The Ritz-Carlton Back to the Stars Le Cube | STASH MAGAZINE

The Ritz-Carlton “Back to the Stars” by Le Cube

A sweet story based on the real-life experience of a retired and recently widowed former Russian cosmonaut staying at a Ritz-Carlton resort in China, directed by Le Cube thru Final Frontier for Saatchi & Saatchi and Team One. [Watch]

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Lexus Injection

Lexus launched the 467-horsepower GS F at the 2015 Detroit Motor Show with this 74-second slab of sweet vehicular porn directed by Polynoid, animated at Woodblock and produced by Blacklist thru Team One with music and sound design by Joel Corelitz at Waveplant. [Watch]

Gentleman Scholar: Lexus’s LF-C2 “Solar Eclipse”

Combining sleek live footage of the previously unseen Lexus LF-C2 concept with ominous matte paintings, Gentleman Scholar and Team One indulge in what a friend of mine likes to call vehicular porn.

“Playing with illumination and carefully manipulating shadow, we hoped to tell a story with atmospheric wonder and stunning visuals. By hand-painting vast, dreamlike expanses and weaving them with tightly composed shots of the vehicle’s sleek contour, our goal was to leave viewers ruminating on the exciting future of automotive design.” [Watch]

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