About Me
I’m a Creative Director and Multimedia Artist with an MA in Sculpture.
I work across both self-initiated and commercial projects, taking on roles as a creative director, art director, and visualizer for global brands including Siemens, Carlsberg, TED, Nike, Volkswagen, Red Cross, Wrangler, Netflix, and Paramount+.
My work has been exhibited in Lithuania, Japan, the Netherlands, and Israel, and featured in various tech and design publications.
Currently based in Munich, I’m working as a Creative Director.
Feel free to reach out: tadas@maksimovas.com
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
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
New Atlas
One-off bike is as sweet as Pi.
Cool Material
Tabi Labo
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
Television Features
Outrageous Acts of Science
Season 8 Episode 8
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Season 4 Episode 7
Right This Minute
React to That
Season 1 Episode 8
Highlights
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.