Generative AI - what a time to be alive 🤯
Our designers try their hand with this cutting edge software that instantly generates images based on key word search.
Tools such as Midjourney enable designers like ours to iterate on their designs in real-time, allowing for rapid experimentation and refinement of ideas without the need for lengthy rendering times.
Streamlined workflow? We think YES 👊🏽
Have you tried Midjourney Generative AI before?
#Midjourney #MidjourneyAI #ImmersiveDesign #CreativeArts #Tech #GrumpySailor
After a short hiatus, the annual Grumpathlon has made a comeback onto the Grumpy social calendar! The prestigious Kraken Cup was awarded to the winning team of 2024, in a battle of brains and brawn.
Following a morning of fierce competition in the CBD, the Grumpy crew reconvened at Woolloomooloo for an absolute cracker arvo of fun on the harbour. A few sore heads (and bodies) the next day, but absolutely worth it. An epic day to say thank you to our Grumpy crew for their exceptional efforts, everyday!
We're going large in 2024 at Grumps, and are on the lookout for exceptional talent, check out the video for details of roles. Come and make Astonishingly Unforgettable Experiences with us. Curiosity, craft and tenacity are part of the thread of the Grumpy team fabric. If you're passionate about experience design, tech, arts & culture and ready to take things to the next level, we'd love to hear from you! [email protected]
After 4.5 years of calling myself a Grump, I finally got down to Melbourne to immerse myself in some of Grumpy’s amazing work and spent some quality time with our Melburnian contingent, Jason & Darren. Hopped up on caffeine, we kicked the morning off at ACMI to check out the Story of the Moving Image exhibition with wonder and delight. Seeing the evolution of technology was a highlight, along with Edit Line and Constellations. From there, we skipped over to The Arts Centre to step back in time at the Australian Music Vault for a sensory experience of Australia’s rich music history. Following a little pit stop, I peeled off to Melbourne Museum to encounter the terrifying Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs exhibition, and got an important reminder of road safety at Road to Zero. Last stop, the Australian Sports Museum for some fun and giggles at Game On! A jam-packed day full of memorable and impactful immersive experiences. A great reminder to get down more often, and enjoy all Melbourne has to offer! - Charlie, People & Culture Lead
Introducing The Bondi Story Room, at the glorious new Bondi Pavilion! Where history meets innovation in a touch screen mural of the iconic beach community we know and love. Stretching from the ocean to the shoreline and surrounding streets, the mural encompasses Bondi’s rich cultural and historical value. It features community-sourced stories from the early days of Indigenous culture all the way to the modern-day bustling beach scene 🌊
This bespoke interactive experience consists of an 8-metre-wide projection of a beautifully rendered illustration of the Bondi coastline. The entire wall is touch-enabled with a custom IR frame, supporting six concurrent users. Woah! 💫 To round off the experience an ambient soundscape is played over 4 speakers, with sounds changing from street to beach based on where visitors are located in the room.
Submit your own story to be part of Bondi’s ongoing narrative via the link in our bio — and come see it for yourself!
#BondiPavilion #BondiStoryRoom #BondiBeach #BondiMural #DigitalDesign #InteractiveDesign
Introducing a new kind of digital experience for FIFA Museum presented by Hyundai *drumroll 🥁*. Grumps are proud to present a bespoke virtual museum experience as part of our work on FIFA Museum’s latest exhibition for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. Working with the talented crew at Unbound, we created a web-based 3D immersive virtual experience that brings audiences on a journey through the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™. The experience seeks to celebrate the pioneers of the women’s game, uncover the stories behind the artefacts and inspire future generations.
Using photogrammetry technology, physical artefacts from the museum are brought into the digital space as high polygon, realistic 3D objects. A plethora of artefacts and match balls from the last three decades were captured for the digital space — all with 360 degree rotation. Yes, you can spin them all the way around! The beautiful virtual landscape is complemented by inspiring sound effects and music, courtesy of our friends at ISM Studios. The experience is CMS managed with an updatable content set, opening the doors for many future opportunities in bringing physical museum spaces to wider audiences via the digital space!
To experience this unique, innovative digital take on a traditional museum experience for yourself visit https://digital.fifamuseum.com/.
#FIFAWomensWorldCup2023, #3DDesign, #FIFAMuseum #Hyundai
For those who missed our 2023 VEP event last month, we’ve got you covered! Courtesy of REMIX Summit, here's a live recording of the event for you to listen to at your own leisure: https://shorturl.at/lmw15
Another huge Grumpy thank you to the incredible panellists and the wonderful guests who came along, and made the night such a buzz!
#VEPSyd
We’re proud to share this special film we produced for our friends at Google Cloud — it’s a story about connectivity to people and place. Allow us to introduce the newest subsea cable in town: Topaz, the first-ever fibre cable connecting Canada and Asia. Check out the full video here: https://lnkd.in/gy6cV92V.
In reciprocity to the First Nation peoples of Tseshaht and Hupacasath, whose territory these subsea cables run through, we produced two additional short films documenting a snapshot of their lives. We are grateful and humbled to have had this opportunity, and encourage you all to watch these videos.
Tseshaht: https://lnkd.in/gjNa_g9f
Hupacasath: https://lnkd.in/g9r7vCKt
As always, a ship is nothing without its crew, so a huge thank you to our production partners Pink Buffalo Films and Mr+Positive Tokyo.
Why are we called Grumpy Sailor?
