Description
There are objects that simply function. And then there are objects that carry meaning far beyond their purpose. From the very beginning, we approached this collaboration with the belief that a water bottle, when designed with absolute intention, could become more than a product. It could embody philosophy. It could move like art. It could become a cinematic experience.
What drew us to the collaboration between OKAPA and Johannes Stötter was the shared understanding of precision and illusion. Stötter’s work exists in the space between visibility and disappearance, between sculpture and living form. That same philosophy lives within OKAPA’s design language. Bringing these worlds together felt inevitable.
As producers and directors, we developed a series of four editorial short films, each inspired by a distinct OKAPA colorway: Peaches Copperwire, Goldie Samba, Indigo Havana, and Redd Rumble. Rather than creating traditional product films, we built four self-contained visual worlds, each with its own emotional rhythm, narrative structure, and cinematic atmosphere. The intention was never to explain the product through specifications, but to let audiences feel what OKAPA represents through movement, texture, light, and transformation.
Four films. Four colorways. One unified vision.
In The Resilient Core, the Goldie Samba bottle is protected, caught mid-fall by a living web of human forms that absorb the impact and solidify into the armor of the anodized aluminum shell.
Client: OKAPA.com
Produced & Directed by Alex Barendregt | WB-Production.com
DP & Directed by Marek Vesely
1st Cam Assistant: Willi Rose
Gaffer: Dennis Schlaghuber
Special Effects Make-up & Assistent: Vera Stenico
Make-up: Anna Barendregt
Model Team: Kathrin Zimmerhofer / Nadja Mair / Sandra Gasparini / Sarah Bucher / Sabine Wild/ Valeria Hasler
Post Production: Marek Vesely
Behind the Scenes: Alex Barendregt
Making Of: Alex Barendregt
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🎨 JOHANNES STÖTTER
Master of Illusion – Fine Art Body Painting
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