Understand complexity. Enable decisions.

DLR Oldenburg

An interactive model
makes connections
visible.

For the German Aerospace Center (DLR) we took the expansion of the hydrogen core network out of the PowerPoint – and put it on the table.

An interactive exhibit that shows how the network works: lines, sites, scenarios. LEDs reveal what otherwise stays abstract – expansion stages, flows, connections.

Complex planning becomes something you understand quickly, discuss together and decide on with confidence.

Result: The budget for seven years of research was approved.

LED-lit model on the interactive light table for the DLR hydrogen core network

What the exhibit shows

One network.
Many scenarios.

Germany as a model on the table. Research sites become physical objects – from wind farm to steelworks – connected by the planned H₂ core network.

Light makes visible what otherwise stays abstract: lines, expansion stages, flows.
An interface lets you play through scenarios – from generation on the coast to use and reconversion. In parallel, a screen provides depth for everyone who wants to know more.

The result is a system you don't just see, but understand.

Light table exhibit for the DLR: interactive map of the hydrogen core network with models

Where the exhibit
is used

From the decision table
to the trade fair stand

Developed for an internal event of the German Aerospace Center – with one clear goal: a well-founded funding decision.

Today it is in use at formats like the H2Expo in Hamburg. There the exhibit opens conversations with industry partners.

It works because it takes a different approach:

  • Don't explain – show.
  • Don't overwhelm – spark curiosity.
  • Whoever stands in front of it understands faster.
    And wants to know more.
Visitors operating the interactive DLR light table on the expansion of the hydrogen core network
Illuminated network map of the hydrogen core grid on the DLR exhibit
Model buildings with a green-lit hydrogen pipeline on the DLR light table

When complex content
has to convince

Let's turn this
into an exhibit
together.

Whether research project, infrastructure or complex technology – we help translate content so that it is understood and decisions become possible.

Fast, prototypical, thought through together.

More relevance through emotional experience.