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Our latest project is offically open! Utopian Garden is about the beauty we find in each other and the world around us: it is a thrilling, optimistic adventure that encourages participants to look deeper at themselves and at the exquisite detail of the natural world by exploring the connections between science, nature and art. The project is a joyful, colourful journey through a magnificently imagined immersive digital landscape where participants will bring their dreams to life by delving into the concepts around Utopia and playing through three gamified chapters.
Utopian Garden is a fully-immersive, story-based co-creative adventure with interactive games and bespoke music. A multidisciplinary team of over 30 creative professionals has been pouring their hearts and souls into this project for over a year now, so it's incredible to finally be able to share it with the public. Utopian Garden had its world premiere this May and will run throughout the summer in Seattle/Tacoma, where it is hosted at the historic Tacoma Armory by our friends at Tacoma Arts Live– and it will travel the world soon! It's an especially exciting project for us because it is entirely ours– from concept to design to implementation, Utopian Garden was created exclusively by the flora&faunavisions team.
check out www.utopiangarden.art to find out more!
flora&faunavisions was honoured to be included in Lautstark GmbH's project for their client Die Techniker (TK) at the huge OMR Festival in Hamburg this year! Based on Lautstark's original concept, flora&faunavisions helped create an immersive relaxation experience where festival goers could take some time out of their day to sit back, relax, and reconnect with themselves. The space features a guided meditation experience, handy relaxation tips, and most importantly, an opportunity to take a breather from our busy world. flora&faunavisions provided the interaction design for the walls– check out our webcase to find out more!
Our project FLOATING MINDS is officially open at Khroma New Media Art Center in Berlin! FLOATING MINDS explores the connections between people, places, and emotion. The city is a many-layered organism, thrumming with life, noise, and feeling– each street and district with its own unique personality, one melting into the other in an endless kaleidoscope of sound and sensation. As we move through the densely packed urban world, we transition across borders and moods, developing individual connections with the spaces around us. FLOATING MINDS was created exclusively for Khroma, where it will be a permanent exhibition!
We are delighted to share the behind the scenes documentary of our design for Solomun+1 2022!
Follow the link: https://eventelevator.de/storys/pacha-ibiza/ to watch the full documentary on EventElevator!
Image Credits: Jan-Christoph Bruhnke/Eventelevator
We have an exciting announcement to make: our award-winning multimedia installation INSIDEOUT has found a new home at WNDR Museum!
We will be headlining alongside the much respected artist Yayoi Kusama in multiple locations across the USA. WNDR Museum based in Chicago, is set to open museums in San Diego this year and Boston and Seattle in 2023.
Read more about it in the beautiful San Diego Magazine article at the link below:
https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/features/wndr-museum-opens-san-diego/article_60875ba4-49ad-11ed-9d8f-df7db6f63c90.html
We are delighted to announce our newest project: a multimedia immersive performance of Handel’s Messiah at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End, premiering on 6th of December 2022. Together with Classical Everywhere, we are already deep into the creation of this masterpiece.
flora&faunavisions is credited with the co-conception and multimedia creation for the stage in this inspiring and optimistic production.
A show for all senses, featuring the English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Choir, four acclaimed soloists and dance.
Read more about it here:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/New-Style-Classical-Music-Experience-To-Launch-With-Star-studded-Handels-MESSIAH-20220929
Michael Börner übernimmt die Position des General Managers. Er hat über 20 Jahre lang große Kunden für Designagenturen wie MetaDesign und Edenspiekermann betreut und entsprechende Produkte und Services entwickelt.
Um mehr über unsere neue Teammitglieder zu lesen, gehe zu unserem Newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/florafaunavisions/team-verstaerkung?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-florafaunavisions&utm_content=later-29333537&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio
Mit Benjamin Tritschler gewinnt das Berliner Designstudio flora&faunavisions einen hochkarätigen Senior Creative Producer.
Um mehr über unsere neue Teammitglieder zu lesen, gehe zu unserem Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/florafaunavisions/team-verstaerkung?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-florafaunavisions&utm_content=later-29333537&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio
To adapt our working structure to our growing pipeline of international projects, we’re searching for a highly skilled project manager to contribute to our growth and help us maintain our position as an innovative authority.
Check out the jobs portal on our website and send us your application.
Calling all (Senior) Creative Producers!
Due to your profound experience in planning and realisation of various projects, you are able to implement unconventional ideas creatively. You think outside the box and yet never lose sight of the common thread of a concept. You design multidisciplinary and are able to communicate your ideas in visualisations and texts to inspire any client.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! Check out the jobs portal on our website and send us your application.
Starting off the month of July with a bang, the much anticipated Pure&Crafted Festival and BMW Motorrad Days took place over three days at Messe Berlin! It has been a joy, as always, to design and produce the festivals with BMW.
flora&faunavisions was responsible for the immersive installation for an event by ZDF, as part of Re:publica, which introduced first guests to the new series "Der Schwarm" based on the Science Fiction novel by Frank Schätzing.
