Bus Group

bus.group is a creative studio specialising in directing and producing brand-sensitive images and narratives for industry leaders, luxury brands and cultural projects. The studio transforms ideas and products into contemporary visual experiences through design-driven exploration.

Address

bus.group
Ritterstraße 2
10969 Berlin

Instagram

@bus.group

Selected Clients

Apple, Art Basel, Away, Babor, Balenciaga, Cartier, Dell, Ferragamo, Instagram, Maison Margiela, Maybach, Mercedes Benz, MCM, Nike, Porsche, Rimowa, Renault, Sotheby's, Visa, Woolmark.

Work with us

We are looking to expand our team via project-based freelance roles and dedicated full-time positions. Please send your application (portfolio, cover letter and resume) to jobs@bus.group with the respective role included as subject header. Please note, we can’t reply to every application. Thanks for your understanding. Current opportunities can be found below. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

  • Art Director

    We have an opening for a full-time role. Long-term experience in Cinema 4D and/or Houdini, Redshift/Octane is required. Skills in tools such as ComfyUI, Marvelous, Unreal etc. are a plus.

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Spring bloom explorations

We collaborated closely with the Mercedes-Benz design team to develop in-store visuals for each of their sub-brands — Mercedes-Benz AG, Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes-AMG — each tailored to express its unique design.

For Mercedes Maybach, we brought their signature pattern into motion with a fluid liquid rose gold animation.

bus.group directed and produced a series of evocative vignettes for the launch of a champagne-vodka brand. Drawing from the brand’s distinctive mood worlds — ranging from hazy and mystical to sharp and opulent — the animations evoke a hazy, sensual experience, offering snapshots reminiscent of fragmented late-night memories.

Mirage à trois

CGI and 3D animation for a product exhibition by Cartier.

Selecting a trio of pieces from their collection, the luxury label have crafted ‘Wildlife’, ‘Mineral’ and ‘Cultural’ worlds to highlight the particularities, suppleness and savoir-faire of Cartier. bus.group were asked to envelop the three ‘hub’ spaces with accompanying 3D animations that would highlight the technicity of selected pieces as emotional extensions to their product environments.

Is vodka a carb?

Direction and production of a concept film by the House of Carbonadi.

Carbonadi revitalises the process of spirit production in its unique integration of the black diamond. Passed through 2,000 carats of ‘carbonados’, the processes removes impurities that standard filtration methods cannot to produce a supremely clean spirit. bus.group produced and directed a short film that illuminates Carbonadi’s vision, revealing its conceptual craft via a study of textures and crawling sequences.

We collaborated closely with the Mercedes-Benz design team to develop in-store visuals for each of their sub-brands — Mercedes-Benz AG, Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes-AMG — each tailored to express its unique design.

For Mercedes-Benz, we created a fluid cloth animation in high-gloss chrome – evoking effortless sophistication and the brand’s modern interpretation of luxury.

A3 Festival 2024

A3 Festival commissioned bus.group to direct and produce the launch TVC and social media visual assets to promote its 2024 edition, centered around the themes of enlightenment and sensory stimulation. At the core of the project is a speculative A3 amulet, designed and animated to embody the harmony between audio, visual, and spatial disciplines. The video showcases a humanoid character whose interaction with the amulet represents a transformative sensory experience.

We collaborated closely with the Mercedes-Benz design team to develop in-store visuals for each of their sub-brands — Mercedes-Benz AG, Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes-AMG — each tailored to express its unique design.

For Mercedes-Benz, we sculpted glass-like structures into motion to form the brand’s iconic logo.

Maybach Atelier Shanghai

We developed digital dreamscapes for the Maybach Atelier Shanghai to create an exclusive luxury experience far beyond a typical dealership. The world's first Maybach Flagship store is fully outfitted with screens that seamlessly integrate our animations into the space. Running continuously, the visuals transition through dynamic landscapes reflecting the passage of day and night. Interspersed throughout are short, captivating moments—floating pieces of cloth, mushrooms growing, or abstract liquid formations of color coatings—that bring an additional layer of surprise and artistry to the immersive experience.

A3 Festival 2024

A3 Festival commissioned bus.group to direct and produce the launch TVC and social media visual assets to promote its 2024 edition, centered around the themes of enlightenment and sensory stimulation. At the core of the project is a speculative A3 amulet, designed and animated to embody the harmony between audio, visual, and spatial disciplines. The video showcases a humanoid character whose interaction with the amulet represents a transformative sensory experience.

We collaborated closely with the Mercedes-Benz design team to develop in-store visuals for each of their sub-brands — Mercedes-Benz AG, Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes-AMG — each tailored to express its unique design.

For AMG's performance luxury, fluid carbon lines meet bold highlights.

Bucherer X Sotheby’s

In Summer 2023 Bucherer joined forces with Sotheby’s to launch a new retail space in the heart of Zurich. bus.group was invited to develop a launch campaign which draws customers into the new space whilst promoting the rare items found within. In response, we developed a series featuring precious materials (such as silk or diamonds) simulating the iconic shape of the brand's most sought-after products.

A3 Festival 2024

A3 Festival commissioned bus.group to direct and produce the launch TVC and social media visual assets to promote its 2024 edition, centered around the themes of enlightenment and sensory stimulation. At the core of the project is a speculative A3 amulet, designed and animated to embody the harmony between audio, visual, and spatial disciplines. The video showcases a humanoid character whose interaction with the amulet represents a transformative sensory experience.

Tuning (back) up

CGI and 3D animation for the 2022 edition of PITCH.

After an extended period of distance between bodies and movement, bus.group were asked to create visuals for the returning music and arts festival in Victoria, Australia. We worked with PITCH to produce a playful 3D-driven film that combines surreal materialities against minimalist studio environments.

"Bringing together a community of like-minded individuals for our fifth edition, we welcome you back to the tranquil Grampian plains for an aural experience of electronic music and an assembly of visual delights."

ICONICALLY EMO

bus.group has created a painfully sharp animation announcing Anne Imhof’s 2023 solo exhibition at Sprüth Magers titled EMO. We’ve deconstructed Zak Group’s typeface into metal shards and tossed them around before we let them galvanize into 100% emotionally stable words again.

Lid it, bid it, try it, buy it

CGI and 3D animation for the launch of JOOPITER, a new auction house for today's collectors.

For the launch of JOOPITER and the invitation for Pharrell Williams’ "Son of a Pharaoh" auction in SoHo (NYC), bus.group created a set of digital card tricks with a smokey sleight of hand.

Fang Gang CGI for the fourth album by Post Malone, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’.Released last Friday via Republic Records, the rapper and singer finds darker introspection in his latest LP. Across the fourteen-track record, Post Malone battles with depression, addiction and the gleeful lows of fame. In collaboration with PlayLab, bus.group have gnawed typography into the album’s visual accompaniment.

bus.group animated the logo for Beyond Noise, a contemporary magazine that redefines traditional women's magazines with diverse content beyond fashion and beauty.

Beethoven’s gemstone

CGI and 3D animation for the visual framework of Musikfest Berlin.

During the Beethoven jubilee year, the month-long programme pulls together instrumental and vocal ensembles as part of its orchestral festival for the music of our times. For the 2020 edition, bus.group developed a trail of 3D imagery that encrusted rock around its rhythm.

Sanofi

bus.group created a series of animations of Sanofi's logo, as a core element of the brands corporate identity.

Two becomes one

CGI and 3D animation for the rebranding of Siematic.

The lifestyle and kitchen company introduces a new signet in their move toward a new audience of cooking. bus.group have developed a series of 3D films to introduce the logomark, visualised within fluid and metallic environments.