Case Study: How we enabled the exhibition of historical ads without using real faces

Feb 11, 2026 — Yves Fogel

Case Study: How we enabled the exhibition of historical ads without using real faces

MiBIMBO wanted to showcase decades of iconic ads, but legacy image rights made it impossible to screen the originals. Our “digital recasting” pipeline replaced faces consistently shot by shot—at scale—while keeping the work's rhythm, direction, music, and emotional tone intact.

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Walk the Talk — Building in Public #4

Sep 10, 2025 — Yves Fogel

Walk the Talk — Building in Public #4

Building in Public Vol. 4: baseline metrics are in, the VAPAI Platform is getting real, and we're doubling down on focus—only the experiments that move the numbers survive.

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We are All-In — Building in Public #3

Aug 22, 2025 — Yves Fogel

We are All-In — Building in Public #3

Low Clouds is live. Our values manifesto is printed. Deals are moving. We're hiring. And this weekend we're joining Runway Gen48 to make a short film in two days. We're scaling Low Clouds into longer, deeper stories.

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Break it All — Building in Public #2

Aug 10, 2025 — Yves Fogel

Break it All — Building in Public #2

This week at VAPAI: we took the team to the countryside to break decision paralysis and unlock our next IP, shipped a client project with hybrid workflows, and kicked off our internal manifesto.

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Stealth is Overrated — Building in Public #1

Aug 3, 2025 — Yves Fogel

Stealth is Overrated — Building in Public #1

This week was a turning point. We're shifting 100% toward original IP and world-building at scale—plus advancing aligned deals, adopting rapid prototyping as our operating system, and experimenting with RPG-based narrative frameworks.

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