Universal Everything Explained

Universal Everything
Industry:Design studio
Founded:2004
Founder:Matt Pyke
Hq Location:Sheffield, England
Services:digital art

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,[1] AOL[2] Intel,[3] Nike Inc.,[4] Hyundai,[5] Samsung and Zaha Hadid,[6] Apple,[7] and Deutsche Bank[8] and created the moving image identity for the London Olympic Games 2012[9]

In April 2011, the studio created Super-Computer-Romantics,[10] their first major solo exhibition,[11] for the launch of the new digital art museum La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.

In February 2014, Universal Everything released Polyfauna,[12] 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 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

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[27] the internationally touring exhibition curated by the Barbican.

Artworks by Universal Everything have been held in the collections at 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".[17]

In 2019, the studio's VR artwork Emergence premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 Codes of Coco Chanel. The Fox Is Black. 13 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Universal Everything profile. Aolartist.com. 13 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Paper Planes Get A Digital Update. The Creators Project. 13 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Milan Furniture Fair. Nike Inc. 13 January 2015.
  5. Web site: An Amazing Video Gallery Designed To Inspire Car Engineers. Fast Co Design. 13 January 2015.
  6. Web site: zaha hadid architects creates 'unconfined' installation for samsung at milan design week. 2017-04-05. Designboom . 2019-02-22.
  7. Web site: Apple's 'Start something new' campaign curates art created on iOS and Mac devices. December 31, 2014. AppleInsider. en. 2019-02-22.
  8. Web site: Universal Everything's Deutsche Bank videowall. Creative Review. 13 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Design and The London Olympics. Creative Review. 13 January 2015.
  10. Web site: Matt Pyke & Friends: Super Computer Romantics. Dazed Digital. 13 January 2015.
  11. Web site: Matt Pyke: Computer Genius. Nowness. 13 January 2015.
  12. Web site: Pitchfork: Radiohead release Polyfauna app. Pitchfork. 13 January 2015.
  13. Web site: Science Museum opens art archive in Media Space. BBC. 13 January 2015.
  14. Web site: An Amazing Video Gallery Designed to Inspire Car Engineers. Fast Co Design. 13 January 2015.
  15. Web site: Red Dot Award: Communication Design. Red Dot. 13 January 2015.
  16. Web site: Universal Everything's Deutsche Bank Videowall. Creative Review. 13 January 2015.
  17. Web site: Golden Nica: Walking City. Prix Ars Electronica. 13 January 2015.
  18. Web site: Communion (Cinder, Scripts, Events) Special. Creative Applications. 13 January 2015.
  19. Web site: MTV's New Look. Creative Review. 13 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20130127230847/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/june/mtvs-brand-new-look. 27 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Matt Pyke Shows Off His Stunning Techno Art in Paris Funhouse. Fast Co Design. 13 January 2015.
  21. Web site: 7 Concepts That Tease The Wacky Future Of Screens. Schwab. Katharine. 2017-03-02. Fast Company. en-US. 2019-02-22.
  22. Web site: Salone del Mobile: un itinerario di fitness, arte e architettura. Vogue Italia. it. 2019-02-22.
  23. Web site: A Captivating Vision Of Design’s Final Frontier: Smart Matter. Wilson. Mark. 2018-03-08. Fast Company. en-US. 2019-02-22.
  24. Web site: Need to know 01 : 02 : 18. Rhiannon . McGregor . Holly . Friend. LS:N Global. en. 2019-02-22.
  25. Web site: Universal Everything is mapping human behaviour through intricate patterns. 2018-03-20. Wallpaper. 2019-02-22.
  26. Web site: Universal Everything to debut VR experience at Sundance Film Festival. 2019-01-17. Wallpaper. 2019-02-22.
  27. Web site: Digital Revolution. Barbican. 13 January 2015.

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