SOMEFORM STUDIO

The Art Department Berlin 2023

someform is a Berlin-based design and branding studio specialized in conceptual and creative development of complex 3D design systems. They create unique imagery, speak multiple visual languages, thrive in simulated photography, tell stories in virtual animations and build innovative generative software solutions for clients all over the world. Co-founder Matthias Winckelmann will enter the stage at TAD Berlin to guide us through the endless possibilities of 3D design systems.

Since humans only see internally produced, highly-limited reproductions of the world — beautiful, super-resolved digital animations like those of the Berlin based 3D studio someform call into question whether there is much practicable difference between the two.

Though we “know” the pumpkin on the table has a particular molecular structure and is host to all sorts of micro-organisms and is held-together/made-possible by forces far beyond the sun — we are really only ever casually assuming such notions.

And though digital animations (and pictures) are not hosts to tiny life forms, are they not hosts to all sorts of memes and interconnected concepts and metadata? As well, it is worth mentioning that digital stuffs too are held-together/made-possible by forces far beyond the sun.

Matthias will talk about the meaning of design systems and how a systematic approach influences almost everything they do: From designing unique visual languages to simulating photography, storytelling in abstract animation to automating design systems.

ZEEN CHIN
illustrator and concept artist
interview
THE LINE
animation studio
artist talk
CRASH McCREERY
creature + production designer + concept artist
artist talk
JOHN NEVAREZ
film and story artist
artist talk
CURT ENDERLE
production designer
artist talk
DJAMILA KNOPF
illustrator
artist talk
IRIS COMPIET
traditional artist and illustrator
interview
MAX ULICHNEY
illustrator, character designer and art director
artist talk
TORSTEN SCHRANK
character designer
interview
ESBEN LASH
illustrator and concept artist
artist talk
BASTIEN LECOUFFE DEHARME
visual artist, illustrator and digital painter
artist talk
NATHAN JUREVICIUS
illustrator
artist talk
MATT RADFORD
visual effects artist
artist talk
DOMINIK MAYER
concept artist & illustrator
artist talk
JOHNSON TING
concept artist and art director
artist talk
GUSTAV HOEGEN
creature FX Designer
artist talk
KARAKTER
design studio
demo
SOMEFORM STUDIO
design studio
artist talk
DAVID KARLAK
writer and director
artist talk
DENNIS ZARNOWSKI
sculptor
demo
LEON TUKKER
concept artist
demo
AIXSPONZA – MAXON DEMO
3D artist + creative director
demo
PROCREATE DEMO BY NIKOLAI LOCKERTSEN
concept artist and illustrator
demo
CONVOLOOT PANEL: INDEPENDENT WORK & OWN IP’S
with Spiridon, Even Mehl Amundsen, Djamila Knopf and Dominik Mayer
panel
CONVOLOOT PANEL: FREELANCING & FAIR PAY
with Esben Lash, Johnson Ting, Iris Compiet and Bastien LeCouffe Deharme
panel
ANYTHING BUT WORK
a brand new evening program!
evening program
DRINKS AT DRINK AND DRAW BERLIN (FUNKHAUS)
join us on 14 May after The Art Department
afterparty
WORKSHOP CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT BY EVEN MEHL AMUNDSEN
don't miss out on this chance!
workshop
MINI WORKSHOPS DRINK & DRAW BERLIN + ARTIST STUDIOS WITH BAYAR TSEDENSODNOM & DIEGO GISBERT LLORENS
enhance your drawing skills and get to see artworks created right under your own eyes
demo
GET TO KNOW OUR NEW VENUE: ALTE MÜNZE
welcome to the fresh home of The Art Department
hotspot
DRINK AND DRAW BERLIN
live sketch sessions
live sketching session
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
side program
MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD
explore Berlin!
hotspot