Universal Everything
{{Short description|Design studio in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Universal Everything
| industry = Design studio
| founded = 2004
| founder = Matt Pyke
| hq_location = Sheffield, England
| services = digital art
| website = {{url|https://www.universaleverything.com/}}
}}
Universal Everything is a digital art practice and design studio based in Sheffield, England. The studio was founded in 2004 by Matt Pyke, who is the creative director. Pyke studied botanical and technical illustration and then graphic design, before spending eight years at the Designers Republic (1996–2004).
Universal Everything have worked with several well known brands and corporations including Chanel,{{cite web|title=5 Codes of Coco Chanel|url=http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2011/03/31/universal-everything-animates-the-5-codes-of-coco-chanel/|website=The Fox Is Black|accessdate=13 January 2015}} AOL{{cite web|title=Universal Everything profile|url=http://www.aolartists.com/profiles/universal-everything|website=Aolartist.com|accessdate=13 January 2015}} Intel,{{cite web|title=Paper Planes Get A Digital Update|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/paper-planes-get-a-digital-update-with-universal-everythings-iglidersi/|website=The Creators Project|access-date=13 January 2015}} Nike Inc.,{{cite web|title=Milan Furniture Fair|url=http://nikeinc.com/news/milan-furniture-fair|website=Nike Inc|accessdate=13 January 2015}} Hyundai,{{cite web|title=An Amazing Video Gallery Designed To Inspire Car Engineers|url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671327/watch-an-amazing-video-gallery-designed-to-inspire-car-engineers#1|website=Fast Co Design|accessdate=13 January 2015}} Samsung and Zaha Hadid,{{Cite web|url=https://www.designboom.com/design/zaha-hadid-architects-samsung-unconfined-installation-milan-design-week-04-05-2017/|title=zaha hadid architects creates 'unconfined' installation for samsung at milan design week|date=2017-04-05|website=Designboom |access-date=2019-02-22}} Apple,{{Cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/31/apples-start-something-new-campaign-curates-art-created-on-ios-and-mac-devices-|title=Apple's 'Start something new' campaign curates art created on iOS and Mac devices|date=December 31, 2014|website=AppleInsider|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}} and Deutsche Bank{{cite web|title=Universal Everything's Deutsche Bank videowall|url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/may/universal-everythings-deutsche-band-videowall|website=Creative Review|accessdate=13 January 2015}} and created the moving image identity for the London Olympic Games 2012.{{cite web|title=Design and The London Olympics|url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/april/design-and-the-london-olympics-a-winning-combination|website=Creative Review|accessdate=13 January 2015}}
In April 2011, the studio created Super-Computer-Romantics,{{cite web|title=Matt Pyke & Friends: Super Computer Romantics|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/10223/1/matt-pyke-friends-super-computer-romantics|website=Dazed Digital|accessdate=13 January 2015}} their first major solo exhibition,{{cite web|title=Matt Pyke: Computer Genius|url=http://www.nowness.com/day/2011/4/19/1408/matt-pyke-computer-genius|website=Nowness|accessdate=13 January 2015}} for the launch of the new digital art museum La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.
In February 2014, Universal Everything released Polyfauna,{{cite web|title=Pitchfork: Radiohead release Polyfauna app|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/53922-radiohead-release-polyfauna-app/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=13 January 2015}} an interactive music app developed in collaboration with Radiohead and the artist Stanley Donwood.
A monograph about the studio's work will be published in 2019 by [https://www.uniteditions.com/ Unit Editions].
Style
The studio utilises modern technologies such as 3D printing, touch screens, motion capture, large format video displays and complex sound design to create large scale experiential works. Its work often incorporates and references architecture, modernism, synesthesia, landscapes, anthropomorphism, human movement, and figurative forms.
