Grab Stash 16 and start off the year inspired. Our latest issue is another rock solid collection of the most important and innovative animation, VFX and motion design work from twenty-nine studios on four continents.

Up front, in the big budget category, you'll find brilliant new spot work from Passion Pictures for Vodafone's "Mayfly", exploding/imploding vehicles from Digital Domain for Lexus, the BBC's weird but wonderful giant head made from heads from The Mill, basketball mech warriors for EA Sports from Motion Theory and animated masterpieces for Johnny Walker from Aardman.

And that's just the beginning. From a record number of submissions we've selected an incredibly diverse lineup of work including pioneering design for MTV China by Life Long Friendship Society, beautiful short films for the Sundance Channel from Headgear, kooky VW shorts from Brand New School, the M5 Coke video from Designers Republic, hypnotic new Napster spots from Psyop and a hilarious CG video from Partizan Lab UK for Jamiroquai (on the cover).

More highlights not to be missed: Spots from Bent Image Lab and Sway that shred the envelope of 3D technology, 70's psychedelics from Floria Sigismondi for The Living Things, fresh and fun broadcast design from Addiction and Alphaville, a genre-mashing video from Montreal's Flourescent Hill, and finally, from director Neill Blomkamp, his newest and most ambitious personal work yet. It's called "Alive in Joberg" and it's like nothing you've seen before.

VODAFONE "MAYFLY"
TVC :30

Agency: BBH
Director: PETER THWAITES
Production: GORGEOUS
Animation: PASSION PICTURES
www.passion-pictures.com
VFX/post: ABSOLUTE
www.absolutepost.co.uk

BBC DIGITAL "FACES"
TVC :50

Agency: DFGW
Director: CONKERCO
Animation/VFX: THE MILL
www.the-mill.com

LEXUS RX "COLLISION"
TVC :30

Agency: TEAM ONE ADVERTISING
Director: JEFFERY PLANSKER
Production: SUPPLY & DEMAND
Animation/VFX: DIGITAL DOMAIN
www.d2.com

LEXUS "RUNNING RINGS"
TVC :30

Agency: TEAM ONE ADVERTISING
Director: FRANÇOIS VOGEL
Production: PARANOID PROJECTS: TOOL
www.toolofna.com
VFX: BUF
www.buf.fr

EGG MONEY "THE EXPERIMENT BEGINS",
"USING THE CARD"
TVCs :40 x 2

Agency: MOTHER
Director: NE-O
Production: STINK
VFX: GLASSWORKS
www.glassworks.co.uk

EA SPORTS "MECH WARRIORS"
TVC :30

Agency: WIEDEN+KENNEDY
Director: MOTION THEORY
Production/VFX: MOTION THEORY
www.motiontheory.com

GMC "BIG DIG"
TVC :30

Agency: LOWE WORLDWIDE
Director: JUSTIN KLARENBECK
Production: SPACE PROGRAM
VFX: RHINOFX
www.rhinofx.tv

PONTIAC "SOLSTICE"
TVC :30

Agency: MACLAREN MCCANN
Director: MARK GLASER
Animation/VFX: SWAY
www.swaystudio.com

JOHNNY WALKER "PAINTINGS"
TVC :60

Agency: BBH
Directors: BOBBY PROCTOR, PAT GAVIN
Production/animation/VFX: AARDMAN
www.aardman.com

JAMIROQUAI "(DON’T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE"
Music video

Record label: SONY BMG
Directors: ALEX AND MARTIN
Production/animation: PARTIZAN LAB UK
www.partizan.com

KIDS’ WB! FALL CAMPAIGN
Broadcast design (montage)

Director: MICHAEL BLUM
Production: RIVERSTREET PRODUCTIONS
Design/animation: BLUR STUDIOS
www.blur.com

FUEL TV IDs
Broadcast design

Client: FOX CABLE NETWORKS’ FUEL TV
Directors: ROHITASH RAO, ABRAHAM SPEARS
Design/animation: ATLANTIC MOTION PICTURES
www.atlanticmotion.com

