George Michael: Freedom '90 (live) 

(2006) 

Universal Everything created a 30 metre LED ski-slope projection for the last song of the night of George Michael's sellout 25 Live world tour.

Metro: How does the company differ from traditional studios?

Matt Pyke: We have a virtual studio network, rather than one central office. I'm based in Sheffield and the other people I work with are dotted around the world. I come up with the basic direction and then build a unique team based around the project brief.

 

Metro: What are the most important elements of design?

Matt Pyke: Simply to do something that's never been done before. My motivation comes from always trying to find something fresh and exciting to explore. If there's one thing that we collectively agree on, it's probably that the most inspiring things come from outside the field of design.

 

Metro: Which projects have you had the most fun doing?

Matt Pyke: We did the visuals for a George Michael tour, which involved designing a gigantic ski slope made out of video screens. We also had fun making the animations for the 2012 Olympics.

 

Source: Metro

 

 

George Michael: Freedom '90 (live), pop, Live Visuals

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Sonic Graphics/Seeing Sound (2000) by Matt Woolman presents exemplary work from studios around the world in three sections: Notation analyses the use of sign and symbol systems in creating identity and branding for music artists, recording projects and performances; Material considers how products can package the intrinsic nature of the music they contain; and Atmosphere looks at how space and multidimensional environmeaants can be used to visualize sound. A reference section includes studio websites and a glossary. (Thames & Hudson)

VJing (2010) is a reproduction of the Wikipedia article VJing, based upon the revision of July 25th 2010 and was produced as a physical outcome of the wiki-sprint, a collaborative writing workshop that was held 2010 in the frame of Mapping Festival, Geneva. (Greyscale Press)

 

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