We created four water worlds across a 22-metre-long wall and a screen on the stage which transported the audience to a transforming underwater universe.
The NINL festival entails a visitor journey across the forested landscape of the festival venue just outside Amsterdam. We designed for three stages, chill areas and artwork for the event which welcomed 17 thousand visitors in June.
Photo credit: Niels de Vries
We nailed it!
Genius has been awarded an ADC nail in the Spatial Experience category for excellence in Immersive Experiences!
Photo credit: Ken Schluchtmann | diephotodesigner.com
For our return to the island with Solomun at the freshly remodelled club, we created media content across hexagonal screens of a kinetic sculpture which transforms throughout the night with the music, as well as custom light objects along with our light show. Leading up to the shows, our artwork continues to tease the audience online and across Ibiza with what's to come at Solomun +1.
Photo credit: Mario Pinta
We are looking for a Personal Assistant – full-time or part-time with a minimum of 25 hours/week – to support our CCOs strategic role.
If you think you’re the one for the job, we’d love to hear from you! Go to our jobs page for more details.
We are happy to announce that we won the iF Design Award with the booth design for Hyundai at the IAA 2021, and on to top it off, the project has been shortlisted for the OneShow awards, too.
With passion, creativity and dedication, we worked together with Uniplan on this extraordinary booth concept.
Foto Credit: Andreas.Keller.Fotografie.
Solomun’s show at Coachella 2022 was a great success. It was wonderful for us to see our new design on the Outdoor Theatre stage for two consecutive Sunday shows. Many thanks to our creative team on the ground in Palm Springs and as always to Solomun for your trust in our work.
The newest version of our award winning multimedia installation Inside Out opens as headliner of a new exhibition: Himmel unter Berlin.
We live in stormy times, and our immersive installation Inside Out is a reminder of the significance of our connection to nature through light, sound, smell and touch. Our source of life is water, without which our world will not survive. We are all responsible for making an effort to keep our beautiful world from drying out.
The audiovisual exhibition, showing 10 different installations, leads 200 pairs of eyes and ears through a series of vaulted rooms in a secret underground location every night for three weeks.
Magenta Moon Campus wins the Brand Ex Award in the category "Best Thematic Exhibition"!
Of course our biggest thank you goes to the client Deutsche Telekom for their ongoing visionary optimism, trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE hybrid event in October 2020 (and online) which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
Thanks to further collaborators - wirmachenbunt, Klangerfinder, Yadastar, Schröder+Schömbs, AMBION, Maedebach, Mindshare, emetriq, i22 and Floressenz.
As the year 2021 draws to a close, we look forward to the opening of the much anticipated show Genius in early 2022. Join us at the innovative, immersive and interactive celebration of the mastermind Leonardo da Vinci and buy your tickets here: https://geniusdavinci.com/ !
Location:
Wriezener Karree 15
10243 Berlin
Producer & Copyright Owner – Borealis Interactive Group B.V.
Concept & Multimedia Creation – flora&faunavisions GmbH
Magenta Moon Campus receives an Honorable Mention from the IDA Design Award 2021 in the category "Museum, Exhibits, Pavilions and exhibitions"!
Of course our biggest thank you goes to the client Deutsche Telekom for their ongoing visionary optimism, trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE hybrid event in October 2020 (and online) which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
Thanks to further collaborators - wirmachenbunt, Klangerfinder, Yadastar, Schröder+Schömbs, AMBION, Maedebach, Mindshare, emetriq, i22 and Floressenz.
Do you want to join our team and produce Large Immersive Experiences? We are looking for a Senior Creative Producer with +5 years of experience.
Check out the job description on our website and apply now!
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Du hast Erfahrung in der Produktion von Immersiven Räumen? Wir suchen einen Senior Creative Producer mit mindestens 5 Jahren Erfahrung zur Unterstützung unseres Teams.
Die vollständige Stellenbeschreibung findest du auf unserer Webseite unter Job. Wir freuen uns über deine Bewerbung!
Wir suchen ab sofort für unser Projektmanagement-Team Verstärkung in Teilzeit/Vollzeit. Wir produzieren das Pure&Crafted Festival und die BMW Motorrad Days 2022 und suchen eine/n Mitstreiter/in, die/der uns mit viel Leidenschaft und Engagement bei der Umsetzung unterstützt.
Die Stelle ist zunächst bis Ende Juli 2022 befristet. Eintrittstermin ist ab sofort möglich. Schick uns deine Bewerbung (Lebenslauf, Anschreiben, Zeugnisse, möglicher Eintrittstermin, Gehaltsvorstellung) bitte per E-Mail an work@florafaunavisions.de
Wir freuen uns auf Deine Bewerbung!
Magenta Moon Campus wins the IDA Design Award in the category "Print-Signs, Exhibits and POP Displays"!
Of course our biggest thank you goes to the client Deutsche Telekom for their ongoing visionary optimism, trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE hybrid event in October 2020 (and online) which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
Thanks to further collaborators - wirmachenbunt, Klangerfinder, Yadastar, Schröder+Schömbs, AMBION, Maedebach, Mindshare, emetriq, i22 and Floressenz.
