PALMA Studio
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- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 1-10
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- 2
About PALMA Studio
PALMA Studio is an independent UK design and production studio creating immersive experiences, architectural audio-visual installations, museum exhibitions and video design for live performance. Its work combines animation, spatial projection, sound and interactive technologies to tell stories across buildings, exhibition spaces and stages.
Originally incorporated as New Visual Paradigm Limited in 2015, the company adopted the registered name PALMA Studio Limited in September 2020. Its practice spans cultural interpretation, theatrical storytelling, public celebrations and commercial experiences, bringing visual design and technical production together across different physical settings.
From moving images to spatial experiences
The studio develops concepts and visual narratives, produces custom 2D and 3D animation, and designs projection systems for complex surfaces. Its capabilities extend to animatic pre-visualisation, motion capture sequences, theatrical playback integration, original music, sound design and spatial audio. Museum and exhibition work also encompasses curatorial consultancy, interpretive design and hardware-software integration for interactive and virtual reality displays.
Projects range from large outdoor projections to permanent exhibitions and intimate performance environments. For Hull UK City of Culture 2017, the studio created a 15-minute audio-visual projection across three historic building facades in Queen Victoria Square. Its architectural work also includes In Our Hearts Blind Hope, a projection on Durham Cathedral for Lumiere Durham.
The studio contributed lead audio-visual design and curatorial narrative to the permanent music history exhibition at the House of Hungarian Music in Budapest. Other work includes the three-sided walk-in projection installation Glastonbury: Land and Legend at the Victoria and Albert Museum and an audio-visual installation for Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre at the Natural History Museum.
In live performance, PALMA's portfolio includes video design for The Beekeeper of Aleppo and animated concert imagery for Lovasi 50. Its wider practice serves museums, performing arts organisations, light festivals, luxury brand activations and experiential events.
More about PALMA Studio
Leadership and creative collective
- Founder Zsolt Balogh is the studio's Creative Director and lead designer. He trained at the National Film and Television School and the Royal College of Art in London.
- Dr. Kathryn Johnson is Associate Director and curator, specialising in exhibition interpretation.
- The multidisciplinary collective includes stage designer Rebecca Brower, video technician Richard Williamson, sound designer and composer Richard Hammarton, and animators Tim Cowie and Jarek Radecki.
Collaboration and production detail
- The Carbon Garden VR binocular installation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was developed with Zubr, combining virtual reality with digital interpretation.
- The Hull UK City of Culture 2017 projection involved eight weeks of production and drew a reported 370,000 spectators over seven nights.
- For the 2017 Lovasi 50 concert, the studio produced 25 animated sequences for three 15-metre-tall LED walls.
Founder's earlier practice
Before establishing the studio, Balogh made freelance contributions to projects including work for Fifty-Nine Productions, the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and the Victoria and Albert Museum's David Bowie Is exhibition. These are part of his individual professional history.
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Where PALMA Studio is based
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Operating studio and production base.
- Lewes, England, United Kingdom
Lewes offices
About this office
**Office** Status: active Address: Ground Floor, 66 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XG, United Kingdom Current registered corporate office, registered with Companies House since 13 November 2023. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 99 Western Road, Lewes BN7 1RS, United Kingdom Former registered office, preceding the registered address at 66 High Street. Physical closure is not established.
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