A selection of projects. To see the full selection please use the category selections at the bottom of the page.
Cinimod Studio is regularly involved in the design of large events such as fundraising dinners, private parties, corporate events and concert staging. Using innovative designs that have evolved through a thorough investigation of the venue and the client’s brief, each project seeks to establish a ‘visual theater’ of lighting and staging that will define the character of the event.Â
Lighting will always play a major part within the design, and where suitable interactive and responsive control systems will be incorporated to provide an added level of guest participation. The following are some examples of recent works at various venues:
On these large live events, Cinimod Studio will work closely with the main production team, and will typically deliver a concept document including visualizations and coordinated lighting/technical plans and specifications. Project management is offered, including procurement, on-site supervision of all lighting/technology rigging and content/programming.
Cinimod Studio, in collaboration with Softroom architects, was commissioned by Imperial Property to design a large permanent artwork to be integrated within the base of a new tower block development in Reading. The brief was to retain as much of the base-architect’s design as possible, whilst bringing an exciting new design element to the tower. Our artwork proposal makes a novel use of lighting and perspectives to create a “trompe l’oueil” effect of a virtual void at the base of the tower.
Discovered by artists in the Renaissance, the perspective drawing creates the illusion of three-dimensions on a two-dimensional surface. These same principles have been employed to produce the illusion of a void in which a blue cube is floating. By analyzing the view-lines towards the building from the surrounding streets, a perspective illusion is constructed which can be read from a key vantage point. When viewed off-axis, the artwork vanishes to reveal an intriguing geometrical framework.
The artwork is to be constructed primarily using standard architectural components, with simply their finishes and layout modified. Additional lighting is used at night to further accentuate the work.
Cinimod Studio was commissioned by the events production company Urban Caprice to do the lighting and video design for one of their major events. Sited within the ground floor of the Atlantis Gallery, the evening included a performance by the Dandy Warhols, followed by music from DJ Sasha.
 
During the lighting design development, extensive use was made of computer renderings in order to model the lighting effects and present an overview of the scheme progress (in the images below the visualisation is on the left, and the real photograph to the right).  Cinimod Studio was responsible for the overall lighting development, specification and light plots.Â
 
Working directly with the client, Cinimod Studio prepared a tightly edited film sequence for projection, forming a colour rich ambient collage of imagery. Other major elements included a canopy of incandescent lightbulbs suspended over a high gloss red floor, and the dramatic lighting of certain steel work elements found within the space.
Cinimod Studio was commissioned  to design the lighting scheme for the anniversary party of CGL Architects. The venue was the Boiler Room of Truman Brewery, on East London’s Brick Lane.Â
Using a carefully selected palette of theatrical fixtures in a variety of light colours and beam angles, the architectural features of the venue were highlighted creating a coordinated backdrop to the party.
Cinimod Studio was involved in the Hong Kong launch of the new Muon speakers by Kef. While the focus was undoubtedly on the impeccably elegant new speakers designed by Ross Lovegrove, the product launch brief was to create a interactive visual display to complement the organic forms of the speakers.Â
The speakers were positioned on a polished black stage in front of a 4mm pitch Lighthouse video screen. Cinimod Studio worked closely with lead installation designer Demiurge Unit to develop the software specification and design for an audio-reactive graphics programme.   The graphics were fluid and organic in nature, with real-time analysis of the sound being used to drive the generative animations.
Cinimod Studio was invited for a 10 day visit to Hong Kong and Beijing in order to collaborate on a series of lighting projects, including some large scale permanent lighting works and interactive art installations. While details of the projects remain confidential, the following photos show some of the superb architectural developments currently nearing completion in anticipation of the 2012 Olympic Games.Â
 
It is with some sadness, and great excitement and anticipation, that I have left Jason Bruges Studio in order to move on to an exciting new venture: running my own design firm, Cinimod Studio Ltd.
Cinimod Studio is a London-based design practice specializing in interactive lighting design and integrated artworks. The studio will be built on my experiences as a practicing architect, interactive artist, lighting designer and project manager.Â
Further information and examples of work will be posted on the website in the next couple weeks. In the meantime, if you have any projects you would like to discuss with me, please contact me on : dominic [at] cinimod studio . com
Permanent Interactive Lighting Installation, London. 2007.
My final major project whilst working at Jason Bruges Studio was an interactive 8-storey high chandelier suspended within the atrium of international law firm Allen and Overy. The chandelier is comprised of a three dimensional matrix of globes that are set out in direct relation to the architectural grid of this Norman Foster building.
The globes are of a bespoke and unique design that allows for a ground breaking brightness, controllability and visual aesthetic. A custom software control system take data from multiple data feeds, including a sky-watching camera at the top of the atrium space. This data is used in real-time to create a perpetually evolving colour space that provides a compelling centre-piece to the client’s new office building.
For more information please contact www.jasonbruges.com
Huizhou City, Guangdong, China. April 2007.
As a part of my on-going brief to say abreast of the latest technologies which IÂ use in my work, I recently made a visit to the LED production facilities of Cotco in China.
Whilst inspecting the clean room facilities photography was not permitted. I was however able to witness several scales of production, including the manufacture of the SMD LED’s and their visual/technical testing, and assembly of complete products including fixtures by Traxon Technologies (high quality architectural LED lighting fixtures) and Lighthouse Technologies (whose impressive daylight-readable video screens are shown above).