Best of Stash 2016: Brand Films
In the Stash world, brand films cover a swath of commercial work appearing online, in-store, out-of-home, or on any other screen not identified as TV or cinema. Often occupying the mid-ground between...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2016: Music Videos
Most often fueled by passion rather than proper budgets, music videos are the wild west of media genres – a place where passion and promise more than compensate for a director’s lack of experience or...
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BEST OF STASH 2016: Demo Reel
This head-snapping piece of editorial surgery marks only the second time Stash has inducted a demo reel into the Permanent Collection. The clip celebrates 15 years of branding and motion by London’s...
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Aardman wonders: What if “Santa Forgot”
A powerful concept and frame-perfect design and execution from director Åsa Lucander and the Aardman crew made this emotional, low-key ad for Alzheimer’s Research UK a stand-out in the crowded 2016...
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Benjy Brooke Plugs us into “Power Hungry”
Join director, animator, and illustrator Benjy Brooke as he walks us thru his latest labor of love, a vibrant and kinetic animated mini-masterwork called “Power Hungry,” a twisty, future-adventure...
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Andrei Staruiala “Scottish Sayings”
Having lived in Edinburgh for six years, Romanian-born director/designer Andrei Staruiala set out to capture the wit and peculiar charm of Scottish sayings in a series of 31 animations released as an...
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Haein Kim “Forward” (possibly NSFW)
Here’s a little something to wake up your first Wednesday of 2017: a wonderfully NSFW-ish short capturing the tension and miscommunication of many relationships called “Forward.” The film was created...
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Watch Vitaliy Shushko’s “X-Story”
Vitaliy Shushko, a director/animator/artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia leapt onto the Stash radar in Jan. 2015 when he released the teaser for his first film called “X-Story.” And while those...
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Kaiserlicht Opens “The Ivory Game”
Produced by Leonardo di Caprio, “The Ivory Game” released worldwide on Netflix in late 2016 exposing the brutal world of underground ivory trafficking. This opening sequence, which embeds salient facts...
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Jaewoo Lee “Draw the Imagination”
Join Korean graphic designer Jaewoo Lee as he gives us a glimpse into how and why he made “Draw the Imagination,” a branding exercise for his yet-to-be design studio created during his studies at...
View ArticleMichael Marczewski “Vicious Cycle”
If you’ve ever felt like your job resembles a treadmill or your labor qualifies as a commodity, you will identify with the robots in “Vicious Cycle,” a delightful new short film from Michael...
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Hadag Nahash & Infected Mushroom “Legal Eyes”
The first case of motion marijuana on the Stash books arrives appropriately as this crazed music video, a multimedia-fest created by directors Tal Zagreba and Robert Moreno for “Legal Eyes,” a track...
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Sam Brown and The Mill: Waitrose “Coming Home”
In the rush of 2016 holiday spots you may have missed this one (we did): the migratory adventures of an intrepid Scandinavian Robin brought to life in impeckable feathery detail by Rogue director Sam...
View ArticleBig Block Signs Director Marcus Kuhne
From the release: Content studio Big Block continues to build speed and status with the addition of Spanish director Marcus Kuhne to its multifaceted roster. Marcus Kuhne’s visually lush, daring, and...
View ArticleJoinery Signs Trio of Directors: Carole Denis, Diana Kunst and Gracie Otto
From the release: The team at Joinery takes the notion that “three is the magic number” to heart with the signing of a trio of dynamic directors: Carole Denis, Diana Kunst and Gracie Otto. The Los...
View ArticleSee No Evil Presents James Curran February 7th
See No Evil Presents James Curran – February 7th – Doors Open 7.00pm – Talk Starts 7.30pm Cafe 1001 91 Brick Lane London E1 6QL As usual it’s FREE and there are great prizes to win courtesy of our...
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DixonBaxi Unveils Global Rebrand for History Channel
UK design mavens DixonBaxi wrap a six-month quest to reinvent A+E’s History Channel while developing “a potent new brand strategy and comprehensive design language that challenges what the brand is,...
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Axel Digoix: Tinariwen “Tenere Taqqal”
Paris VFX/animation and sound design studio Pilule & Pigeon teams with French animator/director Axel Digoix (“Despicable Me 2”, “The Little Prince”) for a melancholy but beautifully drafted music...
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Eoin Duffy: TED Ed “The Trolley Problem”
British philosopher Philippa Foot introduced her ethical thought experiment The Trolley Problem in 1967 to back her argument that our moral judgments are powered by rational thought. Ms. Foot died in...
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Strange Beast: Selfridges “Material World”
Freshly-signed Strange Beast director Anna Ginsburg explores sustainability issues in the fashion world with this inviting and inventive 2D brand film based on illustrations by Sara Andreasson for UK...
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