We have exciting news to share with you!
In early 2022, a new generation of immersive shows will open its doors at Wriezener Karree in Berlin. Genius, a creative journey through the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci today, gives the viewer a look at the world through the eyes of the master. Berlin will be the first destination for this show, produced by Borealis Interactive Group B.V., which will open in at least 12 other locations in Europe and the US until 2025.
The multidisciplinary team at flora&faunavisions has approached the genius of Leonardo da Vinci with a contemporary mindset and cutting-edge skillset to bring an unprecedented outburst of inspiration and creativity to life. We have been working on this project for over a year and are thrilled to be sharing it with you all.
Location:
Wriezener Karree 15
10243 Berlin
Producer & Copyright Owner – Borealis Interactive Group B.V.
Concept & Multimedia Creation – flora&faunavisions GmbH
We have great news!
Leigh and the flora&faunavisions design team will create the multimedia video design for Madame White Snake at Opéra Comique in Paris, France.
Madame White Snake is an ancient Chinese Legend and this retelling of the classic is a co-production with the Beijing Music Festival.
We are excited to create a new visual interpretation for this masterpiece with a team of creatives worldwide, fostering the exchange between Chinese and western culture.
We can’t wait to head to Paris and fill the stage with our media projections in the unique Opéra in the heart of Paris.
Madame White Snake from Zhou Long
Music Direction - Long Yu
Director - Chen Shi-Zheng
Showtime: 22.06-2022 - 28.06.2022
Image Source/ Copyright: Opéra Comique
We are delighted to have been the spatial designers of the great benchmark kick-off event Equal eSports Festival which supports women, diversity and mindfulness in eSports. The festival took place from the 29th to 31st of October and featured show matches, workshops, games, coachings, music and much, much more.
Our main concept was to work with the symbol of the house and we created a new home for the community and designed a new space where everyone feels safe and ready to perform.
Client: Deutsche Telekom AG
flora&faunavisions is responsible for the Stage & Motion Design of the German Film Award 2021.
This year, the four themes of Solidarity, Legacy, Diversity and Pride were the main topics of the show.
Client: Deutsche Filmakademie Produktion GmbH
Image Copyright: Thoams Ebert
We are delighted to be the spatial designers of the great benchmark kick-off event Equal eSports Festival which supports women, diversity and mindfulness in eSports. The festival took place from the 29th to 31st of October and featured show matches, workshops, games, coachings, music and much, much more.
Our main concept was to work with the symbol of the house and we created a new home for the community and designing a new space where everyone feels safe and ready to perform.
Follow the link: https://www.equal-esports.com/events/festival and check out the highlights of the festival!
Client: Deutsche Telekom AG
Magenta Moon Campus wins the German Design Award in the category "Excellent Communications - Design - Interactive User Experience" and receives a Special Mention in the category "Innovative Architecture - Fair and Exhibition"!
In April 2020 Deutsche Telekom embarked on a collaborative mission to set an example for optimism, solidarity and shared hybrid experiences in these challenging times. The result of this thrilling journey together with Deutsche Telekom and Meiré und Meiré is the Magenta Moon Campus.
Of course our biggest thank you goes to the client Deutsche Telekom for their ongoing visionary optimism, trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE hybrid event in October 2020 (and online) which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
Photos by Ken Schluchtmann / diephotodesigner
Our journey continues with Deutsche Telekom, and we are enormously grateful for this cooperation.
We have been busy the past few days implementing our newest project in Bonn and are happy to share a sneak peek from the location.
Image credit: flora&faunavisions
IAA Mobility has opened today! We had the pleasure of working with Hyundai to create the immersive digital artwork at their stand and can’t wait to share more details with you. Will you be there to see it too?
Magenta Moon Campus wins the ICONIC Award in the category Innovative Architecture!
Magenta Moon Campus wins the Red Dot Award twice for Brands & Communication Design in the categories “Spatial Communication” and „Fair Stands”!
We are happy to announce that the beloved, recently premiered show ‚Mountain Seaing‘ was highly successful and will reopen end of July for an additional 3 months!
The “Classic of Mountains and Seas” is a Chinese classic text and compilation of mythic geography and beasts, brought to life in this contemporary reinterpretation by combining poetic storytelling and interactive notch technology. The complex choreographed 360° show is a mix of projections, interactive content, light, dance and music performance creating a truly immersive experience!
The world premiere of the broadway musical Sound of the Silk Road hits the stage today in Shaanxi Gran Theatre in Xi’an, China!
We have worked for over a year on this production and we are enormously proud to see our projections and holograms on stage!
The first invited audience came today to see the new immersive broadway musical Sound of the Silk Road in China! We are excited to share this international broadway stage production with first visitors.
We are looking for a full-time (40 hours per week) Front Desk Manager with immediate effect. We are looking for a talented and inspiring team player who is willing to join our team immediately for an extended period of time.
