Art Direction & Simulation · 2025
Symbiose
A single-speed bicycle deconstructed into three worlds—steel meets soil, silk and water.
- Year
- 2025
- Scope
- Art Direction, 3D & Simulation
- Status
- Self-initiated
- Duration
- 1 month
Project overview
The machine is taken apart. Each component enters a living system.
Symbiose deconstructs a single-speed bicycle into wheel, hub, crankset, saddle and frame—then places each part inside an environment built from organic simulation.
The challenge was to make steel feel alive without disguising its function. Every component had to remain recognizable while cloth, fibers and liquid changed the world around it.
Steel meets silk.
Cloth and iridescent metal
Neutral light holds the engineering detail while soft cloth moves through and around the components. Rigidity remains visible inside a weightless environment.
Precision enters the wild.
Hair and grass dynamics
The palette turns warm and physical. Wheel and hub are surrounded by moving fibers while their circular geometry remains intact.
The machine meets fluid.
Acid-green fluid simulation
The chainring enters a liquid environment. Its teeth, openings and metallic surface stay precise while the surrounding force becomes unstable.
Return
The bicycle reappears whole only at the end.
Project details
One bicycle, three palettes and three simulation systems.
- Project
- Symbiose
- Year
- 2025
- Created by
- Lamek
- Scope
- Art Direction, 3D & Simulation
- Status
- Self-initiated project
- Duration
- 1 month