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Bio

Welcome to xoPlanet, a blog exploring future scenarios and emerging technologies with practical experiments and tips and tricks. Through curiosity, I’m inspired by the study of distant exoplanets through lenses and technological achievements. This space is for sharing insights on what I think shapes us today and in the future (and a bunch of less grand things).

About me

(It’s in third person, so it’s easy to copy paste)

Nikolaj Stausbøl is an immersive storyteller who uses code, physical components and emerging technologies to change people through experiences. He usually collaborate directly with directors and writers on projects that range between the playful and childish and the controversial and thought provoking. The goal in his work is to integrate technologies so well you don’t notice it. A balancing act of code, timing and design.

He’s also a Partner and Creative Technology Director at Manyone – The global strategy-design consultancy shaping everything that’s next with clarity, creativity and conviction.

Contact on LinkedIn.

Exhibitions & Installations

2022 Royal Chambers by Wang & Söderströminter.pblc, Copenhagen Denmark

2021 End of Night by Makropol @ La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Film Festival), Venice Italy

2020 Silent Zone – Echo Chamber by Louise Alenius & Tue Biering @ Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen Denmark
2020 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ Teatret Svalegangen, Aarhus Denmark
2020 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ MICAM, Milano Italy

2019 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ United Nations Climate Assembly, Nairobi Kenya
2019 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ Qatar Muesums Gallery – Al Riwaq, Qatar
2019 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ MAGIC, Las Vegas US

2018 X-Ray Fashion by MANND @ La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Film Festival), Venice Italy

2017 Anthropia by Makropol @ Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen Denmark
2017 AR Fashion Show by WeAreTheFaces @ Copenhagen Fashion Week, Copenhagen Denmark
2017 Traverse by Makropol @ Click Festival, Helsingør Denmark

2016 Ewa, Out of body by Makropol @ IMDb, Helsingør Denmark (1, 2)

Teaching

2024 Development Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Lyon France

2023 Interaction Design & Virtual Reality @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark
2023 Prototyping Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Leipzig Germany
2023 Development Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Lyon France

2022 Interaction Design & Virtual Reality @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark
2022 Prototyping Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Leipzig Germany
2022 Development Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Lyon France

2021 Interaction Design & Virtual Reality @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark
2021 Prototyping Lab @ European Creators Lab (EUCL), Leipzig Germany

2020 Interaction Design & Virtual Reality @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark

2019 Interaction Design & Virtual Reality @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark
2019 Virtual Reality for kids @ Coding Pirates, Lyngby Denmark

2018 Interaction Design @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark

2017 Interaction Design @ DMJX, Copenhagen Denmark

Talks

2022 “Metaverse: Strategic creativity in a chaotic world” @ SXSW, Austin US
2020 @ CopenX, Copenhagen Denmark
2019 @ CopenX, Copenhagen Denmark
2019 @ NextM / GroupM

Consulting work

Manyone (Current, since 2019) – Creative Technology, XR, VR, AI, Public speaking

Molamil (Since 2011. Acquired by Manyone) – UX, Frontend, Creative Technology