have gained worldwide recognition.
What We Do
CONCEPT DESIGN COMMUNICATION
Brand Strategy Corporate Architecture Brand Communication
Retail Strategy Exhibition Design Digital Media / Media Content
Content Development Retail Design Software Development
Interior Design
CONSULTING PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION
Analysis Basic Evaluation Construction Management
Strategy Design or Building Approval Production
Feasibility Studies Execution Planning Fitting
Project Management Sectoral Planning Approval
Prototyping
INSTALLATIONS & SHOWS
LICHTGRENZE
LICHTGRENZE | 25th Anniversary of the fall of the BERLIN WALL Public Light Art Installation To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an extraordinary light installation – The LICHTGRENZE (The Border of Lights) – was created, following the former route of the so-called Berliner Mauer. From the 7th – 9th of November the 15.3 kilometer frontier that once divided the city center was re-imagined in light by thousands of illuminated balloons. Running through the center of Berlin, from Bornholmer Straße to the Ober-baumbrücke, the installation stretched past the Mauerpark, along the Berlin Wall memorial on Bernauer Straße through to the Brandenburg Gate, over Potsdamer Platz to Checkpoint Charlie and on to the East Side Gallery. The brothers Christopher Bauder and Marc Bauder conceived the idea of the LICHTGRENZE in 2011. It was part of the anniversary celebrations being organized by Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH as part of an initiative from the city of Berlin. WHITEvoid developed and produced the 8000 battery powered light elements. LOCATION: Berlin, DE TIME: April 2011 – November 2014 SERVICES: Idea, Concept, Design, Planning, Implementation and Production AWARDS ◊ Cannes Lions 2015 / Gold, 2x Bronze ◊ ADC Award 2015 / Grand Prix, 5x Gold, 1x Solver, 1x Bronze ◊ D&AD Awards 2015 / Graphite (Silver) Pencil ◊ German Design Award 2016 / Gold ◊ iF Design Award 2016 / Gold ◊ Red Dot Award / Lichtgrenze Video: https://vimeo.com/100455349
DEEP WEB INSTALLATION | CTM Festival Berlin & Festival of Lights Lyon
DEEP WEB INSTALLATION | CTM Festival Berlin & Festival of Lights Lyon Audiovisual Live Performance & Light Art Installation Deep Web is a monumental immersive audiovisual installation created by light and media artist Christopher Bauder (WHITEvoid) together with composer and musician Robert Henke (aka Monolake). It brings together decades of separate research and experimentation by two artists with unique visions and passions for sound and light, and by innovative companies working in these fields. Deep Web plunges the audience into a ballet of iridescent kinetic light and surround sound. The generative, luminous architectural structure weaves 175 motorized spheres and 12 high power laser systems into a 25 meter wide and 10 meter high super-structure, bringing to life a luminous analogy to the nodes and connections of digital networks. Moving up and down, and choreographed and synchronized to an original multi-channel musical score, the spheres are illuminated by blasts of colourful laser beams resulting in three-dimensional sculptural light drawings and arrangements in cavernous darkness. LOCATION: Berlin, DE (CTM Festival) / Lyon, FR (Fête des Lumières 2016) TIME: February 2016 / December 2016 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Programming, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management AWARDS ◊ darc awards 2016 / 1st Place Winner Video: https://vimeo.com/181520274
GRID INSTALLATION | Festival of Lights Lyon
GRID INSTALLATION | Festival of Lights Lyon Audio-Visual Live Performance & Light Art Installation GRID combines electronic live music, kinetic movement and light animation. 50 motorized suspended LED-rod triangles form a massive dynamic GRID that spreads over 200 square meters. Live generated sound connects directly to light animations and triggers spatial movements. Every sound and fragment of music composed by Robert Henke corresponds to a visual impulse and triggers a spatial alteration of the mechatronic display. GRID is an artistic approach to manifesting computer generated shapes and surfaces in real space in the form of an audio-visual live performance. Abstract light lines of early 3D computer graphics inspired a polygonal grid suspended above the crowd. Computer-generated content is directly perceived as a tangible spatial experience without using a screen. As 3D computer graphics can be rotated in virtual space, spectators can roam freely below the animated light sculpture to alter their perspective and perception of the piece. Music stirs the emotions, while the mechanical movements and changes of light fascinate the eye. By doing so, the installation speaks to a fundamental fact of modern life: computers and machines have become part of our natural environment. LOCATION: Lyon, FR (Fête des Lumières 2013) TIME: December 2013 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Programming, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management Video: https://vimeo.com/82903571
KINETIC LIGHTS INSTALLATIONS
