work

Pierre Thirion is a senior creative technologist and developer based in Montreal.

Senior Creative Technologist with 15 years of experience in using tech as a vector for meaning, wonder and connection.

 
 

Recent Projects

Storyhub

A Better World

A Discard Study

A selection of projects done at Daily tous les jours over the past 10 years:

 

We Can Dance (2021)
💃 a collaborative pop-up dance studio for city walls

My role: concept and design development, programming (openFrameworks/C++, JavaScript), installation

La Montée (2021)
🌊 a permanent immersive light installation featuring up-cycled plastic

My role: design development, prototyping, technological direction, DMX programming, installation

Proud Colors (2020)
⚙️ a procedural generator of imaginary flags

My role: concept and design development, programming (Processing/Java) of generative software outputting vector files

Score! (2018)
🏃🏻 a game about games

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, software prototyping, technological direction, programming (Processing/Java) of CV-based software

307 (2018)
🤔 a participatory pop-up space to facilitate dialog between citizens and a urban developer

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, art direction, prototyping, programming (Processing/Java), integration, monitoring

Where Montreal Began (2017)
🏛 a permanent archaeology exhibition telling the story of a city's uncertain beginnings

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, prototyping, 3D scanning of actors in costumes, programming (Processing/Java), multimedia direction of a Unity-based touchscreen exhibit, integration, troubleshooting

The Smart City Game (2017)
🎱 a collaborative large-scale game about Montreal's urban innovations

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, prototyping, storyboarding, art direction

Hello Trees (2016)
🌳 a calm-inducing path fostering connections between humans and trees

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, software prototyping

littleBits Store (2015)
💪 a pop-up store/lab to empower people with using technology

My role: concept and experience design development, design and production of electronic inventions, assembly, installation, technical documentation

Coloriage (2014)
🎨 a light-based colouring machine for children with disabilities

My role: concept development, interaction design, prototyping


Knock Stop Music (2015)
🚦musical traffic lights connecting both sides of a street

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, prototyping, programming (openFrameworks/C++)

Choreographies for Humans and Stars (2013)
💫 an installation for people to move like celestial bodies

My role: concept and design development, interaction design, software prototyping (openFrameworks/C++), design and facilitation of creative workshops for children, video production


and countless prototypes — involving high and low-tech — to feed the creative process:

All images above © Daily tous les jours except mentioned otherwise

 

Below is a selection of more personal works, either self-initiated or commissioned:

Unity demos

The Secret Social Life of Artworks

Appel d’Air

RORRIM

Blink

Stop-iT

Dérive

Kaiju

bikePlayer

Bye Bye Nico