In 2025, ROCANI took part in FORM / FUTURE, a conference held at the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin. The event brought together voices from design, politics, and cultural practices for dialogues and keynotes on how design shapes the future beyond theory.
The ICC, opened in 1979, remains one of Berlin’s most radical architectural statements. Not because of a single icon detail, but because of its enormous conception as a spaceship. Scale, movement, infrastructure and atmosphere are treated as one continuous idea. Being inside it feels like stepping into a vision for the future that was imagined with total conviction.
We presented on the Orbital Stage, a space that resembles a control room. The geometry, the lighting, the proportions: everything points toward a belief in design as something directive instead of just decorative. For a studio working with immersive digital environments, the parallel was immediate.
Many conversations at FORM / FUTURE focused on policy, theory, and long-term frameworks. We spoke about immersive digital experiences. About how creating the unexpected in virtual spaces can have a lasting impact and change how we perceive a brand forever.
In that sense, the ICC was not just a backdrop for our talk, but a living example of it. We wanted to send the message that impact builds as people move through a system, guided by pacing, transitions, and moments of compression and release. It’s a logic that applies to architecture as much as it does to digital environments.
As one of the largest conference centres of its time, the ICC speaks of a willingness to commit to scale, complexity, and consequence. It’s a place where ambition is fixed into structure. That mindset continues to resonate with us, especially as we continue to think about how environments, digital or otherwise, can shape culture rather than simply respond to it.
Experiencing that level of commitment sharpened our own focus toward work that operates as a whole, across space, movement, and material. It’s a way of thinking that feels reinforced every time we step into the city’s most incredible landmarks, and it’s a way of thinking that feels inseparable from Berlin itself.
