Bentley | Exterior Lighting Orchestration
2025
In collaboration with worksofar studio, we’ve been commissioned by Bentley Motors to design and develop a bespoke software system for orchestrating exterior vehicle lighting animations.
This project sits at the intersection of creative direction and technical execution, enabling designers to shape the visual identity of a vehicle through light while ensuring seamless integration with automotive hardware systems.
The resulting tool, built in TouchDesigner, acts as a bridge between artistic intent and real-world deployment. It allows animation designers to import video-based lighting sequences, preview them in a real-time environment, and manage them within a structured library organized by vehicle variant, market region, and contextual conditions such as time of day.
Beyond preview and organization, the system translates these animations into precise data formats compatible with the vehicle’s microcontrollers. Through controlled sampling and export pipelines, designers can ensure that each lighting sequence maintains its visual integrity when transferred from a design environment into the physical constraints of automotive hardware.
Due to a non-disclosure agreement, specific technical details of the software cannot be publicly shared.
