MINI’s long history of vehicle customization receives an exclamation point in this new CG spot for their 08 Special Editions produced by the NY office of digital design agency Critical Mass thru Goodby Silverstein & Partners. [Watch]
In their latest campaign for Rabbit’s r1 handheld AI assistant, the CG motion team at Styleframe keep the unit’s striking product design centered while getting up close and personal with the tactility of its features. [Watch]
After collaborating for 20+ years, designer/directors Cornel Swoboda and Dennis Weyel founded Studio Trench in 2025 and immediately established what the world could expect from them with this riveting Braun spec film. [Watch]
Not To Scale director Anthony Farquhar-Smith invests his many stop-motion talents into building a Lilliputian world of peanut-obsessed characters for National Peanut Board thru agency Special USA. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Stop Motion · Tags Anthony Farquhar-Smith, Freefolk, National Peanut Board, Not to Scale, Special USA, Yamination Studios, Yessian
Nexus Studios director Laurie Rowan powers up the kitschy fun of an 80s training montage in this keynote film for Google’s I/O 2026 event, a cheeky and tactile merger of 3D animation, puppetry, and AI. [Watch]
Category AI, Animation, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Puppets · Tags Factory Studios, Google, Laurie Rowan, Nexus, Nexus Studios
The team at London 3D and motion house Bolder are rightfully celebrating 20 years in a tough business with an ambitious rebrand in collab with UK studio Monday Nights and anchored by these launch and manifesto films. [Watch]