Spectacular Studio’s: Six n Five
By: Charlie Ellis
Tags: Graphic Design, Instagram, Digital Illustration, Spain, 3d Design

Spanish contemporary design studio, Six N. Five, is one of the biggest contributors of inspiration for not only my personal work but hundreds of other similarly minded designers across the world. It’s one of the best-known studios in the 3D world, creating some of the most aesthetic design work you’ve ever seen in your life. Sorry if I ramble on a bit too enthusiastically later in this article, I can’t help it!

How did I find them?

Back in October 2018, I became more and more interested in the incredibly diverse world of Art and Set direction, but more specifically I focused on ‘Still life’ designs. Still-life to me at the time just meant arranging fruit, as well as other inanimate objects, on a table with some interesting light and soft pastel colours. Sound boring to you? It certainly did to me!

While aimlessly searching on Behance, as I quite often do, I stumbled across an advert for Rimowa (A very high quality, premium luggage brand) which showed a suitcase placed centrally in this Greek style room. I clicked on that image, and from then on, I could not stop looking at the incredible work of Six N. Five.

Still frame from the Rimowa project

So, who are they?

Established back in 2014 by Ezequiel Pini and Andy Reisinger in Barcelona, Six N. Five has become a huge name in the design industry. Pini studied Graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, he went on to become the Art Director of Serial Cut in 2013, and left in 2014 to form Six N. Five. Reisinger mentioned in an interview with LustNation (link to the full interview at the end of the article, great read!) that he started working with digital art at the age of fourteen, and he experimented with Photoshop and finally settled on 3D digital art when it became more easily accessible.

They worked together on small projects in Madrid and moved back to Buenos Aires where they started Six N Five. The studio grew incredibly quickly, and they decided to move their operations to Barcelona to help combat the demand of clients from Europe. Apart from working on both general advertising and editorial commissions, Pini and Reisinger also take the time to create some experimental work, can be seen on their Instagram, which pushes the boundaries of what I thought 3D design could do.

Six N Five’s work is recognisable all over the world, and they have designed for the biggest in the business. I mean when you have worked with Microsoft, Nike, Givenchy, Samsung, MAM, etc.. you know you’re something special! The studio’s dreamlike aesthetic of abstract architectural compositions, mixing with soft hues and symbolic objects has influenced a whole new genre in digital art direction, which has taken over the 3D design seen on Instagram.

Project Examples

One of my all-time favourite projects created by Six N Five is called ‘Social Workout’. This project tried to show how technology has taken over Social media, and how it has influenced people’s workout routines.

Not much is said behind the intention of the project, but in an interview with Trendland, Ezequiel Pini gave a small explanation of the basic premise of the series. In the interview, he said he’d “thought about the similarities and behaviours between our social media profiles and the people who go to the gym to work out”. This series of images was created to illustrate how social media has not only taken over our digital appearance but also our physical appearance as more and more people are seeing the benefits of working out regularly. He also mentioned that “social media bots to grow our profiles would be something like nutrition supplements”, almost as if people were “drinking their Follower Gainer protein shake”.

The attention to detail in the images is absolutely immense, and the overall creativity and playfulness is fantastic too! I love the use of light throughout the series, and it always amazes me how they get their images to look this realistic!