Notable works
- Presence,{{cite web|title=Science Museum opens art archive in Media Space|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24177683|website=BBC|accessdate=13 January 2015}} an innovative motion capture work, in collaboration with Benjamin Millepied and The LA Dance Project
- Mobius Loop,{{cite web|title=An Amazing Video Gallery Designed to Inspire Car Engineers|url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671327/watch-an-amazing-video-gallery-designed-to-inspire-car-engineers#1|website=Fast Co Design|accessdate=13 January 2015}} a series of 18 large scale video artworks commissioned by Hyundai for their Vision Hall in Mabuk, South Korea, which received a Red Dot Communication Design award{{cite web|title=Red Dot Award: Communication Design|url=http://red-dot.de/cd/online-exhibition/work/?code=11-0144&y=2013|website=Red Dot|accessdate=13 January 2015}}
- Evolving Environments,{{cite web|title=Universal Everything's Deutsche Bank Videowall|url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/may/universal-everythings-deutsche-band-videowall|website=Creative Review|accessdate=13 January 2015}} commissioned by Deutsche Bank for their headquarters in Hong Kong
- Walking City, awarded the 2014 PRIX Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Computer Animation/VFX{{cite web|title=Golden Nica: Walking City|url=http://prix2014.aec.at/prixwinner/12662/|website=Prix Ars Electronica|accessdate=13 January 2015}}
- Communion,{{cite web|title=Communion (Cinder, Scripts, Events) Special|url=http://www.creativeapplications.net/scripts/communion-cinder-scripts-events-special/|website=Creative Applications|accessdate=13 January 2015}} a 360 audio-visual installation
- MTV Worldwide, global brand identity for relaunch of 62 channels{{cite web|title=MTV's New Look|url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/june/mtvs-brand-new-look|website=Creative Review|accessdate=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127230847/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/june/mtvs-brand-new-look|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- Transfiguration,{{cite web|title=Matt Pyke Shows Off His Stunning Techno Art in Paris Funhouse|url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663862/matt-pyke-shows-off-his-stunning-techno-art-in-paris-funhouse-videos|website=Fast Co Design|accessdate=13 January 2015}} an evolving animation
- Screens of the Future,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3068422/7-concepts-that-tease-the-wacky-future-of-screens|title=7 Concepts That Tease The Wacky Future Of Screens|last=Schwab|first=Katharine|date=2017-03-02|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}} a video series that imagines prototypes for future display technology
- Unconfined,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/news/notizie-del-giorno/2017/04/06/salone-del-mobile-itinerario-di-fitness-arte-architettura|title=Salone del Mobile: un itinerario di fitness, arte e architettura|website=Vogue Italia|language=it|access-date=2019-02-22}} an immersive installation to launch the Samsung Galaxy S8 at Milan Design Week
- Hype Cycle,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90163138/a-captivating-vision-of-designs-final-frontier-smart-matter|title=A Captivating Vision Of Design’s Final Frontier: Smart Matter|last=Wilson|first=Mark|date=2018-03-08|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}} a series of futurist films exploring human-machine collaboration
- Inside the Sound,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lsnglobal.com/news/article/22021/need-to-know-01-02-18|title=Need to know 01 : 02 : 18|first1=Rhiannon |last1=McGregor |first2=Holly |last2=Friend|website=LS:N Global|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}} a series of 360° audiovisual environments
- Tribes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/universal-everything-tribes-film-teaser|title=Universal Everything is mapping human behaviour through intricate patterns|date=2018-03-20|website=Wallpaper|access-date=2019-02-22}} a study of human behaviour on a mass scale
- Emergence,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/emergence-universal-everything-sundance-film-festival-vr-world-premiere|title=Universal Everything to debut VR experience at Sundance Film Festival|date=2019-01-17|website=Wallpaper|access-date=2019-02-22}} a VR experience
- The Vehicle of Nature, an installation inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's studies of flowing water
Artworks
Universal Everything's artworks have been shown globally as part of group shows and solo exhibitions, including at Museum of Modern Art (New York), V&A Museum (London), Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture (Moscow), La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), Vitra Design Museum (Germany), MAAT (Lisbon), Borusan Contemporary (Istanbul), and as part of Digital Revolution{{cite web|title=Digital Revolution|url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/digital-revolution|website=Barbican|accessdate=13 January 2015}} the internationally touring exhibition curated by the Barbican.
Artworks by Universal Everything have been held in the collections at [https://www.borusancontemporary.com/en/ Borusan Contemporary] since 2014.
Universal Everything regularly publishes exclusive artworks on the digital platform Sedition.
In June 2014, Universal Everything's work, Walking City, was awarded the PRIX Ars Electronica "Golden Nica for Computer Animation/VFX".
In 2019, the studio's VR artwork Emergence premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.UniversalEverything.com}}
Category:Companies based in Sheffield