People + Process

People + Process

A creative studio specialising in visual media design for live experiences

Who we work with

Since 2012, we’ve partnered with artists, directors, producers, brands, agencies and cultural organisations to create spectacular and meaningful audience experiences

We Work Across

Music & Live Shows

Concerts, tours, artist performances, immersive venues, alternative show

experiences.

Ceremonies & Broadcast

Opening ceremonies, televised events, sports entertainment, national moments, award shows.

Themed Entertainment

Nighttime spectaculars, theatre shows, parades, attractions, destination experiences.

Exhibitions & Culture

Museums, galleries, immersive exhibitions, light and art festivals, public installations.

Brands & Agencies

Launches, campaigns, experiential events and spatial storytelling.

Immersive Experiences

Permanent installations, pop-ups, interactive media and location-based entertainment.

Our Mission

Make Art, not content is our commitment to crafting beautiful visual experiences with depth, meaning, musicality and story.

We design with precision, artistry and innovation to create visual media that becomes integral to the spatial language of an experience – elevating big ideas, stories, music, performance and space.

Our Values

Passion

Passion is the foundation of everything we do. It motivates, energises and inspires our team, and resonates through the relationships we build with our clients, partners and collaborators.

Artistry

Artistry is our commitment to storytelling, craft, expression and innovation. It is the pursuit of work with depth, meaning, emotion and legacy.

Collaboration

We are your creative, design and technical partner, listening closely, shaping the vision together, and building a warm, positive, open and enjoyable process along the way.

Excellence

We pride ourselves on delivering a world-class service across every stage of production, with a meticulous process and a consistent drive for precision, detail, quality and care.

Our Process

We bring precision & intent across all 5 phases of our production process, working closely with you at every step of the way to discover, define and deliver the vision.

01—Discovery

Creative + Design

Defining the overall creative vision with concept and narrative studies, whilst considering the art direction - presented in a creative strategy deck with moodboards and concept art.

Technical

Understanding the technicalities with initial feasibility studies across workflow, hardware products and software to inform the possibilities and scope.

Production

Define the budget from a ballpark into a detailed quotation incorporating scheduling, scope, and terms, aligning all creative and technical workflow.

01—Discovery

Creative + Design

Defining the overall creative vision with concept and narrative studies, whilst considering the art direction - presented in a creative strategy deck with moodboards and concept art.

Technical

Understanding the technicalities with initial feasibility studies across workflow, hardware products and software to inform the possibilities and scope.

Production

Define the budget from a ballpark into a detailed quotation incorporating scheduling, scope, and terms, aligning all creative and technical workflow.

01—Discovery

Creative + Design

Defining the overall creative vision with concept and narrative studies, whilst considering the art direction - presented in a creative strategy deck with moodboards and concept art.

Technical

Understanding the technicalities with initial feasibility studies across workflow, hardware products and software to inform the possibilities and scope.

Production

Define the budget from a ballpark into a detailed quotation incorporating scheduling, scope, and terms, aligning all creative and technical workflow.

02—Development

Creative + Design

Refining the concept and narrative in detail whilst developing and defining the art & motion direction – presented within creative decks with further moodboards, concept art, storyboards.

Technical

Defining the workflow, pixel maps, projection studies, hardware scoping, pre-visualisation, prototyping.

Production

Refine and finalise budget and schedule if necessary. Full project set-up. Establish communication channels and production processes. Gather all assets and information from all parties and departments.

02—Development

Creative + Design

Refining the concept and narrative in detail whilst developing and defining the art & motion direction – presented within creative decks with further moodboards, concept art and storyboards.

Technical

Defining the workflow, pixel maps, projection studies, hardware scoping, pre-visualisation, prototyping.

Production

Refine and finalise budget and schedule if necessary. Full project set-up. Establish communication channels and production processes. Gather all assets and information from all parties and departments.

02—Development

Creative + Design

Refining the concept and narrative in detail whilst developing and defining the art & motion direction – presented within creative decks with further moodboards, concept art, storyboards.

Technical

Defining the workflow, pixel maps, projection studies, hardware scoping, pre-visualisation, prototyping.

Production

Refine and finalise budget and schedule if necessary. Full project set-up. Establish communication channels and production processes. Gather all assets and information from all parties and departments.

03—Design

Creative, Design + Motion

Concept and narrative locked off aside from incremental tweaks. Developing the art direction into technical design and developing animation tests - presented in multiple design decks for design sign-off before full creative production.

Technical

Workflow development and optimisation, render capacity and speed optimisations, testing in Pre-visualisation, technical animation tests, scaled prototyping.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels.

