Chanel “Gabrielle” by ShiShi Yamazaki (Director’s cut)
Japanese artist/director ShiShi Yamazaki brings her hand-painted rotoscope magic to a dynamic new spot for Chanel’s Gabrielle bag starring British model/actress/phenom Cara Delevingne. Studio: Hot...
View ArticleSibling Rivalry Signs Sandra Winther to Director Roster
From the release: Award-winning production company Sibling Rivalry has bolstered its directorial roster by signing on renowned commercial, documentary and short narrative filmmaker, Sandra Winther....
View ArticleSpike Jonze and FKA Twigs for Apple HomePod
Director Spike Jonze, who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for “Her” in 2014, seems the obvious choice for this four-minute dazzler featuring another female-voiced AI who helps cheer up FKA...
View ArticleThe School of Life App by Rosanna Wan
London illustrator/animator Rosanna Wan supplies the disarmingly innocent visual style in this film for The School of Life’s alternative to superficial dating apps. Client: The School of Life...
View ArticleFuture Deluxe and Mikros-MPC Advertising for L&C
The newly unified Paris studios of MPC Advertising and Mikros handle the feathery creature craft in this cheeky and hard-to-ignore full-CG spot directed by Future Deluxe for UK mortgage brokers L&C...
View ArticleAnna Ginsburg Asks “What is Beauty?” for CNN
To mark International Women’s Day 2018, Strange Beast director Anna Ginsburg surveys the evolution of the female form and its perceptions over the last 30,000 years. From Strange Beast: “Commissioned...
View ArticleThe Punanimation Directory
Started as a Facebook group, Punanimation has since evolved into “a collective of equality-driven ladies aiming to support, connect and share women’s work within the animation industry. “Although we...
View ArticleHype Cycle: “Smart Matter” by Universal Everything
“Smart Matter,” the first in the Hype Cycle series of futurist films coming from UK digital art and design studio Universal Everything, explores “human-machine collaboration through performance and...
View ArticleJAMM Adds Veteran Animation Supervisor Steward Burris
From the release: Santa Monica-based creative visual effects studio JAMM hires animation veteran and longtime collaborator Steward Burris as Animation Supervisor. Steward Burris has been working with...
View ArticleLaundry Launches San Francisco Office Led by Managing Director Michael Bennett
From the release: Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA — (March 9, 2018) — Design & animation studio Laundry has opened a new location in San Francisco. The company has hired industry veteran...
View ArticleFacebook “International Women’s Day” by Buck
From Buck: “We were PUMPED to be a part of this campaign for Facebook’s International Women’s Day. Lots of love, hugs, and hand drawn cel loveliness for your wide-eyed pleasure!” Agency: The Factory...
View ArticleDodie “Secret for the Mad” by Hannah Jacobs
UK director/animator Hannah Jacobs’ lends a childlike illustrative whimsy to the delicate and highly personal track “Secret for the Mad” by English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTuber Dorothy...
View ArticleJóhann Jóhannsson “A Song For Europa” by Gergely Wootsch
Studio Aka director/animator Gergely Wootsch in London: “A music video for the late Jóhann Jóhannsson’s mesmerising album, Orpheé animated at Studio Aka. “‘A Song for Europa’ is a beautifully...
View ArticleSmith & Foulkes Aim High with McVitie’s “Crane”
Nexus directors Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes first appeared in Stash in issue 2, way back in October 2004. Since then we’ve inducted 20 projects by the London duo into the Stash Permanent Collection and...
View ArticleDan Hoopert “Playing in the Shadows” for HAY
London designer/art director Dan Hoopert creates an austere yet poetic CG brand film featuring the Palissade seating collection designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Danish furniture and...
View ArticleDavid Stumpf “Cowboyland”: A Tale of Twisted Justice
Slovakian animator David Stumpf created “Cowboyland,” his hand-animated ode to the randomness of justice in the American Wild West, as his bachelor film during his studies at the Academy of Performing...
View ArticleThe Greatest Advance in Leather Since Leather
Matthias Zabiegly, lead 3D and VFX super at Aixsponza in Munich, Germany: “It’s been quite a challenging project as Nike was very specific when it came to the composition process of their high tech...
View ArticleErin Serletic and Chris Fitts Join Loyalkaspar
From the release: Following the success of loyalkaspar’s recent work with Blizzard’s esports powerhouse, Overwatch League, the creative agency is furthering its reach into the gaming industry with its...
View ArticleBito Studio for Tatung: Fun with Home Appliances
The crew at Taipei motion graphics studio Bito hangs a manic mash up of animation styles on a track by Taiwanese rapper Shen Yito to mark the 100th anniversary of multinational industrial powerhouse...
View ArticleSuccess is Neither Magical nor Mysterious…
Director/animator Gavin Kosko in Pittsburgh: “‘Primary’ is the abstract representation of going back to basics and embracing one’s strengths. Through repetition you will eventually find success, this...
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