Perhaps our most eclectic compilation of work to date, Stash 22 is stuffed with bold animation experiments and genre-bending VFX and design work. BONUS programs in this issue: The world premiere of the “Psst! Pass It On” project – an ambitious collection of six short films produced by a collaboration of over 30 top international designers and animators. And of course the monthly Stash music sampler is here – this time you can grab seven mind-expanding MP3s from indie label Cookshop out of Brighton, UK .

The Stash 22 program opens with the poetic mix of animation, live action and puppetry of “Tyger” from Guilherme Marcondes before ramping up the VFX work with head-butting tables from MPC for Vodaphone, subLYMONal silliness from Framestore for Sprite and auto-erotica from Digital Domain for Lexus. You'll also meet four companies you need to know: Tax Free and Edenlab from Italy , Ghost from Copenhagen and Vasava from Barcelona.

The last half of Stash 22 is a minefield of the unexpected and unprecedented. You'll find the smooth Rorschach organics of Bli:nd's Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” slammed up against the industrial paranoia of Alessandro Pacciani's video for Thee Maldoror Kollective. Digic unleashes the latest Warhammer cinematic right before SSSRs sweet and trippy vid for BellX1. Then Paris-based Le Pivot spins out two stunning and completely divergent branded content CG films for Honda and Nike. Need more? Okay – the run for the finish begins with Precursor's flat and frenetic graphics for Suzuki threatening to run over the elegant and delicate “Butterfly” from Wizz and Exvoto before we pause for tea with an emotional short tale produced by Model Robot for UK director Louise Wilde . Of course the only way to follow that, and close out the issue, is with the epic post-apocalyptic CG blow-out from Axis Animation and MTV Asia known as “Codehunters”. Make no mistake, Stash 22 rocks.

The second act starts with an exclusive sneak preview of the new CG mini-masterpiece from Alex Weil and Charlex called “One Rat Short”. And from there an avalanche of broadcast chaos engulfs us: Horny Monkeys for G4 from Hornet, a monumental Spongebob from Mainframe, blood thirsty critters for G4 from Full Tank, nicely twisted awards show packages from Umeric and Anton Sakara as well as sweetly sinister IDs for Jetix from Vancouver's Studio B (on the cover).

“TYGER”
Short film

Director: GUILHERME MARCONDES
Production: TRATTORIA, GUILHERME MARCONDES
Animation: BIRDO STUDIO
www.birdo.com.br

VODAFONE “SOLUTIONS”
TVC :60

Agency: BARTLE BOGLE HEGARTY, LONDON
Director: DOUGAL WILSON
Production: BLINK
VFX: THE MOVING PICTURE COMPANY
www.moving-picture.com

SPRITE “OMNIBUS”
Cinema :60

Agency: CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY, MIAMI
Director :HAPPY
Production: SMUGGLER
VFX: FRAMESTORE NY
www.framestore-cfc.com

LEXUS ES 2007 “ROBOTS”
TVC :30

Agency: TEAM ONE ADVERTISING
Director: VICTOR GARCIA
Production: MJZ
Animation/VFX: DIGITAL DOMAIN
www.d2.com

PEUGEOT 307 AUSTRALIAN “PONG”
TVC :30

Agency: EURO RSCG MILAN
Director: FRANCO TASSI
Production/animation: TAX FREE
Animation/VFX: EDENLAB
www.edenlab.com

RK-FORSIKRING “SKADEFRODE”
TVC :30 x 2

Client: LIVING BRANDS
Production/animation: GHOST
www.ghost.dk

CITROËN C1 “PARKING”
TVC :45

Agency: EURO RSCG MILAN
Director: FRANCO TASSI
Production: TAX FREE
Animation/VFX: EDENLAB
www.edenlab.com

“DIESEL VIDEO SS006”
Viral

Client: DIESEL
Director: VASAVA
Design/animation: VASAVA
www.vasava.es

“ONE RAT SHORT”
Short film trailer

Director: ALEX WEIL
Design/animation: CHARLEX
www.charlex.com

G4 MIDNIGHT SPANK
Broadcast design

Agency: BBDO
Director: PETER SLUSZKA
Production/animation: HORNET
www.hornetinc.com