03—Design

Creative, Design + Motion

Concept and narrative locked off aside from incremental tweaks. Developing the art direction into technical design and developing animation tests - presented in multiple design decks for design sign-off before full creative production.

Technical

Workflow development and optimisation, render capacity and speed optimisations, testing in Pre-visualisation, technical animation tests, scaled prototyping.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels.

03—Design

Creative, Design + Motion

Concept and narrative locked off aside from incremental tweaks. Developing the art direction into technical design and developing animation tests - presented in multiple design decks for design sign-off before full creative production.

Technical

Workflow development and optimisation, render capacity and speed optimisations, testing in Pre-visualisation, technical animation tests, scaled prototyping.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels.

04—Production

Creative, Design + Motion

Full creative production delivered in multiple rounds of video reviews to gain sign-off ahead of delivery and rehearsals.

Technical

Workflow refinement and maintenance, render management, testing in Pre-visualisation, Quality control, delivery preparation, media server pre-programming.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels. Delivery and rehearsal preparation.

04—Production

Creative, Design + Motion

Full creative production delivered in multiple rounds of video reviews to gain sign-off ahead of delivery and rehearsals.

Technical

Workflow refinement and maintenance, render management, testing in Pre-visualisation, Quality control, delivery preparation, media server pre-programming.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels. Delivery and rehearsal preparation.

04—Production

Creative, Design + Motion

Full creative production delivered in multiple rounds of video reviews to gain sign-off ahead of delivery and rehearsals.

Technical

Workflow refinement and maintenance, render management, testing in Pre-visualisation, Quality control, delivery preparation, media server pre-programming.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels. Delivery and rehearsal preparation.

04—Production

Creative, Design + Motion

Full creative production delivered in multiple rounds of video reviews to gain sign-off ahead of delivery and rehearsals.

Technical

Workflow refinement and maintenance, render management, testing in Pre-visualisation, Quality control, delivery preparation, media server pre-programming.

Production

Ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery with regular meetings, structured communication and feedback channels. Delivery and rehearsal preparation.

05—Delivery

Creative, Design + Motion

Packaging up final files for rehearsals / on-site. Final tweaks on-site to adapt to final physical environments.

Technical

Render completion, file management, rehearsal/on-site workflow optimisation, on-site technical production, media server programming.

Production

On-site first point of contact for structured communication and ensuring final quality control.

05—Delivery

Creative, Design + Motion

Packaging up final files for rehearsals / on-site. Final tweaks on-site to adapt to final physical environments.

Technical

Render completion, file management, rehearsal/on-site workflow optimisation, on-site technical production, media server programming.

Production

On-site first point of contact for structured communication and ensuring final quality control.

05—Delivery

Creative, Design + Motion

Packaging up final files for rehearsals / on-site. Final tweaks on-site to adapt to final physical environments.

Technical

Render completion, file management, rehearsal/on-site workflow optimisation, on-site technical production, media server programming.

Production

On-site first point of contact for structured communication and ensuring final quality control.

05—Delivery

Creative, Design + Motion

Packaging up final files for rehearsals / on-site. Final tweaks on-site to adapt to final physical environments.

Technical

Render completion, file management, rehearsal/on-site workflow optimisation, on-site technical production, media server programming.

Production

On-site first point of contact for structured communication and ensuring final quality control.

Our Team

NorthHouse operates with a core internal team spanning creative, design, tech and production, supported by an extended network of trusted freelance specialists and suppliers.

Each project is led by a Senior Producer, Creative Lead and Tech Lead, and supported by a core leadership and management team - ensuring a clear, reliable framework throughout the journey.

The people who make this work are exceptional and we don't use that word lightly.

We operate with a core internal team spanning production, creative, design, motion & technology, supported by an extended network of technical suppliers & trusted freelance specialists.

Each project is led by a senior producer, working in close partnership with an Art Director/Creative Lead and a Technical Lead.

This core team is supported by an Executive Producer/Director, Motion Design Director, Technical Director & Operations Manager ensuring a clear, reliable framework 

& consistent delivery from concept through to completion.

