Learning to Fly with #HannaBumblebee
After opening the holiday tear faucet last year with Henry Hedgehog’s “First Christmas” (Stash 133), Passion Animation directors Kyra & Constantin are back with another fuzzy and lovable CG cast...
View ArticleComing of Age at the Ciclope Festival Berlin
The 2019 Berlin edition of the Ciclope Festival opened with Final Frontier and Le Cube’s semi-autobiographical look the 80s and 90s “fondly recalling days in the city, skating, sketching tattoos, and...
View ArticleRandom Nasty Weather but a Breezy Commute
Cincinnati agency Empower takes a rap-fueled poke at the downsides of their Big Apple competitors while hawking the many benefits of their hometown in this fun promo from the all-Buenos Aires team of...
View ArticleCirculose: The future of Sustainable Fashion
London motion designer/director Jesper Lindborg applies his talents for poetic 3D abstraction to this elegant brand film for the planet’s first commercial and scalable process for recycling cotton...
View ArticleBito Opens the 2019 Golden Pin Design Awards
From Bito Studio in Taipei, Taiwan: “The concept of Golden Pin Design Award this year is ‘Gala @ 23:59’ which raises awareness about the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. “Bito wants this opening...
View ArticleScouting for Girls “Let’s Not Go Away” by Blue Zoo
This year’s inhouse holiday short from London’s Blue Zoo and first-time director Katie Gascoyne is a sweet and all-too-true film disguised as a video for “Let’s Not Go Away,” the Christmas single from...
View ArticleSpending Time with “Stella” this Christmas
Passion Animation’s annual animated Christmas card takes on added weight this year doubling as a gentle holiday heart-tugger for UK charity Re-engage and their mission to fight loneliness for people...
View ArticleJungler Welcomes French Directing Trio Parachutes
From the release: Composed of Thibault de Fournas, Yann Pineill, and Nicolas Lefaucheux, the Parachutes collective met at the prestigious ESAG-Penninghen university in Paris, where they quickly...
View ArticleBig Boy Studio’s Ode to Sculpture “Once Upon Another”
Director/producer Chuck George Tsioutsias at Big Boy Studio in London: “‘Once Upon Another’ is a visual narrative that challenges the notion of traditional sculpture and its relationship with...
View ArticleRoss McCampbell’s Ode to Abstract Art
Animator/artist Ross McCampbell in Brooklyn: “Many people have a hard time appreciating abstract art because they don’t understand what they are looking at. “The idea of this project was essentially to...
View ArticleUp Close with the New Microsoft 365 Mobile UI
Berlin CG-stylists f°am Studio and Microsoft Office director of design Nando Costa unveil the new look of Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint in a pristine and tactile film launched on the...
View ArticleAdobo Festival 2019 Titles and “The Connectivity Economy”
Manila studio The Acid House works with agency Wunderman Thompson Philippines to fashion a distinctive open for Adobo’s 2019 Festival of Ideas and show how “different economic sectors are connecting...
View ArticleVFX and Design Studio Shape+Light Launches in Los Angeles
From the release: December 12, 2019 (Los Angeles, CA) – Boutique visual effects and design studio Shape+Light has officially launched in Los Angeles, led by Managing and Creative Director Rob Trent and...
View ArticlePanoply Constructs Promo for The Game Awards 2019
The latest edition of The Game Awards went live today on the back of this dark and detailed CG promotional trailer based on the concept “Games Come Alive” from the crew at Panoply in London with audio...
View ArticleHUSH Adds Nicole Messier as Lead Creative Technologist
From the release: Following the recent addition of Creative Director Garrett Johnston, Brooklyn-based experience design agency HUSH continues to strengthen its exceptional team by welcoming Nicole...
View ArticleRevealing the “Adidas E Ball” for EA Sports
Art director Raj Davsi at The Mill in London led this kinetic and full-CG spot depicting the design evolution of Adidas footballs before unveiling the new E-Ball for EA Sports. Raj Davsi: “It was...
View ArticleAsymmetry Online Motion Graphic Exhibition Titles
South Korean director/animator Kim G-ryun and his small team conjure an ominous and hyper-real post-media apocalypse as they create buzz for an online motion graphic exhibition scheduled to go live at...
View ArticleFramestore New York Adds Anna Borysewicz as Senior Producer for Integrated...
From the release: Framestore is pleased to welcome Anna Borysewicz as Senior Producer in the company’s New York office. Borysewicz joins from The Mill where she began her career in 2011 and rose...
View ArticleBuilders Club Crafts “Future Mars Humans” for Gentle Monster
Creative/Producer Lauren Egen at Builders Club in London: “Korean sunglasses brand Gentle Monster asked us to create five portraits of “Future Mars Humans” for their large scale in-store installation...
View ArticleBLOCK & TACKLE Releases “Open Eyes” Card Deck with Artist Stefanie Augustine
From the release: Long Island City, N.Y. – (Dec. 16, 2019) – Continuing their annual tradition, creative studio BLOCK & TACKLE (B&T) Partners and Creative Directors Adam Gault and Ted Kotsaftis...
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