ORBITAL | Autostadt | Wolfsburg 2015
ORBITAL | Autostadt | Wolfsburg 2015 Circular Flip Dot Sculpture With almost 180.000 mechanical platelets (so-called flip dots) which rotate by an electromagnetic pulse, ORBITAL is the largest flip dot installation in the world. The kinetic sculpture was designed and developed by WHITEvoid specifically for the customer center of Volkswagens Autostadt (car city) in Wolfsburg, Germany. Originally used for airports and railway stations, the analog flip dot technology is reminiscent of the early seventies, a time when traveling was still an adventure. The ORBITAL installation provides a similar experience, beeing sculpture, information carrier and media artwork at the same time. The visitors receive pick up information for their new car and simultaneously follow the play of the animated tiles to pass the waiting time. Ornaments and structures move in sync to disintegrate shortly thereafter. The resulting mechanical clicking acts as an almost symphonic sound bed and announces content updates to the display. All this is made possible by advanced computerized control technology, which is located inside the rings. In order to control this vast amount of flip dots, about 500 meters data and power cables were installed. Nearly one hundred IP addresses are used for adressing the integrated control interfaces. With a diameter of 9 meters ORBITAL is also the world’s first double-sided curved flip dot board. Even if a single flip dot weighs considerably less than one gram, the whole installation has a total weight of 3 tons. LOCATION: Autostadt, Wolfsburg, DE TIME: 2012-2015 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Planning, Supervision, Programming & Sofware Development, Project Management Video: https://vimeo.com/140582350
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
GIGABIT NETWORK | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2016
GIGABIT NETWORK | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2016 Trade Fair Stand & Monumental Light Installation WHITEvoid designed Vodafone’s stand at the CeBIT 2016 with a complex multiple-stories high and topics diversified architecture and monumental light installation. The stand covers three big topics in telecommunications: Internet of Things, Cloud & Hosting and Unified Communications. All areas of the stand are connected through the 360° network-like light installation created from 360 pixel controllable light elements. The visitors can experience the speed of network represented by light in every part of the trade fair stand. The installation is inconspicuous but omnipresent. This experience makes the Vodafone stand a particular adventure into the world of telecommunications. LOCATION: Hanover, DE (CeBIT 2016) TIME: September 2015 – March 2016 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management
FASTLANE | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2015
FASTLANE | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2015 Trade Fair Stand & Monumental Light Installation The main focus of the 1430 m2 presentation is the so called “Fast Lane” with dynamic tables accompanied by a monumental Space Frame light installation and complimented by 150 pixel mappable light strips integrated in the floor and the wall. The four main topic areas in telecommunications are presented in two side structures, the “Experience Rooms”. Based on the success stories of Vodafone’s satisfied customers and partners, four sceneries were created to enhance the experience of the world of telecommunications. LOCATION: Hanover, DE (CeBIT 2015) TIME: October 2015 – March 2015 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management AWARDS ◊ iF Design Award 2016 ◊ German Design Award 2016
SPACEFRAME II | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | IFA 2014
SPACEFRAME II | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | IFA 2014 Trade Fair Stand & Monumental Light Installation WHITEvoid designed Vodafone’s stand for IFA in Berlin, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. A complex multiple-stories high and topics diversified architecture is accompanied by monumental light installation. The main topics in telecommunications are incorporated in the central island. All areas are connected through the network-like light installation of 450 static, 250 kinetic and 150 floor lights. Specially designed scenes of ‘Real Worlds’ - Workshop, Café, Shop, Living Room - let visitors experience Vodafone products in real situations. LOCATION: Berlin, DE (IFA 2014) TIME: April 2014 – September 2014 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management Video: https://vimeo.com/128309644
SPACEFRAME I | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2014
