Data & Briefing.
Plans, CAD or BIM data, mood boards, or a sketch on paper. We clarify what needs to be shown, for whom, and in what format.
Products, buildings, and processes that don't exist yet: photorealistically rendered, animated, or interactive in the browser.
A rendering sells a building before the first excavator arrives. An animation explains a process that no photo can capture. And an interactive 3D model lets your clients explore for themselves instead of just watching.
Sakea is a design studio based in Leipzig. Since 2013, we have been combining 3D visualization with design: light, material, perspective, and dramaturgy all from a single source. We turn CAD data, plans, or sketches into images that make decision-making easier.
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Whether it's a product, a building, or a trade fair booth: we build the model once and get everything you need out of it.
We turn CAD or engineering data into photorealistic product images: isolated for the web, staged for marketing, or as technical exploded views. Just like the TITAN robot cell by robominds, rendered before the first unit was even built.
Exterior and interior renderings for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. For the expansion of the Rosental sewage treatment plant, we visualized the upcoming site developments for the L-Gruppe. For Casa Verde in Cyprus, we created a private residence long before construction began.
Moving images for processes that a photo cannot capture: functional principles, construction phases, and product films. Available with sound, editing, and voiceover upon request, as seen in the animated videos for the Tropenleuchten festival at Leipzig Zoo or the 3D music video for Gestört aber GeiL.
Trade fair booth design as a rendering before it’s built, like the robominds booth at Automatica 2025. Plus, content for facade projections, LED walls, and events that makes an impact in physical space.
As a certified Webflow agency, we bring 3D directly to your website: interactive models, configurators, and real-time scrollytelling—no plugins required, right in the browser.
Four steps from your data to the finished rendering. With previews before we move to the final stage.
Plans, CAD or BIM data, mood boards, or a sketch on paper. We clarify what needs to be shown, for whom, and in what format.
Perspectives, mood, materials, and lighting. We define how the image should feel and what it needs to achieve for your communication.
You receive previews in reduced quality. We refine the details until the framing, colors, and content are just right.
Then we get to work: high-resolution stills, animation, or real-time models. In any format you need, from web to large-format print.
Sometimes you don't need to invent anything—you just need to capture it. 3DARK, our partner studio from Leipzig that we co-founded, scans buildings, terrain, and objects to create digital twins: photorealistic via Gaussian Splatting, navigable in the browser, and ready for Unreal, Unity, and VFX.
Together, we cover the entire 3D spectrum: CGI, rendering, and animation at Sakea; reality capture and digital twins at 3DARK. Since 2022, this collaboration has been used to create projects like the 3D archive for the iBug festival.
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Send us plans, data, or just an idea. We’ll tell you what we can make of it.
We usually respond within one business day.
The most frequently asked questions from
our initial consultations.
Individual renderings start in the low four-figure range. We calculate animations, image series, or interactive models based on scope, level of detail, and existing data. You will receive a concrete quote after an initial consultation.
For individual images, expect 1 to 3 weeks, including the review process. Animations and larger projects take longer accordingly. We will establish a timeline together at the start.
CAD or BIM data, plans, and material specifications are ideal. But we can also work with less: we can build the model ourselves from sketches, photos, and a good brief.
Yes. The model remains the foundation for new perspectives, variations, animations, or a real-time model for the web, without having to start from scratch every time.
Yes. We can deliver animated films fully edited, including music, sound effects, and voiceovers upon request. Ready for your website, trade fairs, or social media.
Yes. We bring 3D models into the browser as real-time content, such as configurators, product viewers, or scrollytelling. As a Webflow agency from Leipzig, we implement this directly into your website.
Yes, together with our partner studio 3DARK in Leipzig. Buildings, terrain, or objects are captured and processed into digital twins: photorealistic, navigable in a browser, or as data for Unreal, Unity, and VFX.
A rendering shows what does not yet exist, calculated from plans and CAD data. A 3D scan captures what already exists. Both can be combined, for example, when placing a new building into a scanned environment.
Yes. We are based in Leipzig, but we work for clients throughout the German-speaking region. Most 3D projects are handled entirely remotely, from the data transfer to the final approval.
