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 & Söderström @ inter.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