Name

ungroup

Legal name

Land & Widmoser GbR

Website

https://ungroup.group

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Design Services

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

Keywords

• Creative studio services
• Interactive web design
• Art direction
• Graphic design
• Custom web development

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin-müggelheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Client Projects and Commissions: Revenue generated through commissioned design, research, and programming projects for diverse clients including individuals, artists, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions. The studio works on both self-initiated projects and paid commissions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ungroup is a Berlin-based creative practice delivering graphic design, art direction, research, and programming services across commissioned and self-initiated projects. The studio produces interactive websites, multimedia archives, digital publications, games, and mobile applications for cultural institutions, museums, galleries, artists, and select fashion and lifestyle brands. Its work blends contemporary design sensibility with custom web engineering, including 3D, real-time, and AI-integrated experiences.

Product overview

ungroup is a Berlin-based creative studio offering design, research, and programming services across various media. The studio works on self-initiated projects and commissions for clients including individuals and institutions. Their portfolio includes web experiences (Mikro archive, Digital Detox), interactive games (The Swamp Game, Peeled Maps), online platforms (Club Quarantäne, Graffitiremovals), e-commerce sites (Oh Vintage, LE MONDE BÉRYL), and artist/institutional portfolios. Projects leverage technologies including nuxt.js, three.js, node.js, and integrate third-party APIs (Google Vision, Mapbox, Instagram, Shopify, YouTube) depending on client needs. The studio does not offer a standalone SaaS product but rather delivers bespoke creative and technical solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Creative Studio Services Full-service creative studio engagement covering graphic design, art direction, research, and custom programming for cultural institutions, museums, artists, galleries, and lifestyle brands.
• Mikro Multimedia Archive Web-based multimedia archive self-initiated by ungroup, demonstrating the studio's capabilities in research-driven, content-rich digital platforms.
• Peeled Maps Interactive web experience using Mapbox.js-based mapping, demonstrating ungroup's ability to combine data visualization with custom front-end engineering.
• The Swamp Game Browser-based game built for an exhibition, showcasing ungroup's capabilities in interactive entertainment and real-time web experiences.
• Club Quarantäne Online community/club platform built during the pandemic, demonstrating real-time multi-user web capabilities using Socket.io.
• Digital Detox (Chrome Extension) Self-initiated Chrome browser extension, illustrating the studio's ability to develop and publish consumer software products.
• CCamera Self-initiated mobile photo application, demonstrating ungroup's cross-platform product capabilities beyond the web.
• Graffitiremovals Self-initiated research and documentation project exploring graffiti removal, using Google Vision API to detect and map graffiti-removal evidence.
• Boockup Self-initiated 3D book cover generator built with Three.js, showing ungroup's 3D and WebGL capability.
• Flip Mobile Sketch Self-initiated mobile sketch/creative application demonstrating ungroup's mobile product work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully delivered 30+ projects across cultural institutions, galleries, artists, and commercial brands

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Club QucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2020Concept, experience design, curation, and delivery for Club Quarantäne - an online club platform hosting 42-hour virtual raves during the pandemic. Club Qu provided creative direction while ungroup handled web design and development.
• Büro Otto SauhausminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign collaboration on Mikro project - a multimedia archive accompanying research on immigration to East Germany. Büro Otto Sauhaus contributed design work while ungroup handled design and development.
• POLIGONAL Office for Urban CommunicationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConcept development partnership for Mikro project. POLIGONAL contributed urban communication expertise for the multimedia immigration archive.
• NODE Berlin OslocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborative projects including The Swamp Game (UI and animal design), Yello Face Filter, and Boockup. NODE provides website design and creative direction for interactive digital experiences.
• George PopovminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCI and design collaboration for NEW NOW Festival website. Worked alongside ungroup and Running Water on corporate identity and visual design.
• Running WaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCI and design collaboration for NEW NOW Festival. Partnered with ungroup and George Popov on festival identity and development.
• possible.iscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for multiple projects including 100 Jahre Deutscher Kunstverlag, IKOB Museum website, and Very Contemporary identity. possible.is designed corporate identities that ungroup then developed into websites.
• MonogramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership for LE MONDE BÉRYL online shop. Monogram provided design work while ungroup handled development using Shopify.
• IOR 50 studiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt direction and environment design for Club Quarantäne live stream. Provided visual direction for the virtual club experience.
• David SchiesserminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIdea originator for Peeled Maps project - a playful experience to discover tattooed bodyparts. ungroup handled design and development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Resn: New Zealand creative studio renowned for experimental interactive web experiences combining design and custom technology, serving cultural and brand clients globally. Comparable craft niche and tech-led creative delivery.
• onformative: Berlin-based creative studio working at the intersection of art, design, and technology, producing generative and interactive installations for cultural clients. Closest geographic and conceptual peer to Ungroup.
• Studio NAND: Berlin creative technology studio building interactive installations and data-driven experiences for cultural institutions. Strong overlap in tools, cultural-sector focus, and Berlin base.
• FIELD: London creative studio specializing in generative and interactive digital experiences for museums, brands, and cultural clients. Directly comparable in marrying technology with cultural commissions.
• Active Theory: Los Angeles digital experience studio building immersive WebGL/Three.js web experiences for museums, brands, and cultural institutions. Highly comparable in technology stack and target audience.
• B-Reel: Stockholm/Los Angeles creative studio producing digital experiences, art direction, and interactive work for cultural and brand clients. Comparable multidisciplinary practice with global cultural-sector reach.
• Locomotive: Montreal creative agency building interactive web experiences and brand platforms with a strong design + development craft. Similar size band and integrated studio model.
• Universal Everything: UK-based digital art and experience studio producing immersive installations and screen-based work for galleries, museums, and brands. Overlapping artistic-tech profile and cultural-client base.
• Manual: San Francisco creative agency working with museums, cultural institutions, and design-forward brands on identity, web, and editorial. Comparable cultural-sector positioning and bespoke creative delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Largest independent design consultancy, serving museums, publishers, and cultural institutions globally. Significantly larger and broader, but overlapping in design-driven cultural-sector work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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