A collage featuring a person hugging themselves, close-up oil droplets, ocean waves breaking on a beach, and a grid of lines, reflecting the Cypher Releases Sonic Studies 1 aesthetic. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Cypher Releases Sonic Studies #1: Textiles & Fashion

Music and sound design studios usually find themselves tucked into the tail end of a project’s schedule, but the crew at Cypher have flipped that script with the first in a new series of Sonic Studies. [Watch]

A four-panel black and white collage featuring an iceberg in the ocean, a floating jellyfish, shattered glass, and a close-up of a studio river watch. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Jellyfish on Ice: Studio River Wades into the CG Watch Wars

The crew at Paris 3D house Studio River dip their toe into the CG watch wars with this spec spot for Hublot called R.EVISITED – a standout black and white treatment that is both stark and wonderfully nuanced. [Watch]

A collage of fragmented letters and grid patterns, designed for the Harvey II Brand Manifesto, arranged to spell the word INFORMATION. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Oddfellows Warm Up Harvey II Launch With Pencil & Paper

It’s hard to think of a business category more detached than legal AI but this textured and tactile treatment from the design crew at Oddfellows in Portland for the launch Harvey II layers humanity onto the legal intelligence. [Watch]

A central cube with arrows pointing in four directions, set against a pink and green background with the partially obscured text Twisted Delicacy, Chaos, and Mercy, featured in the ADC 106th Annual Awards launch film by DixonBaxi. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

DixonBaxi Lead ADC in the Search for What’s Next

Art Directors Club, the planet’s longest continuously running creative awards program, refuses to act its age in this joyfully anarchic launch campaign for their 106th (!) edition via the motion crew at DixonBaxi in London. [Watch]

A Polestar collage featuring artistic motion blur and brushstroke effects on its Prime front, wheel, interior door handle, and rear taillight. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Brickland Blurs the Line for Polestar’s Prime Package

In their latest work for premium EV marque Polestar, Swedish CG studio Brickland intros the company’s Prime equipment package with a stripped down and slightly surreal Houdini-intensive treatment. [Watch]

Three botanical illustrations of flowers for the Aether Scent CG short film, overlaid with scientific data and the text ARCHER SCENT. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Botanical Resonance: “Aether Scent” Short Film by Pleid St.

In their latest in-house motion project, Madrid CG design lab Pleid St. extends seven species of fauna beyond their natural boundaries into a poetic and mesmerizing visualization of scent. [Watch]