Please check https://www.florafaunavisions.de/jobs for details!
Magenta Moon Campus wins the German Brand Award in two categories.
Next to the prize "Best of Best for Brand Experience of the Year“, Magenta Moon Campus wins the prize „Winner for - Brand Communication - Brand Events, Fairs & Exhibitions".
Image: German Brand Award
Magenta Moon Campus wins the German Brand Award in two categories.
Even higher ranked than the gold, one of the prizes is the „Best of Best" - Magenta Moon Campus wins Best of Best for "Brand Experience of the Year“
Image: German Brand Award
Magenta Moon Campus has added few more prizes to its collection winning in two categories: Even higher ranked than the gold is the „Best of Best - Magenta Moon Campus wins Best of Best for "Brand Experience of the Year“ and „Winner for - Brand Communication - Brand Events, Fairs & Exhibitions".
Of course our biggest thank you goes to the client Deutsche Telekom for their ongoing visionary optimism, trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE hybrid event in October 2020 (and online) which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
With big steps we are approaching summer and with the warm weather comes some really good news: The Pure&Crafted Festival is back in Berlin and will happen on September 17 and 18, 2021 in the Summer Garden of Messe Berlin.
We at flora&faunavisions are proud and excited to be the designers and organizers of the Pure&Crafted Festival, responsible for the overall festival production, design, visual identity and implementation of the whole project!
Image credits: pureandcrafted
We are delighted to share some insights from our newest immersive, interactive show „Classics of Mountains and Seas“ which premiered in China on the 16th of May!
The complex choreographed 360° show is a mix of projections, interactive content, light, dance and music performance creating a truly immersive experience!
We created emotional and interactive content using Notch technology, which allows the visitors and dancers to interact with the projection surface creating spectacular patterns on the walls!
The “Classic of Mountains and Seas”, is a Chinese classic text and compilation of mythic geography and beasts. Everyone in China knows this very famous book, so picturing large-scale video worlds fully interacting with the dancers recreating a totally immersive, modern interpretation of the famous book Classic of Mountains and Seas, it’s no surprise that the show is already fully booked!
Image Credits: Joywayholding Culture and Media
FFV is delighted to announce a new piece of work “Classic of Mountains and Seas”, a new immersive, interactive theatre project which will premiere on Sunday, marking the opening of a new building by David Chipperfield in Jingdezhen China. The show has been created with the great director and our dear friend Chen Shi-Zheng! We can’t wait to see the premiere on Sunday presenting our final media scenography of the full masterpiece!
Image Credits: Joywayholding Culture and Media
Magenta Moon Campus has added a few more prizes to its collection with its immersive, interactive space Magenta Moon Garden being shortlisted in two categories. Thanks especially to the client Deutsche Telecom for their trust and bravery in inviting guests to this LIVE (and online) hybrid event which promotes digital education in a huge variety of ways, especially during the pandemic and beyond.
Thanks to our partners Meiré und Meiré, wirmachenbunt, Klangerfinder,Yadastar, Schröder+Schömbs, AMBION, Maedebach, Mindshare, emetriq, and Floressenz...
Photo by Ken Schluchtmann / diephotodesigner
Our CEO and founder Leigh Sachwitz was invited to tshare her thoughts as part of the NEST ONES's podcast series "20 Minuten gern' auch länger".
20 questions to 20 guests for their 20th birthday - NEST ONE initiated this podcast series to share insights about how we, actors from business, marketing, lifestyle, and entertainment, meet and collaborate, creating memorable, exciting experiences for a broad public.
The episode with Leigh Sachwitz reveals insights into our long-year friendship with NEST ONE and our collaboration on award-winning projects for brands such as VW, Hyundai and many more.
Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Soundcloud & Amazon and www.nest-one.com/podcast
Deutsche Telekom has modernized its well-known trademark on the roof of its headquarters in Bonn. With new LED technology, the five-meter-high, 1.5-ton T can now show animations in full colour.
flora&faunavisions are happy to continue their trusted cooperation with Deutsche Telekom and be the first to experiment with custom 3D animations and stylized motion graphics for this highly challenging media screen. The new media content will feature new liquid branding contents as well as visualize socially relevant and seasonally appropriate topics: Just in time for Valentine's Day, the logo was fully covered by beautiful blossoms, followed by confetti and streamers for Carnival Monday.
Together with the new T-Logo, the pedestrian crossing over Bonn’s Friedrich-Ebert-Allee next to the Deutsche Telekom headquarter received a media content update for its 2x 65m LED strips.
We hope it won't be long until our colourful designs will again greet tens of thousands of commuters on their daily way into the city and back home.
Photos: Deutsche Telekom AG
The exhibition "Tiefschwarz" dedicated to the electronic duo Tiefschwarz is open, since Friday at StadtPalais Stuttgart.
Our interactive, generative visuals for their album tour CHOCOLATE are part of the exhibition.
For 25 years, Alexander "Ali" and Sebastian "Basti" Schwarz as Tiefschwarz have been shaping the electronic music scene, starting in Stuttgart in the 1990s.
