shiftcontrol studios : Development of realtime-rendered and interactive media

About shiftcontrol was founded by Jørgen Skogmo and Patrik Svensson in copenhagen, 2006.
With a background in interaction design, focused on algorithm controlled animation, sensor driven interactive installations, web applications, broadcast applications and digital design, shiftcontrol applies a united process of design and development to its clients and users.
In 2008 Simon Løvind joined as associate partner, bringing experience from media-art, academia and game developement.

shiftcontrol has already taken on projects for The Times, Carlsberg, ZDF, Al Aan, BBC, DR, JDS, Danish TV2, PRADA, OMA, AMO, Kontrapunkt and VW.

shiftcontrol works tightly with the team behind Unity - our preferred platform for exploring next generation interactive media, and Markus Schaefer/Hosoya Schaefer Architects - our preferred partner for exploring next generation concepts.

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Featured project Rasmus Koch Studio

News Carlsberg Visitor Center 100604
In collaboration with JDS and NR2154 shiftcontrol has won the the contract to rebrand the Carlsberg Visitor Centre and Museum, update the reception area and redesign the shop.

Mobiglobe 4.0 100620
The data-visualization Mobiglobe installation (with HHMS for VW/Autostad) has been updated. The new component complements the current research on Context by introducing the topic of Futures, scoped to Transportation, Cities, Lifestyle and Resources. The 24 screen interactive installation is co-narrated by a 6 projection movie.

Helsingør Kulturværft 100520
Work on the visual and interactive identity for Helsingør Kulturværft has begun!
Update: Marcin's work with Cinder reached the frontpage of AreativeApplications.net

Election'10 - Graphs 100506
Looking at the Google Analaytics Dashboard of our site for the British General Elections 2010. Amazing! After rising steadily for the entire night and following morning, we reached almost 300.000 visits in these 24 hours. And almost 6.000.000 pageviews for the last month! Yay!

CPHPIX 100422
For the 2nd. year, CPHPIX -Denmark's biggest film festival dedicated to feature films - asked shiftcontrol to create a realtime rendered version of their identity. Go see it live at the PIX Award & Closing party at Pumpehuset, april 24th!

Critical Visualization 100416
The University of Denver, College of Arts & Media is setting up a new education focusing on Critical Visualization. A two day symposium was arranged to capture the current thinking about the field from a wide range of positions. Shiftcontrol argued for the interactive, realtime, dynamic approach. The speakers / Global Faculty of the course also included David Bolinsky, Min-Hyung Choi, John Frassanito, Carolyn Guertin, David Grinspoon, Stephen Kovats, Helen Macfarlane, Dan Neafus, Jerry Perry, Mike Press, Vic Spitzer, Hazel White, Bang Wong along with a strong team from the University.

Spor Festival identity 100414
Working together with Christian Leifelt on the dynamic identity for this years Spor Festival, shiftcontrol developed a flash application for the festival website where lines derived form the motions of musicians as they play are redrawn in an abstract composition on the theme of exploded music. The visuals where created by tracking the hands, instruments and body motion of musicians in action and then using the data to recreate that movement as a series of colored lines in 3D.

Election'10 100406
Backing the 2010 British election campaign, shiftcontrol is working closely with The Times to build a interactive map showing traditional strongholds, predictions, analysis and constituency information. As the campaign evolves, additional information visualizations will be added, investigating the opinion drivers and change in predictions. Something special will happen for the election night - in a campaign marked as "the most eagerly awaited showdown" and "the most closely fought election since 1992" by The Times.