  • Tom

    Founder & Exec. Producer / Director

    Tom

    Founder & Exec. Producer / Director

    Alice

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Alice

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Misaki

    Motion Designer

    Misaki

    Motion Designer

    Dana

    Creative Producer

    Dana

    Creative Producer

    Chris

    Motion Design Director

    Chris

    Motion Design Director

    Guy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Guy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Lydia

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Lydia

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Dan

    Motion Designer

    Dan

    Motion Designer

    Luke

    Senior Technical Artist

    Luke

    Senior Technical Artist

    Roxy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Roxy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Florian

    Lead Technical Artist

    Florian

    Lead Technical Artist

    Sarah

    Operations Manager

    Sarah

    Operations Manager

    Koro

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Koro

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Costanza

    Business & Marketing Assistant

    Costanza

    Business & Marketing Assistant

    Dan

    Senior Technical Artist

    Dan

    Senior Technical Artist

    Chris

    Creative Development Lead

    Chris

    Creative Development Lead

    Liam

    Motion Designer

    Liam

    Motion Designer

  • Tom

    Founder & Exec. Producer / Director

    Alice

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Misaki

    Motion Designer

    Dana

    Creative Producer

    Chris

    Motion Design Director

    Guy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Lydia

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Dan

    Motion Designer

    Luke

    Senior Technical Artist

    Roxy

    Art Director / Creative Lead

    Florian

    Lead Technical Artist

    Sarah

    Operations Manager

    Koro

    Senior Producer / Project Lead

    Costanza

    Business & Marketing Assistant

    Dan

    Senior Technical Artist

    Chris

    Creative Development Lead

    Liam

    Motion Designer

The NorthHouse Effect
2012
2012

Founded

25
25

Countries worked in

400+
400+

Projects delivered

Key Services
Visual Design + Media
Screen + Projection Media
Motion Design
Show & Stage Design
Animation
Video Design
Show & Stage Design
Architectural Projection Mapping
Broadcast Graphics
Show & Stage Design
Real-time + Interactive Media
Live Camera FX
Creative Development
Creative Strategy
Concept Development
Concept Development
Narrative Studies
Visual Language
Visual Language
Moodboards
Moodboards
Styleframes
Pitch Support
Early Creative Direction
Experience + Show Design
Show Concept Development
Physical + Digital Integration
Physical + Digital Integration
Spatial Design
Stage + Scenic Design
Physical + Digital Integration
Lighting + Media Integration
Performance Visualisation
Performance Visualisation
Audience Journey
Audience Journey
Technical Production
Previsualisation
Pixel Mapping
Audience Journey
3D Scanning
Projection Studies
Audience Journey
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Media Server Programming
Technical Delivery
Key Services
Visual Design + Media
Visual Design + Media
Screen + Projection Media
Motion Design
Animation
Video Design
Architectural Projection Mapping
Broadcast Graphics
Real-time + Interactive Media
Live Camera FX
Technical Integration
Creative Development
Creative Strategy
Concept Development
Concept Development
Narrative Studies
Visual Language
Visual Language
Moodboards
Moodboards
Styleframes
Pitch Support
Early Creative Direction
Early Creative Direction
Experience + Show Design
Show Concept Development
Show Concept Development
Physical + Digital Integration
Spatial Design
Stage + Scenic Design
Lighting + Media Integration
Performance Visualisation
Audience Journey
Audience Journey
Technical Production
Previsualisation
Previsualisation
Pixel Mapping
3D Scanning
Projection Studies
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Media Server Programming
Technical Delivery
Key Services
Visual Design + Media
Screen + Projection Media
Motion Design
Show & Stage Design
Animation
Video Design
Show & Stage Design
Architectural Projection Mapping
Broadcast Graphics
Show & Stage Design
Real-time + Interactive Media
Live Camera FX
Creative Development
Creative Strategy
Concept Development
Concept Development
Narrative Studies
Visual Language
Visual Language
Moodboards
Moodboards
Styleframes
Pitch Support
Early Creative Direction
Experience + Show Design
Show Concept Development
Physical + Digital Integration
Physical + Digital Integration
Spatial Design
Stage + Scenic Design
Physical + Digital Integration
Lighting + Media Integration
Performance Visualisation
Performance Visualisation
Audience Journey
Audience Journey
Technical Production
Previsualisation
Pixel Mapping
Audience Journey
3D Scanning
Projection Studies
Audience Journey
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Media Server Programming
Technical Delivery
Key Services
Visual Design + Media
Screen + Projection Media
Motion Design
Animation
Video Design
Architectural Projection Mapping
Broadcast Graphics
Real-time + Interactive Media
Technical Integration
Creative Strategy
Concept Development
Concept Development
Narrative Studies
Visual Language
Visual Language
Moodboards
Moodboards
Styleframes
Pitch Support
Early Creative Direction
Experience + Show Design
Show Concept Development
Physical + Digital Integration
Spatial Design
Stage + Scenic Design
Lighting + Media Integration
Performance Visualisation
Audience Journey
Audience Journey
Technical Production
Previsualisation
Pixel Mapping
3D Scanning
Projection Studies
Real-time Workflows
Real-time Workflows
Media Server Programming
Technical Delivery

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