With the exhibition "Tiefschwarz", the StadtPalais - Museum of Stuttgart takes the brothers back to their original place of work. The artist Tobias Rehberger is responsible for the exhibition concept and architecture. Based on Ali's and Basti's biography, the exhibition conveys the feeling of the 1990s. It shows how electronic music shaped Stuttgart's nightlife during the exciting pioneering phase of Tiefschwarz and their two clubs On-U and Red Dog. Tiefschwarz paved the way for a diverse electronic music scene and made house and techno "socially acceptable."
Follow the StadtPalais webpage for more information and a digital tour through the exhibition from Friday's opening: http://bit.ly/Tiefschwarz_ffv
Photo: flora&faunavisions
Tune in to the live opening of the exhibition Tiefschwarz / DANCE TILI YOU POPO at StadtPalais Stuttgart Tomorrow at 7 pm German time on the Facebook pages of StadtPalais Stuttgart, Tiefschwarz & Stuttgart Tourismus!
We are proud to be invited to show the visual work that we have designed for Tiefschwartz for their live tour CHOCOLATE as part of this exhibition!
More information about the live stream and the exhibition on the website of StadtPalais Stuttgart: http://bit.ly/StadtPalais_live
And for those who can't wait, tomorrow, from 6 pm Berlin, there's an exclusive preview of the exhibition on the StadtPalais Insta-Channel @stadtpalaisstuttgart!
Our founder and CEO Leigh Sachwitz have been invited to participate in the latest invidisXworld Youtube-Show hosted by indivis - the leading platform for digital marketing and new retail trends in Germany.
For over 10 years, invidis.de has reported the latest developments in digital trends and drivers in retail, architecture, digital out of home and public spaces. With more than 12,000 articles invidis has grown to become the leading B2B platform. invidisXworld will premiere in January 2021 with insights, interviews and site inspections of digital signage, DooH and smart city from Berlin.
The first edition is dedicated to new retail experiences, and we at flora&faunavisions are honoured to be part of this new digital format.
The first part of the edition will go live at 3:00 pm Berlin time on Youtube. Follow the webpage to tune in: http://bit.ly/invidisXworld
The second part featuring flora&faunavisions is scheduled to go online on February 3rd.
Keep your eyes open and get insights from Leigh Sachwitz about the experiences we created for Mercedez Benz, Deutsche Telekom and Hyundai.
Image by flora&faunavisions
Project: Multimedia Opening Ceremony of the Mercedes Platz
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Our CEO and founder Leigh Sachwitz talked about the concept and production of Magenta Moon and shared behind-the-scenes insights on Thursday 29.10 at 18.30 (CET) at magentamoon.de.
For those who didn't have the chance to tune in and visit the magical, detoxing Moon Garden in LIVE Berlin check out the recording here: https://bit.ly/RetuneLive
Photo by Ken Schluchtmann, diephotodesigner.de
Leigh and Daniel, the two directors of flora&faunavisions gave an explusive live tour through the Magenta Moon Garden for Retune.
We thank everyone who tuned in to our livestream to enjoy our newest project!
Check the Magenta Moon experience here: https://www.magentamoon.de/
For more information about Retune go here: https://retune.de/studio-visits/
Photo by Ken Schluchtmann, diephotodesigner.de
“Creating spaces for discovery and emotions has never been this important!” Founder and CEO Leigh Sachwitz
Berlin, 17.10.2020 — The Magenta Moon Campus Berlin by Deutsche Telekom invites visitors of all ages to discover trends and events in a playful way – and to rethink current education concepts. The immersive experience is open to the public at Berlin’s Leipziger Platz from October 17th to November 1st, 2020 and online with various interactive offers.
At the heart of it all is the event’s dazzling, immersive Magenta Moon Garden by flora&faunavisions. Designed to spark conversation around sustainability, tech and media skills in a playful and intuitive way, this interactive, walkthrough video installation comprises three distinct visual environments (Sunrise Garden, Moon Garden, Magenta Moon) enriched with intuitive, interactive real-time elements.
Check the experience and live streaming here: https://www.magentamoon.de/
Photo Credits: Ken Schluchtmann, diephotodesigner.de
We are delighted to announce that flora&faunavisions has opened our first studio outside of Berlin, with a new location in the German city of Stuttgart. With flora&faunavisions south, we are excited to bring our iconic design even closer to our partners and clients in and across Southern Germany.
Our longstanding team member Kirsten Bayer takes over the role as Managing Director of flora&faunavisions south. With a background in media management and far-reaching expertise in innovative and technologically advanced design solutions, Kirsten has been a core member of our Creative Production and Conception team for over 11 years. She has shaped many of our most iconic projects including Olympus Perspective Playground, Here Technologies Space at CES Las Vegas, Mercedes Platz Opening Ceremony in Berlin and the Miss Fortune Opera at the Bregenzer Festspiele and most recently led the studio's new immersive work for the Hyundai Motorstudio in Korea.
