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Hero Project

Defining Uber’s Global First Impression

Client

Uber

Challenge

In the midst of enterprise-scale change, Uber wanted to utilize their new global campus as a high-value setting to galvanize the company’s mission and culture, and help employees connect their contributions to positive, real-world impact.

Opportunity

Unite and align teams by creating a connected, interactive experience inside Uber’s new global headquarters—in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Bay district and strategic locations around the world. Foreground the company’s mission to “ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion.“
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Wide angle of office with overhead light tubes and tubes behind front desk
Audience Impact
# Avg Daily Visitors
3500
Spatial Impact
Square Footage
6000 Sq Ft across 3 Locations
Global Impact
Company Size
29,300 FTEs
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Grounding a Concept in Motion

The Stream presents Uber’s most important stories, translating the company’s activities and data sets into beams of light in motion—traveling from high up within the building, assembling into new forms that culminate as impactful narratives at the primary entrance.
Animation of small white lights moving horizontally across black canvas
Elevation view of light tubes with abstract white content
Woman walking past front desk with welcome message on light tubes

Powering Every Design Decision

To convey the refreshed vision of Uber and to solidify its position at the helm of transportation, we worked directly with cross-functional stakeholders to identify messages that would resonate. We developed a robust framework that outlined key audience types, design considerations, experience arcs and behaviors, and the overarching content strategy that led us into design concepting.
Graphic of city names in white text on black background with arrows in between names
Video cycling through imagery from NYC
Axonometric drawing of light tubes
Abstract green visual of blurred vertical lines
Woman approaching large square screen with light tubes overhead, abstracting the content on the screen
We’ve worked with HUSH for several years, culminating in our biggest endeavor to date at our global HQ in the Bay Area. Working with their team between NYC and San Francisco (where we’re based) was seamless. They know personal relationships matter and are at the heart of every creative endeavor. They spend quality time to get to know everyone and work intimately to ensure collaborative success.
Nikolai Cornell
Uber, Design Manager of Brand Experience
We hope that, with this installation, employees will want to be in the office and want to have in-person collaboration and really feel connected, not just to the work that they’re doing, but to the overall mission statement of the company.
Tracie Kelly
Uber, Director of Corporate Real Estate & Workplace
Combining bespoke lighting and sound design, as well as interactive content, The Stream translates the company’s mission into a dynamic ‘experience’ aimed to focus and motivate employees, guests, and partners.
Surface Magazine
Render of people talking at front desk, with light tubes behind with text "Uber Air" running across it
Render of woman walking towards square high-resolution screen, with light tubes overhead. City names in white text on a black background are running across the screen and tubes
Overhead angle of light tubes behind front desk with black and white abstract content running horizontally
Abstract visual of rounded white lines moving up the black background
Animation of airport codes moving onto screen from right and moving left segmented
Flythrough render showing content moving through light tubes behind front desk and overhead
People talking at front desk with text "They Didn't" and spots of color on light tubes
Photograph of person standing at high-resolution square screen with abstract color visuals on it and running to overhead light tubes
Angle view towards front desk with red-orange abstract content playing on light tubes behind desk and on overhead structure

Scaling Across the World

The Stream’s physical hardware and front-end visualization systems were designed for productization, modularity, and scalability. Following the deployment of The Stream in San Francisco, we scaled the work to Uber talent hubs in Dallas, Amsterdam, Chicago, and Mexico City. This system allows operations teams in Uber’s headquarters to distribute and evolve core storytelling across offices in real-time, encouraging a deep connection between global employees and the universal brand mission.
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View of high-resolution screen wrapping around corner playing white text of city names on black background on black wall
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People in a dark space in front of digital surface that has thin green lines running across it.

Client Project

Designing Nike’s Speed-Inspired Camp Victory

Client

Nike

Challenge

In anticipation of the Olympics, Nike wanted to create a large-scale brand experience to engage a diverse community of fans, athletes, and media reporters at running’s epicenter in Eugene, Oregon, also known as Track Town, USA.

Opportunity

Develop an immersive, speed-inspired playground that embraces competition, sensory experiences, and technological greatness to reinforce Nike as the leader of sport while generating excitement, participation, and publicity on the eve of the Olympics.
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