"I set out to create a world that felt alive—warm, honest, and impossible to ignore. "
This is a story about bees, balance, and doing better. We set out to create a world that felt alive—warm, honest, and impossible to ignore. The minimalist 3D art wasn’t about chasing trends; it was about connection. Every frame pulled people into something real: a simple truth wrapped in wildflowers and buzzing life—we can’t thrive without nature, and nature can’t thrive without care.
Comissioned Work | Mother Nature | 2021 | Creative Direction & Artist
A love letter to bees and the ecosystems that keep us alive.
Then the plan changed. A supply shortage derailed production, and new stakeholders took it in another direction.
This started as a commercial campaign with a clear message: sustainability isn’t optional. Then the plan changed. A supply shortage derailed production, and new stakeholders took it in another direction.

So I made a choice. Instead of letting this work disappear, we rewrote the story. We removed the product, kept the purpose, and gave it away—to nonprofits fighting for bee conservation. Not as a salvage effort, but as a statement: art should do more than sell. It should stand for something.

What came out of it? A love letter to bees and the ecosystems that keep us alive. No logos, no sales pitch—just something real, built to last.
What do you do with a project that never runs? You give it to someone who needs it. Born from bees and wildflowers, this became a buzzing call to action.

No brands. No fine print. Just a piece of art with a purpose, in the hands of those making change.
Creative Direction:
Christian Zschunke, Saskia Kretzschmann

Artists:
Christian Zschunke, Sakia Kretzschmann, Philipp Brates,
Quinten Delahaye, Anne Dolkemeyer, Norman Struwe

Producer:
Jan Birkenbach, Markus Trautmann
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ZDF
2025 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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BUZZ FOR BEES
2021 | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
ZEISS → SMILE
2023 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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NOISES
2024 | experimental work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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MERCEDES → MB.OS
2023 | comissioned work
Mercedes-Benz needed a bold visual identity to unveil MB.OS. We crafted a striking series of animations that turned abstract concepts into a tangible, immersive story. By blending digital and physical elements, we made the technology feel intuitive, elegant, and alive.
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EUCERIN → MOA
2023 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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EUCERIN → MOA
2024 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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MICROSOFT → CHANGE
2019 | comissioned work
Life is full of changes—some we choose, some we don’t. When Microsoft approached me to help communicate the transition from Wunderlist to ToDo, I created a heartfelt story about a family navigating change. The result was a charming, relatable message that reframed uncertainty as a chance for growth.
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ROWA → EP25+
2020 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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BUZZ FOR BEES
2021 | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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BMFI → HELFENDE HAND
2016 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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MICROSOFT → TODO
2019| comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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SLICES
ongoing | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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WALTERKNOLL → SHERU
2020 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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XOTQ
ongoing | self intiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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PITCH → HOW TO PITCH
2020 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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VODAFONE → ZOOZOOS
2024 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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LIBRARY OF EMOTIONS
ongoing | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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SOON
2025 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
ZDF
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DREAMSCAPE
2022 | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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GARY & CLAIRE
2018 | self initiated work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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EHEROES
2018 | comissioned work
Beauty is deeply personal, yet there’s something about it that brings us together. We all respond to it, even if we can’t explain why. That’s the idea behind this temporal sculpture created with Zeiss.
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Philosophy
Creative work isn't about sounding smart. It's not about chasing whatever's trending or performing genius for people who aren't paying attention anyway.

It's about saying something real, in a way that actually lands.

Collaboration is harder than people admit. It means bringing your actual ideas to the table, not the polished version you think people want to hear. It means asking dumb questions. It means ego is the enemy — not in a poster-quote way, but in a practical, this-project-is-going-to-suffer way.

Mistakes aren't failures. I know that's become a cliché, but it's still true. Some of the best decisions I've made started as accidents I didn't want to admit to.
The imperfections aren't the thing you fix before you ship — sometimes they're the whole point.

If something doesn't serve the idea, cut it. Doesn't matter how long it took or how clever it is. The work should feel inevitable, not assembled.

Curiosity is the only thing that keeps this from getting stale. The moment I think I've figured out how to do something, the work starts to die a little. Standing still feels safe. It isn't.

If we're not enjoying it at least some of the time, something's wrong — with the brief, the process, or both. Worth finding out which.