In an interview with the ADC Germany, our Founder and CEO Leigh Sachwitz shares her vision on the stage design of the future, talks about her passion for spaces and explains what visual design for operas and toast with avocado have in common.
Check the full interview on the ADC Website: https://www.adc.de/2020/06/10/interview-mit-leigh-sachwitz/
Floornature, the digital architecture platform, launched a new podcast called - ALL GOOD VIBES - connecting new architectural horizons. A format on the redefinition of sustainable architecture, projects and space according to an augmented concept of beauty.
Check out the episode with our founder Leigh Sachwitz. Thanks for the opportunity and great talk!
https://www.floornature.com/allgoodvibes/
Last week, the Hyundai Motorstudio Hanam reopened to the public. We are the proud designers of this new immersive experience.
Like a soothing oasis in the middle of the bustling shopping centre Starfield Hanam, our immersive media installation welcomes the visitors and invites them to embark on a poetic, emotional journey to experience the beauty of nature through the eyes of a Hydrogen molecule. Through the immersive 360° media installation and a fully revised interactive experience, visitors learn about the 4 elements that shape Hyundai’s full cell technology: Sun, Water, Energy and Clean Air, and understand the technology and the NEXO car, future sustainable lifestyle and the innovative vision of Hyundai Motor Company.
A full project documentation featuring on-site photos and video snippets as well as information about the technical complexity of the project, the use of software (Houdini, Unity etc) and some behind the scenes content will be featured on our website soon.
Client: Hyundai Motor Company
Lead Agency: Innocean Worldwide Inc
Visual & Experience Concept, Multimedia, Production, Interactive Development: flora&faunavisions
The jury meetings for this year’s ADC Festival “The Power of No!” are in full swing. Our founder and CEO Leigh Sachwitz is excited to discuss, review and judge all the wonderful works in the category of Communication in Space: Event Experience (Kommunikation im Raum - Exhibition Experience markenbezogen) with some bright brains of the
industry. In a new and digital format this year’s winners will be announced on Friday 15.05.2020 live on the ADC Facebook Page.
If you are wondering what Leigh and flora&faunavisions are up to right now - we are focusing on this amazing Opera Australia production of The Ring Cycle which will go on stage in November 2020 in Australia! flora&faunavisions is deep in the Wagner world creating the digital kinetic stage design for the most famous of all Operas. Richard Wagner´s - The Ring Cycle directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. This epic production will take the audience on an 15-hour journey over 4 nights.
This post kicks of a series of insights into this exciting production which you can follow on our website and social media channels over the coming months! Stay tuned for interviews, tech details and first snippets!
Photo Credits: Opera Australia
It was a pleasure to get virtual with so many of you! Our founder and CEO Leigh Sachwitz had a wonderful talk with Mio from Studio Waltz Binaire hosted by Julian from Retune. We thank everyone who joined our first virtual studio meeting and feel motivated by the creative spirit and inspiration in the community that was shared that night.
For anyone who missed the live talk please enjoy the recording: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/retune-studio-visit-38
Let’s get virtual! We are excited to announce that @retuneberlin is hosting their first virtual Studio Visit, tomorrow, on April 15th! For this special event, they invited us and @waltzbinaire to present our work and give a little insight into the current situation as designers during this pandemic.
Let's gather up virtually and have a nice chat, Wednesday 15 April, 7:30PM. Sign up and additional info on our Facebook Page.
In light of the current global events, flora&faunavisions would like to wish that all our friends, partners, clients and their families remain healthy and safe over the following weeks and months. It is important that we all look out for one another during these times.
flora&faunavisions has taken shape from over 20 years of exploring ideas and creating authentic design experiences and solutions across industries. Whilst we always test the boundaries of design and technology, flora&faunavisions is also adapting to the challenges brought by COVID-19 in this new and evolving world.
As a fully digitalised design studio, we are now moving into our second week of home office. We continue to remain available to all of our partners and clients throughout the week during our normal office hours of 9:30am-6:30pm, with all of our team and communications remaining the same.
flora&fauanvisions will continue as always with the creative motivation that has defined our design work since 1999. We look forward to sharing our innovative achievements over the following weeks and months.
Yours Sincerely,
Leigh and the flora&faunavisions team.
We are delighted to announce that our founder & CEO Leigh Sachwitz has been voted in as a jury member for the ADC Awards Show 2020 in the category of Communication in Space: Event Experience (Kommunikation Im Raum – Exhibition Experience markenbezogen).
flora&faunavisions was just in Tulum for the Solomun +1 performance with Maceo Plex! We were excited to have worked on the show concept for this epic show in Mexico.
To tell the story of Baracuta’s famous Harrington Jacket. flora&faunavisions collaborated with Jonathon Beck for Magnum Photos to create and produce a multimedia installation. This installation is inspired by a Magnum collection of timeless photographs and Baracuta brand assets which are shown through an elegant yet industrial-style immersive audio-visual installation.
This installation is currently exhibited in Milan at the WP Pop-up Store until 30th December 2019, before moving onto Florence. If you are in the city then why not check it out.