SPACEFRAME I | VODAFONE Trade Fair Stand | CeBIT 2014 Trade Fair Stand & Monumental Light Installation WHITEvoid designed Vodafone’s stand with a complex multiple- stories high and topics diversified architecture and monumental light installation. All areas of the stand are connected through the network-like light installation of 450 static- and 250 Kinetic Lights. The installation is inconspicuous but omnipresent. The visitor can reach all areas of the stand through the staircases that intertwine the light installation. The stand covers three big topics in telecommunications: mobility, convergence and security. It does this not solely through the presentation of Vodafone’s products and services, but also through the presentation of the success stories of its satisfied customers and partners. This experience makes the Vodafone stand a particular adventure into the world of telecommunications. LOCATION: Hanover, DE (CeBIT 2014) TIME: October 2013 – March 2014 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management AWARDS ◊ ICONIC Architecture Best of Best / 2015 ◊ Red Dot Award 2014 ◊ German Design Award 2015 Video: https://vimeo.com/89182831
COLOR MANIFESTO | Car Exhibition | L’Atelier Renault
COLOR MANIFESTO | Car Exhibition | L’Atelier Renault Interior Design & Light Art Installation WHITEvoid creates a spectacular exhibition and light art installation for L´Atelier Renault on Champs-Élysées in Paris. Renault presents six new car prototypes inspired by an emotional life cycle. WHITEvoid designed both interior architecture and illumination for the exhibition. The space is arranged in such a way as to tell the story of life stages. It is illuminated by an encompassing 3D ceiling light sculpture. The sculpture consists of 750 RGB LED rods, organized symmetrically in 5 rows. It has a wave-like shape symbolizing non-linear life-paths. Rods subtly change colors. These were carefully selected to match the modern teachings of color-psychology. Each part of the exhibition has distinct light color animations and a corresponding car model. This is more than a car show and more than a light exhibition it is a place where life meets technology, color meets feeling, and all blend into a unique experience. LOCATION: Paris, FR (L´Atelier Renault on Champs-Élysées) TIME: June 2013 - January 2014 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Programming, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management
THE WAVE | Trade Fair Stand | Roca Sanitario
THE WAVE | Trade Fair Stand | Roca Sanitario Trade Fair Stand & Light Art Installation The international bathroom appliances company Roca desired to present its art and design affinity at the »100% Design 2010« exhibition in London. This would not have been achieved by showing their exisiting high level design products conventionally, but by presenting their trade fair stand as an art installation. WHITEvoid designed a black monolithic trade fair stand as a stage for the specially developed kinetic light sculpture »THE WAVE«. The sculptural, hanging light arrangement forms generative wave patterns complimented by blue light animations, symbolising the main element of ROCA, water. LOCATION: London, GB (100% Design Show London 2010) TIME: April 2010 – September 2010 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Planning, Implementation and Production AWARDS ◊ German Lighting Design Award GOLD / 2011 ◊ International Lighting Design Award - highly commended - / 2011 ◊ Gute Gestaltung, Kategorie Raum, Architektur / 2011 ◊ iF GOLD Communication Design Award 2011 ◊ DDC German Designers Club Award 2011 Video: https://vimeo.com/35136920
KINETIC SKIN | Concept | Energy and Future Storage at the Heidelberg Energy Park
KINETIC SKIN | Building Kinetic Façade Concept | Heidelberg Energy Park Concept and Design of the kinetic façade for the Energy and Future Storage Competition: 1st place Approximately 20,000 diamond-shaped plates made of thin metal are integrated in the meshes of the steel net. The sub construction allows a wind-induced rotation of the platelets on both sides. The matt surface of the metal breaks the sunlight at different angles depending on the sun. This results in a dynamic, constantly changing surface of light and shadow. Waves caused by winds run over the front building skin and bring them to life. LOCATION: Heidelberg, DE TIME: September 2016 – present SERVICES: Concept, Design Development
FLARE FACADE | Building Façade Concept & Prototype
FLARE FACADE | Building Façade Concept & Prototype
Kinetic Ambient Reflection Membrane
FLARE is a pneumatic building facade system that consists of a number
of tiltable metal shingle bodies.
An infinite array of shingles can be mounted on any building or wall surface
in a modular system in multiples of 4x4 FLARE units. Each metal shingle
reflects the bright sky or sunlight when in vertical standby position. When
the shingle is tilted downwards by a computer controlled pneumatic
piston, its face is shaded from the sky light and this way appears as a
dark pixel. By reflecting ambient or direct sunlight the individual shingles
of the FLARE system act like pixels formed by natural light.
The system is controlled by a computer to form any kind of surface
animation. Sensor systems inside and outside the building communicate
the buildings activity directly to the FLARE system, which acts as the
buildings lateral line. FLARE turns the building facade into a penetrable
membrane, breaking with all conventions of the building surface as a
static skin.
