Product CGI & Animation · 2024

DellHub

Premium product visualization developed through animation, material precision and controlled motion.

Client
Dell
Year
2024
Role
3D Animation & Look Development
With
State Design
Dell Hub resting on a pale circular material platform

Technical precision, restrained motion and photoreal materials—built to hold up at every angle.

The campaign had to communicate seamless cable management and a minimalist footprint without turning utility into visual noise.

Look development focused on the hub’s premium surfaces and interfaces. Motion used circles, arrays and controlled repetition to make the product system feel clear and intentional.

Top-down Dell Hub centered within translucent circular graphics
Visual systemProduct · Geometry · Restraint
01

A quieter desktop.

Minimal footprint

The hub is shown as part of the workspace rather than an accessory added to it. Circular stages and pale materials keep the compositions calm and legible.

Dell laptop hovering over a pale cork and white circular platform
Workspace study01
Dell Hub with a single cable on a reflective circular platform
Cable management02
02

Precision at every angle.

Look development

Every surface, port and transition needed enough material definition to survive close inspection while remaining understated.

Macro view of the Dell Hub side ports and brushed dark finish
Port detail01
Three-quarter macro view of the Dell Hub ports and textured surface
Material definition02
Wide close-up of the Dell Hub rear connection panel
Interface03
Side close-up of the Dell Hub USB and display connections
Connectivity04
Macro view of a connector aligned with a Dell laptop port
Connection detail05
03

One product. One connected system.

Product language

The laptop, hub and connection points are treated as a single visual system. Scale changes, but the same clean geometry holds the sequence together.

Top-down Dell laptop and hub surrounded by a radial field of connectivity icons
Connected systemOverview
Dell laptop suspended inside a white concentric tunnel
Product reveal01
Close-up of a Dell laptop keyboard and screen in dark light
Laptop detail02
04

Product choreography without excess.

Animation direction

Arrays, reveals and controlled repetition create movement around the hardware while keeping the product itself precise and readable.

Abstract dark architectural field built from repeated Dell laptop forms
Motion architectureSequence opening
Dell laptops and hubs arranged in a cinematic product array
Product array01
Closer view of Dell hubs and laptops arranged across a dark surface
Array detail02
A large repeating field of open Dell laptops and hubs in a dark environment
Final fieldScale · Rhythm · Repetition

A premium product story built through material, motion and restraint.

Project
Dell Hub
Client
Dell
Year
2024
Role
3D Animation & Look Development
Collaboration
State Design
Duration
2 months

Commercial work produced for Dell in collaboration with State Design.