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Distinctive digital experiences. Purpose-built AI systems. The expertise to bring them together, and the guidance to make them yours.
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Possibility is everywhere. The difference is knowing what belongs. Creative direction gives ambitious ideas a reason to work.
Sound recommended. Nothing plays until you choose.
Selected explorations
Ideas deserve more than a description.
These independent studies explore what happens when design, imagination and technology meet.
Automotive concept & motion / Independent short
A red hypercar starts up in an empty hall and turns through light and smoke for one long reveal. It is an independent design study, not a commissioned or endorsed project.
30-second film with sound
Cinematic storytelling / Independent short
A moment of control inside a gathering storm. An original cinematic study of movement, water and scale.
30-second film · Contains lightning flashes
Penrose / industrial design exploration
One visual language, two very different objects. Exploring the tension between nonrepeating geometric patterns and flowing, Colani-inspired forms.
Explore the original studyArchitectural concept & visualization
Architecture that moves like water. A camera journey through sculptural concrete, warm interiors and a connected tropical landscape. An unbuilt concept.
Explore the original studyConcept films are visual explorations, not manufactured products or engineering certifications. Original artwork and process live in the portfolio.
Visit the portfolioBeyond the concept frame
Point Zero WellnessBrand & website experienceForm / surface / light
A study in recognition. Charles Leclerc’s number 16, reconstructed in Blender and photographed in a virtual studio.
Explore the build
The finished livery under studio light.
Independent reference-based study. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Ferrari.
Motion laboratory
Two original mechanical studies, built to explore in real time. Inspect the transmission, or take the jet engine from idle to afterburner.
Throttle, afterburner, five viewpoints and spatial sound. Sound starts off.
Interactive study loads as you approach.
Six-speed constant-mesh assembly. Pause the motion or inspect from any angle.
Interactive study loads as you approach.
Original mechanical visualizations, made for exploration.
What we can build
The striking experience and the system behind it. You don’t have to choose.
Brand websites, interactive experiences, custom applications and practical tools. Designed around the people using them, with the engineering to make the experience work.
Purpose-built agents that work with your knowledge, tools and workflows. From a personal research partner to a private executive assistant, with clear permissions and human control.
Graph and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that connect documents, relationships and sources. Research becomes easier to trace, revisit and put to use.
Private hosting, identity and access controls, reproducible infrastructure and auditability. Security and operational boundaries are designed into the system, not added as an afterthought.
Research pipelines, planning systems, deterministic scoring and quantitative backtesting platforms. Built to compare scenarios and examine evidence, not promise a particular outcome or investment return.
Integrations and coordinated agent workflows that turn repetitive handoffs into understandable processes. Clear checks, useful outputs and visibility into what happened.
Human direction. AI collaboration.
This site was built with Astra, from the experience design to the interactive 3D studies. Directed and refined by Shawn.
Meet AstraSelected for the work. Connected around your needs.
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The best thing we can build together might be your ability to build.
Learn the tools and working methods behind this practice. Practical guidance for people who want to create, direct and understand their own AI-powered work.
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Shawn Van Brunt / Founder & creative technologistThe person directing the work
I’m Shawn. My background in IT leadership meets a creative practice built around making things that feel distinctive and work in the real world.
Today, I work with agent partners across design, software, infrastructure and research. The tools extend what I can make. The direction, judgment and responsibility stay human.
The name began with my first AI collaborator: “Assistant Director 5.” I was the Director, both in technology and in our creative work. That partnership became the name of the company.
Start with the real problem and what a useful result looks like.
Build something concrete enough to test, explore and improve.
Check the experience, the assumptions and the boundaries.
Deliver the system and the understanding to keep using it.
Bring the ambitious idea
A new experience. A private agent. A system you haven’t found anywhere else. Or the skills to build it yourself.
Book a conversation shawn@ad5creative.com