Jack Cunningham: “Proper” Stop Motion for Tripl Stitched
Nexus director Jack Cunningham mixes classic stop motion and 3D animation with 3D printing to create “a unique insight into how the craft of making has evolved whilst still retaining traditional values...
View ArticleOuchhh: AVA V2 Installation in Paris
Istanbul creative new media agency Ouchhh keeps hammering at the edges of art, design, and technology with their newest commissioned work, a striking six-projector installation in Paris called AVA V2...
View ArticleOURO: Another “Nasty Woman”
When Donald Trump called Hilary Clinton a “nasty woman,” he unintentionally created a rallying cry for women voters and he also helped reframe how we see women struggling for respect in a world...
View ArticleEran Hilleli’s Amazing STYLE FRAMES Titles (preview)
Take a look at the visual treat Hornet director Eran Hilleli has in store for STYLE FRAMES attendees on the morning of Nov 7. Both inviting and epic, Eran’s titles capture the friendly, inspirational...
View ArticleFramestore London Adds Design Director Stephen Goalby
From the release: Framestore is pleased to announce its latest addition to the Design Studio, Stephen Goalby. Stephen joins the Framestore team in London as Design Director. His portfolio spans all...
View ArticleTomás García: MTV.OS Branding
Hold onto your memes and emojis, Tomás García and his crew in Buenos Aires just sent us this absurd whack of chaos/branding for MTV.OS, aka the scary future of broadcasting that uses A.I. to take over...
View ArticleBuck and Cole & Weber for Bridgespan
Creative Director Gareth O’Brien and the Buck crew continue to up the bar for explainer videos with this luminous and intricate 60-second spot for western US health insurance company Bridgespan thru...
View ArticleKeep Great Company at STYLE FRAMES!
Join 35 STYLE FRAMES speakers plus an audience full of designers, directors, animators, ADs, CDs, ACDs, ECDs, producers and EPs, HOPs, VPs, SVPs, VFX artists/supervisors, educators, audio and...
View ArticleJoão Lavieri: Des.gráfica
São Paulo designer/illustrator/director João Lavieri unleashes “a collection of weird loops animated without sense” as a promo for the Fair Des.gráfica, a cultural event “focusing on publications and...
View ArticleShut Up and Eat Your “Snap Shorts”
The off-kilter but meticulously drafted characters of illustrator Eran Mendel pop to life in a trio of darkly comic shorts animated by Oren Mashkovski and held together by the music of composer Pablo...
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris and Royale Want You to Vote
With US voters divided like never before, We Are Royale pull out all the stops, using 80’s airbrush and electro voodoo to summon Neil Patrick Harris for inspiration in an effort to unite the country...
View ArticleWatch “Preston” Short Film from ISART Digital Students
And the award for the best animated interpretation of classical music in a short film goes to “Preston,” a visceral mini-masterwork of pugilistic excess set to Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 –...
View ArticleInsight: Brad Bird on Animation
Inspiring and surprisingly emotional compilation of thoughts and rants from writer/director Brad Bird (‘The Iron Giant’, ‘The Incredibles,’ ‘Ratatouille’) on his creative process and why animation is...
View ArticleEran Hilleli Opens STYLE FRAMES with a Luminous Parade
The 2016 STYLE FRAMES design conference opened in spectacular fashion a few hours ago with this luminous title sequence lovingly designed and animated by Hornet director Eran Hilleli with music and...
View Articleagainstallodds: Very “Get More Out of Giving”
The first of the 2016 feel-good CG holiday ads arrives courtesy of Passion directors againstallodds (who warmed a billion hearts last year with Loteria “Justino”) thru UK agency St Luke’s for British...
View ArticleThe Line: Ciclope Festival 2016 Opening Film
Writer/director Bjørn-Erik Aschim, his mates at London directing collective The Line, and prodco Friends Electric opened the 2016 Ciclope Festival in Berlin last week with this rich feast of...
View ArticleMPC and Dougal Wilson: John Lewis “Buster The Boxer”
The team behind the emotional 2015 John Lewis holiday spot “Monty’s Christmas” (Blink director Dougal Wilson, MPC and agency adam&eveDDB) are back and while the tear-jerking factor is lower in...
View ArticleAardman: Promescent “The O Gap”
So, just how does one promote a spray designed to delay male orgasm during sex? Director Tim Ruffle and the Aardman crew decided the answer lay in wit, wisdom, and cheeky vignettes all rendered in a...
View ArticleAlex Webster launches the Love Child of Electric Theatre Collective: Friends...
From the release: Friends Electric is a full-service production company and creative consultancy with studios in London and Los Angeles, representing animation and design directors for commercial...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Sainsbury’s “The Greatest Gift Is Me”
Oscar-nominated Passion Animation director Sam Fell updates traditional stop-motion characters with 3D-printed expressions for this year’s Sainsbury holiday film thru AMV BBDO complete with the voice...
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