01Spatial Identity

Aurora

A living identity that breathes with light.

Aurora — Spatial Identity
Overview

Lumen came to us with a question instead of a brief: what does a brand look like when it is made of light, not ink? We answered with a spatial identity system — a real-time, GPU-driven mark that reacts to sound, cursor and time of day.

Every surface of the experience is procedural. No two visitors see the same Aurora, and yet it is unmistakably one brand. We built a custom shading pipeline, a motion grammar for the logo, and a editorial site that lets the work breathe.

Client
Lumen
Year
2025
Role
Creative Direction · WebGL · Motion
Services
Creative Direction
Brand Identity
Real-time WebGL
Motion Design
Art Direction

Timeline

14 weeks

Awards

FWA · Awwwards SOTD

Discipline

Spatial Identity

A living identity that breathes with light.

Real-time identity surface — GPU shading pipeline.
01Real-time identity surface — GPU shading pipeline.
Logo motion grammar.
02Logo motion grammar.
Editorial type system.
03Editorial type system.
Launch film — frame study.
04Launch film — frame study.
Credits
Creative DirectionAURUM
WebGL EngineeringM. Halvorsen
Motion DesignI. Castellanos
Sound DesignField Rec.