Who is Tadas?

Tadas is a Creative Director and Multimedia Artist.

He has an MA in sculpture and visual arts.

His practice is split between large-scale self-initiated briefs and commercial projects where he works as a creative director, art director, and visualizer for brands worldwide. These include Siemens, Carlsberg, TED, Nike, Volkswagen, Red Cross, Wrangler, Netflix and Paramount+.

His art has been exhibited worldwide in Lithuania, Japan, The Netherlands, and Israel and featured in numerous tech and design publications.

Currently, Tadas works as a Creative Director in Munich.

Selected Publications

Fast Company
Social media is an assault on our senses. Now it’s a literal gun, too.

Designboom
This Emotigun launches likes, hearts and other social media instant gratifications.

Gizmodo Japan
顔文字で感情を射撃するガトリング砲｢Emotigun｣

Designboom
The carbon fiber pi bike is completely irrational, but totally ridable.

Design Milk
The Pi Bike is a fixed gear bicycle in the shape of the Pi Symbol.

Curbed
Pi-shaped bike launches just in time for Pi Day.

Creapills
Voici Pi Bike: le vélo totalement irrationnel qui représente le nombre Pi.

Yanko Design
Riding out of Pi Day like…

New Atlas
One-off bike is as sweet as Pi.

Cool Material
The Pi Bike.

Tabi Labo
円周率πを自転車に。その名も「パイバイク」

GQ Turkey
Pi sayısını sevmemiz için bir neden daha.

Booooooom
The Gun Music box creates a beat with 10 real handguns.

Vice
Building a handgun music box is a crapshoot but Tadas Maksimovas' 10-pistol instrument is a blast.

Designboom
Tadas Maksimovas spins his hair into the playable strings of a violin.

Vice
Here's how you turn human hair into the strings of a violin.

Vice
A guy has turned his hair into a violin.

Daily Mail
Bach in A min-hair! Man turns waist-length locks into violin string – and it works!

HuffPost
And this is how you make a fully-functioning violin out of human hair.

Gizmodo
Did you know you can actually play a violin strung with human hair?

Juxtapoz
Hair Music: man's hair used to string violin.

Random Achievements

Design Museum Holon, Israel
Oct 2019 – Oct 2020

Design Museum Holon in Israel held an exhibition titled State of Extremes to mark the 10th anniversary of the museum's opening. Tadas and his project Emotigun was selected to be part of this exhibition.

Central Museum, Utrecht
Feb 2016 – May 2016

Central Museum in Utrecht held an exhibition titled HAAR! Tadas and his project Hair Music was selected to be part of this exhibition.

The One Club Creative Boot Camp, London
Nov 2012

Tadas led a Creative Boot Camp for 150 students from 15 universities. Tasked with creating an idea for The Peace Flag - Tadas’ D&AD winning creative campaign - he helped the students develop exciting new ideas for the project.

D&AD White Pencil (Award Nomination)
Nov 2012

Tadas created a self-initiated project, The Peace Flag. This project received a D&AD White Pencil nomination for its contribution towards peace.

Artist in Residence, Strasbourg
Aug 2011 – Dec 2011

In 2010 Tadas was commissioned by the Strasbourg club with the City of Strasbourg and the CEAAC to create and produce a visual art project.

International Championship of Arts (Grand Prix)
Jun 2009 – Sep 2009

Tadas was a participant in the Art-o-thlon, a reality TV show broadcast on Lithuanian National TV. The show had 22 participants from different countries, divided into seven teams. After eight weeks of non-stop live broadcast work and seven weekly shows, Tadas’ team were crowned winners of the Art-o-thlon.

The 58th Sapporo Snow Festival
Jan 2007 – Feb 2007

Tadas represented Lithuania in the 58th Sapporo Snow Festival held in Sapporo, Japan.