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A behind-the-scenes look at what we’ve been working on, our thinking, process, and latest news.

July 13, 2015

Soso and Project Ara

Since February of 2014, we’ve been working with Google on Project Ara. Ara is a modular phone platform created by Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects group (ATAP). Their goal is to give consumers the power to build their own devices, to determine what they do, and how they look. They want to supply the next 5 billion people with smartphones.

October 2, 2012
March 9, 2012

The Ribbon Flies

I just returned from Raleigh last week. The Ribbon is hung and looking brilliant. The real-life manifestation of most architectural elements falls short of the initial renderings, but I have to say, in this case it surpasses them. None of us had any idea what a stunning object this would be. It actually looks likes it’s floating. And the atrium itself is a gorgeous space, full of light and reflections. Bill and Jeff—along with Greg, Jeremy, and Curtis, their rigging team—did an amazing job installing the piece.

February 7, 2012

Patterned by Nature...almost!

For the last two years, we have lovingly toiled on the glass and metal leviathan we call “the ribbon”.  We are distilling the beauty of nature’s patterns into 20 x 180 LCD glass pixels that swoop through the four story atrium of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

December 21, 2011
October 24, 2011

CSIS Global Data Chandelier

This past summer Sosolimited developed the winning proposal for the lobby of the new headquarters of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This non-partisan think tank is a leader in global issues, energy policy, defense, and health. In preparation for their move into a brand new building on K Street CSIS asked a number of interactive design studios to submit ideas for their atrium. Our proposal is for a global data clock, a grand chandelier that reacts to world news and displays real-time information across a map of light.