CRUX4D

Prada

A bespoke digital set built to place product inside architecture rather than in front of it.

Client
Prada
Sector
Fashion
Year
2024
Scope
Research & Design, Art Direction, Environment Design

About the project

Fashion product film usually isolates the object. Here we did the opposite — the environment was modelled first, at architectural scale, and the product was staged into it the way it would be staged into a store.

That inversion changes the lighting problem entirely. Bounce comes from surfaces that actually exist in the scene, so the product sits in the space instead of floating on top of a gradient.

The set was built as a reusable asset. Subsequent seasons drop into the same digital architecture, which is what keeps a campaign visually continuous over time.

Prada CGI environment — wide architectural staging plate
Prada CGI frame — product placed within the modelled interior
Prada CGI frame — bounce lighting study across set surfaces
Prada campaign still — finished frame at full resolution

Credits

Mads HtoonCreative Director

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