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Pilobolus

Andréa Philippon

Pilobolus

3D
Nature
Fantasy

These mushroom-related pieces are part of my latest experiments in creating unique mushroom species directly connected to real-world species.

I think mushrooms are often misliked; this is why I wanted to give them a second chance for you to fall in love with them by making them alive and cute!

As nature is the main inspiration in my work, I had to create something with mushrooms, which are vital for the health of ecosystems and the balance of nature.

And the icing on the cake: a lot of them are delicious!

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2023

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Andréa Philippon

Switzerland

After studying art and communication in Lausanne, Andréa Philippon works as a full-time freelance 3D designer. He draws inspiration from nature, plants, mushrooms, ceramics, and architecture, which he combines with a dedicated practice of personal photography: he enjoys going out to photograph whatever inspires him in the moment, particularly plants and flowers. His evolving series Digital Garden reflects this obsession with living things: through a procedural system, he creates constantly evolving digital specimens, combining digital proceduralism, photography, photogrammetry, and digital painting to blur the line between the scanned reality and the modeled imagination. He champions an organic, vibrant, and futuristic aesthetic, where each animation becomes a tribute to the energy and grace of nature.

His unique approach has led him to collaborate with artists such as David Guetta and Björk, notably on the music video and album trailer for Fossora, produced with the agency M/M Paris, as well as Black Coffee, and with prestigious brands including Adidas, Salomon, ESPN, PlayStation, Motorola, L'Occitane, Mulberry, and Zara Home. His works have been exhibited in Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, Barcelona, Copenhagen, and Kazan, notably at NFT Paris, the Constellations Festival in Metz, on the screens of ShibuyaTV in Tokyo, as well as at the Nur Festival in Kazan, Russia, at LYNfabrikken in Denmark, and at the Load Gallery in Barcelona. His work has also been featured in publications such as StirWorld, Visual Atelier 8, and Red Eye World, as well as in Valérie Belmokhtar’s book Au cœur du vivant.

Pilobolus

These mushroom-related pieces are part of my latest experiments in creating unique mushroom species directly connected to real-world species.

I think mushrooms are often misliked; this is why I wanted to give them a second chance for you to fall in love with them by making them alive and cute!

As nature is the main inspiration in my work, I had to create something with mushrooms, which are vital for the health of ecosystems and the balance of nature.

And the icing on the cake: a lot of them are delicious!

technique

format

portrait

duration

00:16

year

2023

Transport

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