NorthHouse
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- Founded
- 2012
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About NorthHouse
NorthHouse is a London-based creative studio designing visual media for live experiences. Founded in 2012 and also known as NorthHouse Creative, it works across concert touring, global ceremonies, broadcast spectacles, themed entertainment and experiential installations. Its projects combine projection mapping, motion graphics, animation and spatial storytelling to create visual worlds around performers, architecture and audiences.
The studio develops projects from initial concepts and narrative ideas through visual production and technical delivery. Creative direction, art direction, storyboards and concept art establish the approach, while video design, 3D animation, screen content and broadcast graphics translate it into moving imagery. Its work also incorporates real-time interactive media and live camera effects, connecting designed content with the conditions of a live performance.
Visual storytelling at scale
NorthHouse’s portfolio includes architectural projection work for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at the Palace at Buckingham Palace and the King’s Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle. Its concert work includes Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres and A Head Full of Dreams tours, alongside the band’s Infinite Nights performance at the Al Wasl Dome in Dubai.
Other projects span screen visuals for the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show, visual media for Hans Zimmer performances, and nighttime spectacle design for Disneyland Paris’s Disney Tales of Magic. The studio has also contributed to Disney concert productions at the Hollywood Bowl, demonstrating how its approach extends across touring music, televised events and destination entertainment.
From design to delivery
Technical planning forms part of the studio’s production offering. Its capabilities include projection studies, pixel mapping, hardware scoping, media server programming and on-site technical direction. These services support the translation of creative concepts into complex physical environments, where screen layouts, projection surfaces, camera systems and playback must work together.
Operating internationally from its London studio, NorthHouse serves music and live entertainment, cultural exhibitions, brands and location-based experiences. Its work ranges from individual interactive installations to visual systems for large venues and landmark buildings.
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Founder and leadership
Tom Bairstow founded the studio and is identified in the research as Executive Producer and Creative Director.
Production methods
NorthHouse PreVis is a proprietary VR system that lets artists, show directors and technical leads test sightlines, projector throw angles, camera tracking and environmental conditions in real time before load-in. The studio also uses Notch, Unreal Engine and Disguise media servers.
The company describes a five-phase production process: Discovery, Development, Design, Production and Delivery. Its core team scales through an extended global freelance and contractor network.
Collaboration
The V&A’s Lost Music Venues interactive projection installation was developed with Misty Buckley Studio, pairing NorthHouse’s visual-media work with a separate design collaborator.
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Where NorthHouse is based
- London, England, United Kingdom
London offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: Nutmeg House, 4th Floor, 60 Gainsford Street, London, SE1 2NY, United Kingdom Email: hello@northhousecreative.com Office webpage: https://www.northhousecreative.com/contact Overall headquarters and global production studio, housing creative direction, 3D motion design, technical art, production management and VR PreVis simulation suites. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Opened: 2012 Original small studio beneath a railway arch in South London; subsequently relocated. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Studio 210, The Print Rooms, 164–180 Union Street, London, SE1 0LH Former studio occupied after the original railway-arch premises and before the move to Nutmeg House.
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