A stone tablet with Celtic knotwork carving and two lit torches, centered with the runic-style text The Creative Code of Arms, guest editorial by Claus Cibilis, surrounded by colored gems. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

We Love Pitching: Chronicles of a Necessary Mess – Part 21

Winning and losing are the hard realities at the center of the creative pitching process, but as Nerdo ECD Claus Cibils points out, there are shades of both and lessons to be learned from all of them. [Watch]

A four-panel black and white collage featuring an iceberg in the ocean, a floating jellyfish, shattered glass, and a close-up of a studio river watch. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Jellyfish on Ice: Studio River Wades into the CG Watch Wars

The crew at Paris 3D house Studio River dip their toe into the CG watch wars with this spec spot for Hublot called R.EVISITED – a standout black and white treatment that is both stark and wonderfully nuanced. [Watch]

A collage of fragmented letters and grid patterns, designed for the Harvey II Brand Manifesto, arranged to spell the word INFORMATION. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Oddfellows Warm Up Harvey II Launch With Pencil & Paper

It’s hard to think of a business category more detached than legal AI but this textured and tactile treatment from the design crew at Oddfellows in Portland for the launch Harvey II layers humanity onto the legal intelligence. [Watch]

A central cube with arrows pointing in four directions, set against a pink and green background with the partially obscured text Twisted Delicacy, Chaos, and Mercy, featured in the ADC 106th Annual Awards launch film by DixonBaxi. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

DixonBaxi Lead ADC in the Search for What’s Next

Art Directors Club, the planet’s longest continuously running creative awards program, refuses to act its age in this joyfully anarchic launch campaign for their 106th (!) edition via the motion crew at DixonBaxi in London. [Watch]

A collage of four stylized illustrations from the Any Run & Everyone film: a person wearing sunglasses, two people running on a path, a person running over stylized trees, and a smiley face icon held between two halves of a brain. Frame from Stash Magazine article.
A grumpy-looking felted black cat sits next to a shattered ceramic cup on a yellow background, reminiscent of the Petey and Barnadette brand films. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Howatson+Company Peek at the Pet’s POV for Petbarn

Australian creative agency Howatson+Company merges 3D, 2D, VFX, and generative AI into a fun and fuzzy mock-stop-motion treatment for this set of films anchoring a new campaign for pet care retailer Petbarn. [Watch]