SERVICES: Idea, Concept, Engineering, Prototyping,
Interfacing and Software development
EXHIBITIONS
2010 MaterialXperience, Rotterdam
2008 Smart spaces, Arhus, Denmark Previsualization
2008 Media Facades Festival, Berlin
SERVICES: Idea, Concept, Engineering, Prototyping,
Interfacing and Software development
Video: https://vimeo.com/35130814
Prototype PrevisualizationINTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES
FLUIDIC Sculpture in Motion | Hyundai Motor Company
FLUIDIC Sculpture in Motion | Hyundai Motor Company EXHIBITION & interactive LIGHT ART installation FLUIDIC was created by WHITEvoid as an interactive light art installation for Hyundai’s solo exhibition in the Temporary Museum of New Design at the Milan Design Week 2013. FLUIDIC combines 8 high-speed laser projectors, a physical point cloud formed by 12,000 spheres and the interactions of its visitors to transform Hyundai’s design philosophy »Fluidic Sculpture« into a vivid art experience. Shaped by user interaction, molecules of light begin to swarm and aggregate. Ever-changing dynamic light sculptures are created, conveying the inspirational role played by nature and the ability to continuously adapt and evolve. The suspended point cloud particles are calculated from the viewpoints of the laser projectors. This allows the laser beams to reach all spheres without occlusion even deep inside the array. The laser lit spheres form three-dimensional graphics without any sweet or blind spots. Keeping the same density and intensity the FLUIDIC graphics enable their viewers to observe and interact simultaneously from every point of view. The installation uses multiple 3D tracking systems to sense its visitors. LOCATION: Milan, IT (Milan Design Week 2013) TIME: September 2012 – April 2013 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management. AWARDS ◊ ICONIC Architecture Best of Best / 2013 ◊ Red Dot Communication Design Award 2013 ◊ Scenography Award DER RAUM 2013 ◊ iF Design Award 2014 ◊ German Design Award 2014 ◊ Annual Multimedia Award 2014 Video: https://vimeo.com/63338826
SMART CITY | Augmented reality experience | CeBIT 2017
SMART CITY | Augmented reality experience | CeBIT 2017 Augmented reality experience with the Microsoft HoloLens WHITEvoid designed the highlight showcase for Vodafone’s trade fair stand at the CeBIT 2017 in Hanover. The Smart City Installation is a physical city model superimposed with a virtual, animated information layer. The Microsoft HoloLens seamlessly connected holograms with the real world and allowed visitors to interact with digital content through a simple and intuitive gesture control. By entering the augmented reality, the users learn more about the technology and achievements of tomorrow. Three topics with day and night sceneries were presented: Connected Mobility, Smart Waste Management and Smart City Lights. LOCATION: Hanover, DE (CeBIT 2017) TIME: December 2016 – March 2017 SERVICES: Concept, Storyboard, Content Development, Programming, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management Video: http
THE INVISIBLE KITCHEN | MIELE Exhibition | Milan Design Week 2016
THE INVISIBLE KITCHEN | MIELE Exhibition | Milan Design Week 2016 Exhibition, media installation and interactive live show WHITEvoid designs and realizes THE INVISIBLE KITCHEN installation for Miele’s solo exhibition at the heart of Milan in Zona Tortona for the Design Week 2016. Exhibition takes visitors on an exciting journey to the kitchen of the fu- ture: networked and convenient, providing inconceivable cooking and culinary experiences. The kitchen of the future remains mysteriously invisible and formally unmaterialized. Massive light ring with more than 3500 decoration ele- ments rises above visitors and serves as a stage and a central location for the spectacular show. The installation uses multiple projections on glass surfaces, which interact with show chefs and is complimented by lighting animations of the outer decoration ring. The focus of the interactive cooking show is not individual devices or technologies, but the processes, the cycle of cooking and cooking expe- rience itself. The installation shows the futuristic vision of a kitchen, which actively supports and assists the people. LOCATION: Milan, IT TIME: August 2015 - April 2016 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Brand & Communication Strategy, Interior Design, Architecture & Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production, Overall Project Management, Event Concept & Execution Video: http://www.whitevoid.com/#/main/interactive_ structures/_arch-spaces_the-invisible-kitchen
NETWORKSIM | Lufthansa | Frankfurt 2009
