Dent-de-Lion du Midi

Master Artist Dent-de-Lion du Midi works in contemporary art, film, illustration, sculpture, literature and orchestral music. A classicist with a modern eye, his work explores the philosophical dichotomy between realism and myth. As a professional inventor, Dent-de-Lion holds numerous patents and was Director of Digital Research for LEGO, trailblazing projects in VR, digital toys and feature film.


• Creator and founder of SNIFE, the new Swiss knife, one of the world’s first 3D designed products.
• Creator and founder of MediaCUBE, the world’s first touchscreen multimedia video kiosk.
• Lead Multimedia Artist at the 25th Anniversary Montreux Jazz Festival.
• Director of Research at LEGO and founder of Project Darwin, directing work in virtual reality, digital toys and feature film.
• Inventor of ToolTribe, the world’s first intelligent whiteboard.
• Creator of “IKONMAN”, a contemporary multimedia exhibition on the meaning of symbols. The IKONMAN book was published by Orell Fussli, the oldest Swiss publisher, and printer of the Swiss national currency.
• Director of the film “Portrait² - A Work of Art about a Work of Art”, a symphonic visual poem without words.
• Inventor of magbook, a human-powered solid-state eBook, a collaboration with XEROX PARC.
• Composer of “A Song Cycle of Love and Death”, beloved poems scored for orchestra and lyric soprano, a life work.
• Creator of Leonardo and Illuminations for Art Playing Cards.
• Author and Illustrator of “Frederick Bear - A Tale of Bern” for Meisterwerke Altstadt, a hero’s tale for children of all ages.
• Author and Illustrator of “The Noise”, a viral novella.
• Creator of “The Poisoned Door”, a dystopian meta-novel scribed by an anonymous author.
• Artist of “Reimagine Art”, psychologically compelling masterworks meticulously renewed with great respect to contemporary relevance.