This year, we were invited to speak at Berlin Design Week as part of an event organised by Berlin Design e.V. The programme brought together designers and studios from across the city, creating a special opportunity to step out of digital contexts and engage directly with the people shaping Berlin’s online cultural landscape.
The event took place in a former factory space. On stage, we shared ROCANI’s studio story, from our roots as a development-driven practice to the way our work now centres on immersive digital experiences, interactive storytelling, and craft-led technology.
Berlin Design Week 2025 was framed around the idea of common sense. Not as something obvious or simplistic, but as a call for clarity and intention in how design responds to complexity. That framing aligns closely with how we approach our own work, where innovation matters most when it remains legible, purposeful, and grounded in real use.
Placed within a programme where design is celebrated as a tool for solutions that matter, we walked away with greater clarity on our purpose: to design systems that people can navigate and understand, while continuing to explore the frontier of what digital experiences can become.