We are very excited to announce that flora&faunavisions has won the international pitch to renew the Hyundai Motorstudio Hanam in South Korea! The renewal of this exciting media architecture will focus on creating a truly immersive digital experience for visitors and will relaunch in April 2020! Stay tuned for more exciting news about this project.
It is a privilege to have donated to the Kinderkunst Art School, a place that helps children from the ages of 3-18 discover their creative power! Be inspired by the wonderful work that helps low-income families ignite their creative talents by also helping to raise funds for future scholarships here: https://www.startnext.com/freiraum-kunst
AND THE AWARD GOES TO... Lead Agency/Nest One. We are incredibly proud to announce that the project ‘Style Set Free’ by Hyundai Motors at the Milan Design Week 2019, has won the German Design Award in the category ‘Fair & Exhibition’ for the temporary brand exhibition.
With thanks to the lead agencies Nest One and INNOCEAN for the opportunity to work on this award winning project.
flora&faunavisions created an immersive, interactive, multi-sensory exhibition of light, colour and sound, as well as a constantly changing 3D sculpture of a futuristic car that formed the centrepiece of the installation.
Last week our flora&faunavisions team was on the road in Seoul, South Korea and in Tiflis, Georgia. Our team was working on exciting new projects that we cannot wait to share with you soon! Make sure you keep an eye on our social media channels and sign up to our newsletter to keep right up to date.
What an incredible night it was at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2019! flora&faunavisions is proud that for the 6th year in a row we were responsible for the overall visual design which included the key visual, print design, stage and video content.
The nights winners included a list of international stars such as Billy Porter, Sharon Stone, Lewis Hamilton, Toni Kroos, Marius Müller-Westernhagen and Hape Kerkeling!
Our design was based on the history of the Berlin Wall. The use of colour and layering represents the diversity of the nights participants, guests of the show and the importance of the Berlin Wall. These visuals therefore set the perfect background for both this occasion and the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
With thanks mach2media.
We are so pleased to welcome Rafael to our flora&faunavisions team here in Berlin. Rafael is joining our Creative Production team after spending the past 5 years working for Moment Factory, working in both creative production and business development. As a French Canadian, Rafael was born and raised in Montreal, moving to Berlin in last April after being drawn to the creativity that is so prevalent across the city. We are extremely happy to have someone with Rafael’s experience onboard, and we cannot wait to start working together on our upcoming projects.
flora&faunavisions is happy to be donating towards the #letlovegrow campaign with Marc O'Polo. Working with #PlantForThePlanet, for every Euro that is donated, a tree is planted for the Yucatán Reforestation project.
Working with our partners TUI Cruises, and in collaboration with the internationally renowned Circus Roncalli, flora&faunavisions developed stage content for performances on board ships within the TUI Cruises Mein Schiff fleet.
The multimedia stage design took the audience on a journey that explored over 40 years of history, focusing upon the circus and its founder Bernhard Paul, providing guests with an unprecedented entertainment programme.
Credits: TUI Cruises/Roncalli.
This week we welcome both the visionary Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng, and the New York designer Anita Yavich to our studio here in Berlin! Alongside Leigh and the flora&faunavisions team, we are working on our upcoming project next year in Australia, the opera production of Wagner’s The Ring Cycle.
There is a new store in town! For the opening of the new s.Oliver concept store in Stuttgart, flora&faunavisions was part of designing and producing content for the multimedia entrance installation. We created a visually eye-catching design especially for the store opening, which is based on the 50 year brand campaign of s.Oliver. Make sure you keep an eye out for further videos to follow.
"Mich kickt die Kombination aus Menschen, Orten und einer Audience."
Our founder Leigh Sachwitz is featured in the latest episode of the electronic music and lifestyle podcast by Telekom, 'Electronic Beats'. In this episode, Leigh has an entertaining and educative conversation about her experience in club design and its technological development through the use of light and video. This episode is now available to listen to online or to download on selected platforms, check it out on the Electronic Beats Podcast website.
flora&faunavisions is proud of our long-standing collaboration with the internationally renowned electronic music artist Solomun. We are honoured to have been responsible for creating the complete Solomun +1 visual experience. This included a custom programmed 3D adaptable visual identity, synchronised with lasers and projection-mapped onto multiple surfaces and custom-designed objects during all 21 Solomun +1 performances.
This immersive, high tech digital content experience elevated the Solomun shows with his special guests throughout his 2019 residency. Thank you very much to the German and Spanish team, especially Lars Murasch, for making this an unforgettable season.
We would like to share some incredibly exciting news about a new production that flora&faunavisions will be involved in next year. The Ring Cycle opera production will debut in 2020 in Australia. This futuristic digital kinetic stage design will take the audience on an epic 15-hour adventure over 4 nights, with performances exploring the legendary tale of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
After the amazing success of Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise earlier this year at The Shed in New York City, this opera will again be directed by the Chinese visionary Chen Shi-Zheng. flora&faunavisions and Leigh Sachwitz will be tasked with producing the digital kinetic stage design and video content for the four operas. Towering digital panels combined with astonishing costume design by New York designer Anita Yavich will create the ultimate immersive experience.