NETWORKSIM | Lufthansa | Frankfurt 2009 Lufthansa air traffic network simulation In the flight control tower of the Lufthansa Brand Academy Frankfurt- Seeheim visitors learn about the local and global connections of international air traffic. A 14 meter wide 180 degree projection lets users dive into the fully navigable, real-time 3D visualization of 16000 daily Lufthansa and Star Alliance flights. The intuitive navigation interface provides 6 degrees of freedom. Additional time and content filters can be activated with extra buttons and sliders. In just a few seconds of flight the user can move from a macro view of a local hub to a global overview of worldwide air traffic routes. The visual appearance of the data visualization is complimented by a generative, six channel 3D audio system. All flight patterns are linked to spatial sound elements that follow the visual representation through space. This installation is one of 5 interactive exhibits that WHITEvoid conceptualized and implemented for the Lufthansa. LOCATION: Lufthansa, Frankfurt-Seeheim, DE TIME: 2009 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Planning, Supervision, Programming & Sofware Development, Project Management AWARDS ◊ Deutscher Designpreis 2011 / GOLD ◊ iF Communication Design Award 2009 / interface ◊ iF Communication Design Award 2009 / structure Video: http://www.whitevoid.com/#/main/interactive_ structures/networksim
MENDELSSOHN EFFEKTORIUM | Mendelssohn Museum in Leipzig
MENDELSSOHN EFFEKTORIUM | Mendelssohn Museum in Leipzig Virtual Orchestra The Effektorium is a technically complex, but user friendly, and ex- ceedingly fun installation at the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Museum in Leipzig. The museum visitor enters the room to find himself at the conductors stand with digital music notes and an orchestra of 13 speakers in front of him. Each speaker represents a different group of instruments. The visitor is given a conductor’s baton, and the concert may begin. On the repertoire are works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. By browsing the electronic note-pad the visitor freely chooses which work he/she wishes to conduct, and by swinging the conductor’s baton decides upon the tempo. The visitor can also exclude a certain group of instruments or decide to hear just one instrument solo. In this way one enjoys a very personalized version of Mendelssohn-Bartholdys work. The Effektorium is exceptional in its kind, and put the Museum of Medelssohn-Bartholdy among the most elaborate music museums in the world. LOCATION: Leipzig, DE (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Museum) TIME: 2014 SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Interior Design, Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management Video: https://vimeo.com/86918178
POLYGON PLAYGROUND
POLYGON PLAYGROUND Dynamic Lounge Object The “Polygon Playground” is a large-scale interactive lounge object. It offers room for up to 40 persons at a time to walk, sit and explore its multifaceted surfaces. Gradient ramps guide to the top plateau or offer space to sit and rest. The installation features a software aided 3D surface projection system to cover the object with a seamless 360-degree projection. An additional sensory system detects people’s positions and proximity. The visual appearance of the POLYGON PLAYGROUND changes continuously with the presence, movement and physical touch of its visitors. The object detects the positions and directions of people and reacts with evolving visual moods and graphic styles. The hardware and software system of the POLYGON PLAYGROUND can be applied to virtually any 3D body to turn it into an interactive object. SERVICES: Concept, Content Development, Interior Design, Digital Media, Planning, Implementation, Production and Project Management EXHIBITIONS 2012 Science Center Daegu (permanent exhibit), Korea 2010/11 Design Museum Barcelona, Spain 2009 “STRP” festival Eindhoven, Netherlands 2008 “SMUK” music festival Skanderborg, Denmark 2009 FREEZE! Art Show at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Video: https://vimeo.com/35134962
CULTURAL CLIENTS
COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
AWARDS
Cannes Lions Art Directors Club
1 x GOLD Deutschland
2 x BRONZE 1 x GRAND PRIX
5 x GOLD
1 x SILVER
1 x BRONZE
iF Design Awards
2 x GOLD
8 x AWARD
ICONIC
3 x BEST OF BEST
Red Dot Award DEUTSCHER
LICHTDESIGN-PREIS
5 x AWARD
1 x GOLD
German Design Award
THE WEBBY AWARDS
1 x GOLD
1 x GOLD
3 x WINNER
1 x SPECIAL MENTION
Deutscher Designpreis
W3 AWARD
1 x GOLD
1 x GOLD
1 x SILVER
D&AD
Deutscher Designer Club
1 x SILVER
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