Naba Ahmed
May 13, 2025
Imagine a presentation that doesn’t live on a screen, but instead fills a room. Imagine if creativity or creative collaboration took on a physical form.
That’s the essence of “The Architecture of Our Family”, a multi-sensory, immersive presentation created by Prezi co-founder Adam Somlai-Fischer, his wife Anita, and their children Léna and Antu.
They put together a tabletop installation that reflects the heart of their home life: creative collaboration as a way of living.
As Adam puts it, “The meaning of life is making.”
The installation will be featured at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, which opened on May 8. It is one of the most prestigious events in the architectural world, where over 150,000 attendees are expected to visit over six months.
At the heart of the installation is Adam, representing Hungary not as a traditional architect, but as a self-described “dropout architect”. Rather than submitting blueprints, he wanted to present something more personal: a living, breathing presentation of the life he’s built, through making.
“Ever since the kids were small, we’ve drawn, built, and coded things together,” says Adam. “For us, creativity isn’t an event. It’s a way of being.”
A living, breathing presentation
Though Adam has exhibited before, this marks the first time he’s created an installation with his entire family.
This exhibition encapsulates how creative collaboration can manifest in physical space. It takes the form of a large, wooden, tabletop structure, representing the Somlai-Fischer home. Divided into four “rooms” – Draw → Make → Code → Prezi. Each room represents the creative tendencies of one family member, coming together to form a collective story of two decades of shared imagination.
It’s a prime example of a nonlinear presentation, where ideas don’t follow a straight path but instead branch and connect in meaningful, personal ways.
“We all have our individual interests and passions, but they link, and they inspire each other,” Adam shares.
The entire piece was intentionally designed to feel like a presentation made from physical objects, guiding viewers through the story of their family’s creativity.
Meet the makers
In the Drawing room, the family’s sketchbooks and wall doodles come to life.
“In our family, we’ve been drawing ever since we were little,” Léna shares.
One of her earliest drawings is so small that it requires a magnifying glass to see, which is akin to how you can zoom into details in a Prezi presentation.
“At first, I started with very tiny pictures that only I could see,” she said.
In the Making room, 17-year-old Antu displays wooden chairs, clocks, and bikes he built himself, many of which he documents on his YouTube channel.
“When I go buy wood, I spend an hour looking for the best grain and density,” he says. “Building it is way more fun than buying.”
Coding, the third room, reflects Anita and Adam’s explorations in digital experimentation, blending immersive presentation techniques with experimental tech.
“We built screen-like spaces, but real, shaped by sunlight and made for people to experience together,” Anita explains.
Every room reflects not just an individual story, but a shared one. This is what makes up creative collaboration.
Prezi: Presentations that move audiences
Finally, the Prezi room reflects Adam’s personal journey and celebrates the impact of Prezi as a nonlinear presentation software.
Adam began developing Prezi in 2003, driven by his desire to create a presentation tool based on spatial thinking. Today, with over 160 million users, Prezi has become a powerful platform for creativity.
To bring the family’s creative journey to life, the Somlai-Fischer family designed a mechanical installation at the heart of this room, creating an immersive presentation. The piece features a wooden-mounted screen that serves as a canvas, integrating movement, light, and interactive elements.
The experience is not just visual; viewers engage with the physical installation as it unfolds, guiding them through interconnected “rooms,” each representing a different aspect of the family’s artistic evolution.
While Prezi enables storytelling, Adam acknowledges it can be intimidating for some. “We’ve heard from users that even the word ‘storytelling’ can feel daunting,” he says. “But with Prezi, you don’t have to have the perfect story. You can simply share your ideas, and Prezi helps shape them into a narrative.”
Prezi isn’t the focal point of the installation, but rather a part of the whole. It blends seamlessly with the drawings, lights, and handmade objects, creating an immersive, living presentation.
“This exhibition isn’t just about Prezi,” Adam explains. “It’s about celebrating creativity, and Prezi is part of that DNA.”
Creative collaboration, reimagined through Prezi AI
Prezi is often seen as a tool for business or education, but The Architecture of Our Family repositions it as something more. You can build a presentation that feels like an experience, not just a slide deck. It can be an act of creative collaboration. And it can inspire audiences in ways slides never could.
It’s a philosophy built into Prezi AI, our latest AI feature that can create presentations in a matter of seconds. Drawing on 350 million presentations, Prezi AI acts like a personal designer, suggesting structure, visuals, and flow.
“It’s like having a designer by your side,” says Prezi co-founder Adam Somlai-Fischer. “People used to come to Prezi for a presentation, not to learn a new way of building one. But now, with Prezi AI, that learning curve flattens. The format starts to teach itself. You get help zooming into what matters, shaping ideas clearly, as if one of our own designers were there with you.”
So the next time you open Prezi, think beyond the deck. Like their installation, your presentation should be an experience where ideas move, connect, and come alive. Try it now.
