THE TRAGIC END OF NOVEMBER
one day when I was watching wonderful poetic photos of Julien Coquentin on his Early Sunday Morning Album I found some photos made me really excited so that I decided to create those places on my own way!
TSR 002: SOA Academy Day #6 Special
The Boundary
Sharing an update on the first year of their new business, Peter and Henry call their first year “an incredible one.” They cover how they’re keeping updated on new technology, including Unreal Engine, the plans for their new shop, and what they’re looking for from potential employees. Their morning routine starts with sleeping in, and their motivation comes from learning new things and having fun, but I’ll let Peter and Henry explain how that works for them. You can gain access to their workflow by grabbing scene files from The Boundary Store, where they share work files and more.
The Boundary Store
Hayes Davidson
Hayes Davidson pioneered architectural visualization with 25 years behind them. They have produced over 20,000 CGI images in those years, and it was a real pleasure to sit down with David, John, and Luis, at SOA Academy Day #6. From planning to marketing, those years of experience give them an edge over their competitors, which they detail in our conversation. When looking for new employees, the first thing they want is someone with a good eye, and possibly someone who is exceptional at a game of squash.
London Fast Forward
Squint/Opera
Squint Opera is a creative studio and production house based in London that produces extraordinary work in everything from video content and animation, branding, websites, design, games, and strategy. I chatted with Silvia, who is an intern-turned-3D artist, and John, music- producer-turned-technical editor. They share some of the technology tools they’re using, what they’re looking for in new hires, how they train their employees to meet the Squint standards, and one major perk that’s located just downstairs from their main office.
The Doodle Bar
Beauty & The Bit
Victor and Eva are brothers at Beauty and The Bit, which is based out of Madrid. They specialize in architectural illustrations and visual creation. In our conversation, they share their approach to testing out new technologies, what they’re looking for in new employees, and what they love to do in their spare time — provided they happen to find some.
B&TB Team 😉
Bloom Images
Bloom Images splits their efforts between two offices — one in Hamburg and one in Berlin. We chat about how they manage multiple locations, the ideal team size, and how they use people leaders to develop their whole team. They give a glimpse into their newest venture — set design, creating surroundings for advertisements for games, movies, and more, and again, share what they’re looking for from anyone that is looking to join their team.
Herzog & de Meuron / Elbphilharmonie / Hamburg, Germany / 2012
TSR 001: SOA Academy Day #5 Special
MIR / Mats Andersen & Trond Greve
Located in Norway, MIR is a big source of inspiration to me in many aspects, not just in their visuals but in the way they go about doing their work. They dedicate one artist per one week per one image, which allows them to remain focused and undistracted, and to deliver a high-quality product on time. In my conversation with them, Trond and Mats describe this process they title “MIR is a Resturant,” as well as their disciplined approach to their art, how they plan to develop their visualizations in the future, and what hopeful potential employees should do, and not do, to gain their attention.
I’ve posted a written interview with MIR back in March 2011 which could be very interesting to read before or after listening to the recorded one years after.
“A proper daytime sunny image” – Trond Greve
Render Legion – Corona Renderer / Adam Hotovỳ & Juraj Talcik
Corona Renderer is a high-performance photorealistic renderer software program developed in Prague by Render Legion. I talked with Adam Hotovỳ about some of the milestones they were working to meet at the time of SOA Academy Day #5. Juraj Talčík also had plenty of great things to say about why he and Veronika Demovičová prefer to use Corona Renderer over other rendering programs.
Icelandic House by Talcik&Demovicova
Peter Guthrie
At the time of this conversation, Peter Guthrie and Henry Goss were two days into their adventure at The Boundary. The incredible success of their company is a topic that will also feature in a future session of The SpectRoom.
The Boundary is Born!
DBOX / Christiaan Klaassen
DBOX is a full-service agency, taking their clients from branding all the way to the publication of a project. I’m talking here with Christiaan Klaassen about CGI, how synchronization happens with the whole team, and the incredibly detailed work they put into each project.
432 Park Avenue, rendering by DBOX
Arqui9 / Pedro Fernandes
Based in the UK, Arqui9’s Pedro Fernandes stresses simplifying your portfolio and specializing in your greatest area of strength. He also has some great tips for artists that are looking into going out on their own that you’ll want to hear. Expect to hear more from Pedro in a future session.
Pedro posted two MAKING OF articles on the blog that you should check out – Making of Seaside Feeling & Making of Adelaide Housing.
Making of Seaside Feeling by Pedro Fernandes
Cloudy Afternoon
“Cloudy afternoon” is a free time work done during a boring rainy day in Shanghai, the city where I’m living and working. I tried to express my mood with the softness of the light, playing with one of my favorite color palette. As interior designer I put attention on details and materials. Hope you guys like it.
Light & Shadow – 9
We created these 10 visuals to explore light and shadow in architecture.
We wanted to give them a artistic dimension and photographic look. and we also wanted to do
simple perspectives with bare minimum objects.
Initially we wanted to make a calendar out of it but we ended up creating architectural posters.
….Little corner 02….
….Little corner….
CG: VicnguyenDesign
Sw: 3dmax and PS
Thanks all C @ C