G4 “E3” IDs
Broadcast design x 4

Client: G4 NETWORK
Production: 72 & SUNNY
Animation: FULL TANK
www.fulltank.tv

MTV AVMAs 2006 IDs
Broadcast design x 3

Client: MTV NETWORKS
Director: ASH BOLLAND
Design/VFX: UMERIC
www.umeric.com

RUSSIA MUSIC AWARDS 2005
Broadcast design

Director: ANTON SAKARA
Design/animation: MTV RUSSIA

PUCCA IDs
Broadcast design x 4

Client: JETIX EUROPE
Director: GREG SULLIVAN
Design/animation: STUDIO B PRODUCTIONS
www.studiobproductions.com

NICKELODEON
“SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS” PROMO
Broadcast design

Client: NICKELODEON UK
Director: MAINFRAME
Animation: MAINFRAME
www.mainframe.co.uk

OFFF BCN 2006 OPENING
Event design

Client: OFFF
Director: DVEIN
Design/animation: DVEIN
www.dvein.com

GNARLS BARKLEY “CRAZY”
Music video

Record label: DOWNTOWN RECORDS, WARNER MUSIC
Director: ROBERT HALES
Production: HSI
Design/VFX: BL:ND
www.blind.com

THEE MALDOROR KOLLECTIVE
“PILOT – MAN WITH THE MEAT MACHINE”
Music video

Record label: CODE666
Director: ALESSANDRO PACCIANI
Design/animation: ALESSANDRO PACCIANI
www.pacciani.com

“WARHAMMER: MARK OF CHAOS”
Game cinematic

Client:
NAMCO BANDAI AMERICA
CINERGI INTERACTIVE
GAMES WORKSHOP
Director: ISTVAN ZORKOCZY
Animation: DIGIC PICTURES
www.digicpictures.com

BELLX1 “ROCKY TOOK A LOVER”
Music video

Record label: ISLAND RECORDS
Director: SSSR
Production/animation: PASSION PICTURES
www.passion-pictures.com

HONDA “ZOOMER”
Viral

Agency: DENTSU/PICS
Director: TAKEO HATAI
Animation: LE PIVOT
www.lepivot.com

NIKE SOREDEMO TATAKAE HYBRIDS
Viral

Agency: DAIKO + DAIKO BRAND DESIGN
Director: TAKEO HATAI
Production: DANCE NOT ACT
Animation: LE PIVOT
www.lepivot.com

FIREFOX “THIS IS HOT!”
TVC :30

Client: FIREFOX FLICKS
Director: DANNY ROBASHKIN
Animation: MAKE
www.makevisual.com

WRITE GROUP “STITCHED UP”
TVC :30

Agency: SAATCHI & SAATCHI, NEW ZEALAND
Director: GLENN ROBSON
Animation: KALEIDOSCOPE ANIMATION
www.kaleidoscope.co.nz

MTV “SUZUKI GSR 600”
Promotional film

Client: MTV NETWORKS
Director: PRECURSOR
Production/animation: PRECURSOR
www.precursorstudio.com

“BUTTERFLY”
Short film

Director: STEPHANE LEVALLOIS
Production: QUAD PRODUCTIONS
3D: EXVOTO
www.exvoto.net
Post-production: WIZZ
www.wizz.fr

“MY FRIEND MARJORIE”
Short film

Director: LOUISE WILDE
Production: MODEL ROBOT
www.modelrobot.com

MTV ASIA “CODEHUNTERS”
Short film

Director: BEN HIBON
Production: BLINKINK
Animation: AXIS ANIMATION
www.axisanimation.com

PSST! PASS IT ON...
Short films

Production:
GROW DESIGN WORK

Participants include:

Aaron Stewart of Hornet Inc.
Adam Gault
Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow Design Work
Buck
Carlo Vega
Cassidy Gearhart of In Secret Agreement
Chad Colby
Athletics
Emmett Dzieza
Jason Koxvold of bubble&squeak
Jon Cannon of Transistor Studios and Double Outline
Mathias Steinforth of MateUniverse
Matt Tragesser
Michael Waldron of Nailgun
Cary Janks, Doug Purver and Felipe Posada of Modulation Nation
Ryan Waller of Thingmaking
Ted Kostaftis of loyalkaspar
Victor Newman of Freestyle Collective
Noah Conopask of Pathogen with Anthony Vitagliano of Plimsoull