“Art is meant to disturb, science reassures”. We are proud to be listed as a feature in the ArtTech Magazine, as one of 20 international artists working on innovations in science and technology to transform artistic expression. Along with Studio Drift, Reife Anadol Studio, Leviathan, XRT, Andreas Refsgaard and Ouchhh we are the only German-based company. Thank you for featuring us.
Get into your dance mood! On Sunday, Solomun is inviting his special +1 guest Gerd Janson to his residency at Pacha, Ibiza. Check out the visual artwork and show design by flora&faunavisions.
What a brilliant show last week at Universal Music Germany! We are proud to have designed motion concept, stage design, content production and show direction for all divisions. We custom-designed individual staging ideas for 14 live performances of top international artists like Freya Ridings, Lewis Capaldi, Wanda, Donna Missal and many more.
Check out the new exhibition “No Photos On The Dancefloor Berlin 1989-today” presented by C/O Berlin opening tonight as part of the Berlin Art Week 2019. Next Thursday (9/19), our founder Leigh Sachwitz will participate in a panel discussion about the evolution of visuals in clubs and electronic music with Christopher Bauder and Marcel Weber.
Check out this visual for Solomuns residency at Pacha, Ibiza. Special +1 guest will be Moscoman this weekend. Visual artwork and show design by flora&faunavisions.
It was an absolute pleasure and very exciting to be part of this jury. Congratulations to all the winners, what an inspiring journey. Looking forward to the exhibition festival, 16.8.-1.9.2019.
We are halfway through the season and the party is still on with Solomun and his +1 guest Fango this weekend at Pacha, Ibiza! Visual artwork and show design by flora&faunavisions.
Check out this 7-PAGE feature about the making of our design project for the kung-fu musical Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at the wonderful new arts space The Shed in New York in the latest issue of Page Magazine. Thanks to PAGE!
What a blast! Check out our show design for the last weekend's world premier shown at Untold festival with Flying Steps and Danny Avila. Photo Credits: untold.com
Be prepared for the world premiere this Saturday! With our partners @flyingsteps featuring @dannyavila we will take you on a thrilling journey through 30 years of electronic music at UNTOLD festival! Expect a mind-blowing production & visuals! Light, Video and Visual Show Design by flora&faunavisions.
Only one week left to see Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at the SHED, NYC! Get a glimpse on what’s happening behind the scenes and get a ticket for one of the last shows on www.theshed.org !
Photo Credits: Stephanie Berger
Take a look at this epic summary of “Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise” on www.theshed.org that will give you goosebumps for sure. Video design by Leigh Sachwitz / flora&faunavisions. Photo Credits: Stephanie Berger
Check out the new Event Design Yearbook 2019/2020 by av edition featuring four of our projects. Thanks to ABOUTKOKOMO, Wunderland and Anschutz Entertainment Group for your trust!
We are over the moon about the thrilling world premiere of “Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise” at the Shed, NYC. Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise is a kung fu musical co-conceived by Chen Shi-Zheng and Kung Fu Panda’s Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, with songs by Sia and choreography by Akram Khan and Video Design by Leigh Sachwitz/flora&faunavisions. Shows running from June 22 to July 7. Check out tickets at theshed.org. Photos by Stephanie Berger.
Dynoro just released some new tunes!
Check out Dynoro & Ilkay Sencan’s new Summer Hit “Rockstar”. flora&faunavisions was happy to develop the visual concept and all motion & graphic design for the new single.
flora&faunavisions just got back from Barcelona and we wanna share this successful project with you!
We designed and produced a 10k pixel, 360° seamless projection with a diameter of 12m and 7m height. It functioned as a setting for a Rodan & Fields Dinner Experience by LDJ Production, New York in cooperation with Creative Technology UK, London. Enjoy some impressions of this beautiful 3 hour show in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
This is a MUST-READ for you! Check out some exciting facts about the upcoming world premiere "Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise" at The Shed. We are so excited to debut this new musical we’ve been working on as the Video Designer. Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise is a kung fu musical co-conceived by Chen Shi-Zheng and Kung Fu Panda’s Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, with songs by Sia and choreography by Akram Khan.
It´s getting hot in here - putting the final touches to the video design for the world premiere of Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise @theshedny and we are so excited to debut this new project we’ve been working on as the Video Designer. The show is a kung fu musical about a secret sect in Flushing, Queens that possesses the magical power to extend human life, and the twin brother and sister caught in the struggle to control it.
And the party continues…Solomun meets Adriatique as his special +1 guest at Pacha tonight in Ibiza. flora&faunavisions is visually responsible for his permanent show and all the artwork around the island for his residency at Pacha, Ibiza.
Last night, we kicked off the realtime visual performance for Solomun’s gig at Diynamic Outdoor in Barcelona.
Visual design produced and performed by flora&faunavisions.