Ahoy there! The Grumps are back on deck, re-energised and ready to embark on a fabulous 2023. To kick off the year we thought we’d answer a question we’re often asked: Why are we called Grumpy Sailor? ⛵️
“When you try to go back to your earliest memory you usually go back to a sensation lost in time and space; the feel of snow on your face, the warmth of mum's embrace. The earliest memory for our founder was the rough wooden texture of a carved wooden sailor. We are named after that sailor as a reminder that if we can create something that someone can truly feel, then we can create something that someone will truly remember.”
#motiongraphics
With Santa's imminent arrival, we wanted to wish everyone a safe, happy and relaxing festive season. It has been another huge year, and we're incredibly proud of the work we have accomplished. We couldn't have done it without our superstar clients, collaborators and partners, so to you we say a huge THANK YOU ❤🤍. Looking forward to an even bigger 2023, boy-o-boy you should see what we've got in store 🐙!
Grumpy Inspo October 2022
What’s inspiring our work? October, 2022
Although Augmented Reality (AR) has been floating around for a while now, we’ll be honest — we haven’t actually tinkered with it all too often in our projects. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with app-based AR (they can offer delightful experiences), the need to install an app before engaging with the experience creates a barrier of entry that shatters an audience’s sense of immersion. This coupled with challenges rendering detailed graphics, is a significant consideration for designing immersive experiences.
However, developments in web-based AR opens the door to many new possibilities in creative experience design. It breaks down the barrier of entry by making the AR experience accessible from a mobile web browser (no need to download any apps) — the user simply scans a code that takes them to the AR experience on their phone’s browser. Admittedly, this process isn’t always quite as seamless as it sounds — web pages sometimes take ages to load, camera permissions stall the experience —
But the potential tech developments have our curly curiosity tentacles tingling.
Just last month, 8th wall introduced location-based WebAR experiences using Lightship Visual Positioning System, which allows AR content to be anchored to streetscapes, landmarks, parks, paths, and shopfronts around the world. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dYd9jbeF. This technology combined with the reduced barrier of entry for web-based AR is a fantastic development for creative experience design. The power to activate real-world environments in a seamless user experience of interactivity, immersion, and virtuality certainly rocks our Grumpy socks!
#design #technology
Bondi Story Room Behind the Scenes
Here at Grumps, we’re thrilled to be working with Waverley Council on the exciting revamped Bondi Pavilion which will open next month! We’ve created Bondi Story Room, an interactive digital exhibit which brings to life fascinating stories of Bondi’s past; chronicling significant people, milestones and events. We custom built an 8m x 3m infrared touch frame with bespoke programming to turn the wall into a high-res, super wide touchscreen. At 3 x 4k resolution and 8 channels of soundscape, it’s hands down the biggest seamless touchscreen we’ve ever created!
Shout outs to Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects for inviting us aboard, and the insanely talented Matt Tillman (@pixelninja.design on Insta) for your incredible work on the project!
#interactiondesign #immersiveexperience
Harrison.AI homepage animation
The Grumps were invited on board by our friends at Cocogun to help bring to life an awesome homepage animation for Harrison-AI. The dynamic scrollable video features 3D animation, live-action capture, and web parallax to present the collaborative power of human and artificial intelligence in changing the face of healthcare. Scroll through the experience for yourself on the website: https://harrison.ai/
#userexperience #creativetechnology #artificialintelligence
Some more inside footage from the lost world of 'Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs’. Currently open at Melbourne Museum! Walking through the heart of the forest, marvel at the creatures that shared the Earth with Horridus. Got too close? They might rush up to meet your gaze. Exquisitely crafted 3D animations bring the intricate insights of paleontologists to life, piece by piece. Walking up the stairs, a meteor flashes; Impact! Wiping out 75% of all life in a single moment, this is the cataclysmic event that changed the Earth forever. Enjoy! Better still, get down to Melbourne and see it for yourself. Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/3CwQkoL
#melbournemuseum #creativeexperience #melbourne #dinosaurs
All in a days work for team Grumps! Here you can see our dev team testing the use of large screens to throw different coloured lights from parts of the screen. With this, we were able to light up people’s faces and bodies to create visually interesting experiences for their Flip Book creations. This was part of our award winning experience, The Story of the Moving Image at ACMI.
See more here: https://grumpysailor.com/projects/acmi
#experience #creative #creativeexperience #award #awardwinning
This piece, titled 'Finding Light in the Dark' takes visitors through the emotional and cyclical journey of submission, fear, grief, rage and serenity in small 90 second vignettes experienced in the Cascade Female Factory, Tasmania. The vignettes follow the emotional journey of three women, showing snippets of their daily life juxtaposed with landscape shots focusing on the universality of experience.
Book your experience here: www.femalefactory.org.au
#experience #creative #creativeexperience
Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs was an absolute dream exhibition for us, because…well, who doesn’t want to work with dinosaurs!? The Grumpy team helped turn this traditional exhibit into a playground of light and sound, with over 40 audio channels mixed into a truly immersive soundscape. Working with the museum curators and other specialists, we had to check the animations were all scientifically accurate. So every dinosaur, leaf and even the bugs were rigorously scrutinised and refined. Whilst all along ensuring that Horridus was the star of the show. Take a closer look the next time you’re there!
Book your tickets here: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/tickets/melbournemuseum/whats-on/triceratops-fate-of-the-dinosaurs/
#creative #creativeexperience
