After several years in development, PowerSEEDs are ready for purchase. The programmable solar-powered “In-Grade Dynamic Glow Sources” are produced exclusively by Organic Lighting Systems in Azusa, California. First implementations will be at the Fillmore Goldline station in Pasadena and at the new Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California.

PDF with technical specs:SpecsheetPS_OL1.0XS

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Nik shares his views on contemporary brand experiences in a cover interview in the leading Swiss trade magazine Expodata.

PDF, German language:
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“Between Grass & Sky: Rhythms of a Cowboy Poem” is Best of Category Award Winner at the 2010 Mountain Film Festival, the festival’s highest level of recognition. The film was produced in 2009 under the art direction of Nik Hafermaas as part of the exhibition “Between Grass and Sky” at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada. The five minute piece features three current-day cowboy poets reciting the poem “Grass” by Buck Ramsey in a non-traditional way: with unexpected cuts in mid-stanza between the poets in extreme close-ups with sweeping western landscapes the film leaves space to be “stitched together” in the viewer’s imagination. Superb cinematography, direction and flawless production by Jerry Dugan and his FLF Film team.

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Spent last week together with Art Center students Betsy Tsai and Michael Relth setting up both shows in Elko and in Reno. The 25′ lasso is my first piece in a museum. 

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Horse Power#57: an early morning conversation with Leilani Schweitzer of Twelve Horses about “Between Grass and Sky,” a collaborative exhibition which he designed for the Nevada Museum of Art and the Western Folklife Center. Nik also has a unique view of the United States and the west, particularly Nevada based both on the imagery and icons of western pop culture which he grew up watching on TV and in the movies and also his travels through the back roads of the state with his family.

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Tcho has opened a small temporary store at their location at Pier 17 on the Embarcadero. The main store that we are designing should open sometime next year but in the mean time, drop by and check them out and try their fantastic chocolate!  Click here for the Daily Candy posting.

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July 21, 2008

UeBERSEE to design Workspaces for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL)

This week Uebersee begins work with Jet Propulsion Labs to re-envision the way their New Missions team works. We will be developing office space concepts to maximize efficiency, collaboration, productivity, and to create an enjoyable, contemporary, and attractive working environment for this advanced team of space engineers. Stay tuned for updates.

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February 27, 2008

Speaking at the Olympic Forum in Beijing

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Nik has just returned from China after being invited to speak in front of the Olympic Committee in Bejing/ China to present ideas and concepts on how to extend the Olympic Idea past the games in 2008. What can be done with the individual developments and concepts that were created for the Olympic Games after the spectacle is over? This and many other questions were addressed by Nik during his presentation featuring Art Center College of Design and UeBERSEE’s capabilities to a worldwide audience.

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awards

INDEX Design Award Top Nominee 2007

The PowerPLANTs & PowerSEEDs project was honored by the judges of the prestigious INDEX design award as one of the Top Nominees during the 2007 design competition. It’s outstanding design concept along with the focus on creating a symbol for a community and communication was the deciding factor for the nomination. The judges were particularly impressed that the design concept revolved around the creation of harmony between nature and technology with PowerPLANTs and PowerSEEDs as solar powered illumination for public spaces. The PowerSEEDs and PowerPLANTs were incorporated in the three month long exhibition in Kopenhagen/ Denmark and are now being exhibited in the traveling show of the INDEX Design Award.

SPARK Award 2007

UeBERSEE received the Silver SPARK Award in the graphics category for the design conceived and produced for the OpenHouse Exhibition in Pasadena, California. The Jury was impressed by the unique typographic identity, which serves as a visual guide throughout the show. The idea of short and provocative statements, which directly address the audience and distill the main ideas of the architectural proposals, helping to appreciate the relevance of the different visionary concepts convinced the judges to recognize UeBERSEE’s work in this exhibition.

METROPOLIS – Next Generation Award 2007

Metropolis Magazine and its design competition – Next Generation – focused in 2007 on Energy & Sustainability and its application in the community and practical world. The PowerSEEDs design by UeBERSEE won over the judges with its practical application and ingenious concept of combining solar power and practical application as the runner-up design in the design competition. It was especially recognized for raising public awareness about renewable energy sources and blaze the trail for further positive innovations by demonstrating the possibilities of sustainable technologies. UeBERSEE and the PowerSEEDs design were featured in the May 2007 issue of METROPOLIS Magazine.

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January 13, 2008

willkommen to our new website

Long time in the making — finally up and running. Auf wiedersehen Flash, guten tag WordPress. Looks sweet on the iPhone and now even I can do the uploading. A huge Dankeschoen to Jamie for wrestling the code and for tweaking the template. Now back to the real work… Nik

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