Lego London & New York
The brief
LEGO challenged UNIFY VSN to turn the windows of two of the world’s most iconic retail locations — Leicester Square, London and 5th Avenue, New York — into something extraordinary. Not a screen playing a loop, but a living, interactive experience that responds to the people standing in front of it, delivered identically across two cities and two time zones.
The challenge
Seven months in the making. From March, our engineers, designers, developers and installers worked alongside LEGO — designing, engineering, testing, rethinking and rebuilding — to make an interactive concept reliable enough for a global flagship. The final week was the hardest: while London and New York slept, our teams installed and commissioned through the night, often until sunrise, to bring both windows live together.
The solution
We designed and built interactive LED windows that react to passers-by in real time. Cameras and infrared sensing read the people in front of the glass, and four interactive buttons each unlock a different response — including a dedicated selfie experience. Behind the visuals is Unreal Engine, the real-time engine used in some of the world’s most immersive video games: rather than playing a fixed loop, the animation reacts live to the audience, so each visit feels different. DMX lighting is choreographed to the animation to extend the experience beyond the screen.
What’s next
A QR code experience extends the installation beyond the glass — visitors scan the window and interact through their own phones, carrying the LEGO experience into their hands.
Partners
Delivered with Levitation29 and Matterform, and with LEGO’s trust to bring the concept to life.
Why it matters
This is interactive retail at flagship scale, across two continents, engineered and installed by UNIFY VSN from concept to live. It proves the full capability — bespoke LED, real-time interactivity, sensing, synchronised lighting and multi-site delivery — in one of the most demanding briefs a brand can set.
We don’t just install screens. We create experiences people remember.
Highlights
- Camera and infrared sensing to detect and respond to people
- Four interactive buttons, each triggering a different experience (one a selfie moment)
- Unreal Engine real-time rendering — reactive, not a pre-rendered loop
- DMX lighting synchronised to the on-screen animation
- 4m × 4.25m P1.9 LED Displays