surface motion is a collaboration between art director Markus Weisbeck (surface) and director Oliver Hardt (signature films). The project started in 2008, when they began collaborating on the creative direction of the annual German Design Award ceremony, the country‘s highest distinction in the field of design. In the following years they created a series of expressive artworks for the internationally renowned event. Their artistic approach integrates multiple disciplines, including modernist film experiments, cutting-edge analogue and digital motion graphics, spatial projections, stage design, and stage direction.
Stadt Land Fluss – The Design of the German Design Award 2014
Event documentary: German Design Award 2014 – Creative direction and visual concept by Oliver Hardt & Markus Weisbeck
Films and animations for the award category Transportation and Public Space
Films and animations for the award category Architecture and Interior Design
Films and animations for the award category Working Spaces
Films and animations for the award category Home Interior
Films and animations for the award category Print Media
Films and animations for the award category Communication Tools
Logo animation
Visuals Live act Die Vögel
Films and animations for the award category Transportation and Public Space Gold (sound)
Films and animations for the award category Architecture and Interior Design Gold (sound)
Films and animations for the award category Print Media Gold (sound)
Opener Award Ceremony
Category opener – Communications Design
Category opener Product Design
Opener Newcomer Finalists
Ending / Credit Sequence (sound)