MTV NORDIC IDs
Broadcast design

Client: MTV NETWORKS
Directors: ADAM MARKO-NORD, MÅNS SWANBERG
Design/animation: ALPHAVILLE, PISTACHIOS
www.alphaville.se
www.pistachios.se

MTV CHINA IDs
Broadcast design

Client: MTV NETWORKS
Directors: LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Design/animation: LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
www.lifelongfriendshipsociety.com

TROUBLE TV RE-BRAND
Broadcast design

Client: FLEXTECH TELEVISION
Directors: DANNY CAPOZZI, JAMES THOMPSON
Design/animation: ADDICTION
www.addiction.tv

I’M A CELEBRITY … GET ME OUT OF HERE
"GLITTER BUG"
Broadcast design

Client: ITV NETWORKS
Director: GRANT ORCHARD
Animation: STUDIO AKA
www.studioaka.co.uk

NICK UK IDs
Broadcast design

Directors: TODD MUELLER, JUSTIN FINES
Design/animation: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

SUNDANCE CHANNEL
Short films x 3

Agency: J WALTER THOMPSON, NY
Director: JULIAN GREY
Animation: HEAD GEAR ANIMATION
www.headgearanimation.com

THE HEAVY BLINKERS
"TRY TELLING THAT TO MY BABY"
Music video

Record label: ENDEARING RECORDS
Director: FLUORESCENT HILL
Design/animation: FLUORESCENT HILL
www.fluorescenthill.com

LIVING THINGS "BOM BOM BOM"
Music video

Record label: JIVE RECORDS
Director: FLORIA SIGISMONDI
Production: REVOLVER FILM COMPANY
Animation/VFX: CLICK 3X
www.click3x.com

SONY PLAYSTATION "PACE OF LIFE"
TVC :60

Agency: TBWA
Director: NICK GORDON
Production: ACADEMY
Animation: HEAD GEAR ANIMATION
www.headgearanimation.com
Post: THE MILL
www.the-mill.com

ADIDAS "FLIGHT CREW"
TVC: 30

Agency: AKA ADVERTISING
Director: EVAN BERNARD
Animation/VFX: CHELSEA DIGITAL
www.chelsea.com

HEWLETT PACKARD "FLEA CIRCUS"
On-line film

Agency: GOODBY SILVERSTEIN
Directors: DAVID DANIELS, JIM CLARK, RAY DI CARlO
Animation: BENT IMAGE LAB
www.bentimagelab.com

AMC THEATERS "SOAR"
Cinema commercial :60

Client: BEST BUY
Directors: SAUL & ELLIOT
Production: CURIOUS PICTURES
www.curiouspictures.com
Animation: YOWZA ANIMATION
http://yowzaanimation.com

NAPSTER "BYE BUY MUSIC"
TVCs :15 x 3

Agency: MODERNISTA
Directors: MARIE HYON, MARCO SPIER
Design/animation: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT SHORTS
Online films :15 x 5

Agency: ARNOLD WORLDWIDE
CDs: JONATHAN NOTARO, JENS GEHLHAAR
VFX/animation: BRAND NEW SCHOOL
www.brandnewschool.com

COCA-COLA M5: CITIZEN BIRD "JOY"
Music video

Record label: EMI
Director: THE DESIGNERS REPUBLIC
Design/animation: THE DESIGNERS REPUBLIC
www.thedesignersrepublic.com

HERMAN MILLER ANIMATION
Short film

Agency: FAIRLY PAINLESS
Director: CRAIG FRAZIER
www.craigfrazier.com
Animation: FEEL GOOD ANYWAY
www.feelgoodanyway.com

ALIVE IN JOBURG
Short film

Production: SPY FILMS
Director: NEILL BLOMKAMP
VFX: RATEL
www.ratel.ca