About
Interactive environments and experiences that connect and engage people in the real world.
Tangible Interaction creates sensory installations where people participation is key. Our work taps into some of the most basic human instincts – to play, explore and to be entertained. It also generates talk value through a shared experience.
Tangible is led by owner and Creative Director, Alex Beim. Our team is a diverse mix of talent spanning graphic, industrial and audio design as well as programming, electronics engineering and production.
The Tangible studio was established in 2006 and since then we’ve produced branded interactive experiences for companies including Ford, Verizon, ESPN, Heineken, Samsung, Nokia, Adidas and MTV. In the entertainment sector, we've collaborated with Blue Man Group, Sensation White, Arcade Fire, Green Day, Coldplay and Chemical Brothers.
Tangible also creates public artworks. CODE Live (2010 Winter Olympic Games), City of Turin, the Vancouver Aquarium, Siggraph, Cine Kid and Illuminate Yaletown are just some of the clients and venues we’ve produced installations for.
Our range of experiential products is available for rent or long-term licensing. It currently includes the Digital Graffiti Wall, Zygote Balls, Social Media Portal, Photo Brand Mosaic and Twitter Photo Mosaic.
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we operate globally. Tangible Interaction also has partner companies in Holland, Italy and Puerto Rico.
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PixMob Zygotes for Arcade Fire
Topping off an incredible headline performance by Arcade Fire at the 2011 Coachella festival, 1200 beach ball sized LED orbs rained down on the…
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Kickups Game & DJ Mosaic for MTV Spring Break
In March 2012, Best Events LA invited Tangible back to Vegas for MTV's annual Spring Break event. The live for TV party at the Palms Casino…
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Digital Graffiti Wall for Chanel, NY
Working with Apologue Studio out of LA, Tangible created two, custom twenty feet digital graffiti art walls running along Wooster and Spring…
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Zygotes for Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group combine comedy, music and multimedia theatrics. To date, more than 17 million people across the globe have experienced the…
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Voice it Table & LED Chandelier
Working with architectural consultants, Cause+Affect, Tangible conceived, produced and installed a technically complex interactive artwork…
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Multitouch Digital Graffiti for Ford
To help launch the new 2011 Fiesta, Imagination asked Tangible to customize our Digital Graffiti application for Ford. Three 65″ LCD screens…
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BC Pavilion Digital Media Room
For the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, Tangible was asked to curate the Digital Media Room in the BC Pavilion at the Vancouver Art…
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Jelly Swarm
Jelly Swarm is an interactive art installation inspired by the luminescent jellies found off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Located in…
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Sound Clouds
After a one year hiatus for the Winter Olympic Games, Illuminate Yaletown returned to Vancouver’s heritage quarter streets for two nights in…
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Seed of Truce
Seed Of Truce is an interactive public artwork produced by Tangible, installed at the Vancouver Public Library. The installation encouraged…
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imsound
imsound (I am Sound) is a sound and light installation created in collaboration with Vancouver based programmer Matt Lockyer and illustrator,…
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Mash Notes
The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) conceived a project to get people talking about the city’s architecture and built future. A controversial topic…
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Lucia
Tangible has always been fascinated with low resolution LED modules. The matrix and the light they emit is impressive but sadly they're most…
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Light Beat
Illuminate Yaletown is Vancouver’s annual, outdoor light-as-art show. Taking place on a single winter night in the Yaletown heritage…
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Picidae Chorus
Vancouver is a city close to nature but also at the leading edge of technology. Blending the two, Tangible produced Picidae Chorus, a public…
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Digital Graffiti Wall
You don't need Wild Style skills to paint with Tangible's Digital Graffiti Wall. Anyone can grab a digital spray can and give it a go. Tag,…
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Zygote Interactive Balls
Zygote is a large, lightweight, helium filled, inflatable ball that responds to motion through human touch. Tap it, bounce or punch it and the…
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Twitter Photo Mosaic
Crowdcast Your Next Activation. The Twitter Photo Mosaic is a generative animation that randomly forms brand messages and logos from crowd…
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Photo Brand Mosaic
A cool add-on, the Photo Brand Mosaic brings every Social Media Portal snapshot to life. Photos are ingested into our animation application and…
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May 3rd 2012
Halo begins
Alex Beim in collaboration with computational media artist, Travis Kirton, has just started production on a new public artwork entitled,…
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Apr. 27th 2012
New Website
We're back! ... with a new, improved website design. Navigation is pretty much the same as before. In the Projects and Artworks pages, you'll…
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Apr. 26th 2012
Catch-up Part Two
In early April, UK boy band sensation, One Direction, performed at the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. For their fans, a surprise: 6…
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Apr. 17th 2012
Catch-up Part One
It's been a while since we posted about event rentals and projects. Here's what Tangible has been up to the last couple of months: Back in…
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Dec. 1st 2011
Jelly Swarm
After two months of designing, coding and fabrication, and three long nights at the Vancouver Aquarium, our latest interactive artwork, Jelly…
