A person rides atop a Friendly Fruit Giant—Tesco’s feel-good food creation—smiling in the middle of a suburban road, surrounded by houses and lush greenery. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Feel-Good Food: Nick Ball & Untold Studios Roll Out Tesco’s Friendly Fruit Giant

Posted on April 27, 2026

MJZ director Nick Ball and an army of VFX artists at Untold Studios make a giant case for UK grocery chain Tesco and their Free Fruit & Veg for Schools program in this spot thru BBH London with feel-good music by Supertramp. [Watch]

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A bronze SUV is parked in front of a modern house with wooden garage doors, as the Electrical Theatre Collective digs into the "Details" of Lexus RZ, surrounded by tall pine trees and mountains on a sunny day. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Electric Theatre Collective Digs Into “Details” of Lexus RZ

Posted on April 18, 2026

ETC director Michael ‘Chappers’ Chapman leans into his background in CG and love of technical illustration to deconstruct the new Lexus R3 electric SUV in obsessive detail while maintaining a sense of aspirational elegance. [Watch]

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A light gray ECCO Biom 720 sneaker with a textured sole rests on a surface covered in small, white, round balls. The shoe features mesh fabric and lace-up closure, as seen in the ECCO Biom 720 Product Film by KORB. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Soft on Sneakers: KORB Launches the Biom 720 for ECCO

Posted on April 15, 2026

KORB founder/CD Rimantas Lukavicius, whose head-turning Chivas Regal film graces the cover of the Stash Annual 2025, translates the personality of ECCO’s Biom 720 sneaker into CG poetry in this new product film. [Watch]

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Colorful, surreal landscape with crystal-like structures and flowers against a pastel blue and pink background. Large white text reads GUCCI and below, THE ALCHEMISTS GARDEN, inspired by the Gucci The Alchemist’s Garden brand film by Jieru Tang. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Jieru Tang Explores Gucci ‘s “The Alchemist’s Garden” in SCAD Thesis film

Posted on April 14, 2026

Atlanta-based motion designer and illustrator Spring (Jieru) Tang just dropped us her thesis project, an ambitious and alchemical spec CG Gucci brand film completed for her MFA at Savannah College of Art and Design. [Watch]

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A large hand reaches toward a person standing alone in a white room filled with scattered cubes and spheres, evoking the surreal mood of Spike Jonze’s Shape of Dreams, while others sit or stand on white geometric shapes in the background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Spike Jonze & Zendaya Define the “Shape of Dreams” for On

Posted on April 13, 2026

Channeling the stop-motion mischief of classic Norman McLaren and the National Film Board of Canada, Oscar-winning MJZ director Spike Jonze puts Zendaya through her paces for three minutes of surreal fun for sportswear brand On. [Watch]

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Three claymation figures, crafted by Catherine Prowse and Passion Animation for Telstra Satellite Messaging spots, stand in distinct landscapes: a man on a red hill, a cowboy beside a sheep on grass, and a woman atop a green mountain under a purple sky. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Here’s How Catherine Prowse
 & Passion Animation Built Stop-Motion Messaging for Telstra

Posted on April 12, 2026

Join director Catherine Prowse (whose wonderful Childline spot we featured in Stash 145) as she walks us through the process behind three quietly charming stop-motion spots for Telstra thru agency Bear Meets Eagle On Fire. [Watch]

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