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PJ Richardson Premiers “GAIA” AI Art Film

Laundry ECD/co-founder PJ Richardson takes a deep dive into AI art and animation in this visually opulent short film created for a digital art exhibition in Barcelona curated by OFFF founder Hector Ayuso. [Watch]

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Nomo.Works Specs Out Two Spots for Alienware

Taking inspiration from Joseph Kosinski’s 2013 sci-fi film Oblivion, the team at Singapore CG studio Nomo.Works tunes up their design and motion skills with two spec spots built around Alienware products. [Watch]

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BUCK and Cloudera Want You to “Trust Your Data”

The potentially dry details of enterprise AI integration take on a playful and engaging tone in this illustration-based brand film from the design and motion crew at BUCK for data management and analytics platform Cloudera. [Watch]

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Coed Studios and Cronin Lead the Charge to Rebrand Connecticut

Brooklyn boutique design and production company Coed Studios takes on the task of rebranding the state of Connecticut with this manifesto film, a thoroughly modern take on stop-motion animation produced thru CT agency Cronin. [Watch]

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Audis Huang Reveals the Beauty of Asus VU Series Monitors

Taipei-based director/designer Audis Huang, who dropped this delightful event open for Acer last year, returns for more CG wonder – this time for another Taiwanese electronics brand, ASUS and their new VU Series monitors. [Watch]

Hornet Delivers Unbearably Cute “Once upon a Tree” Holiday Spot for Air Canada

Just when you thought the big budget holiday ad feels were done for the year, director Dan Marsh and Hornet swoop in with a painterly CG treatment for Air Canada about two tree ornaments who just want to spend Christmas together. [Watch]

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Found Scales Up the “Holiday Gifting” for Ralph Lauren

The team at London CG studio Found re-imagine Ralph Lauren’s 888 Madison Avenue flagship store and its storied windows to frame oversized products rendered in obsessive detail for the brand’s holiday gifting global campaign. [Watch]

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João Vaz Oliveira Commits “Blasphemy” for New Moullinex △ GPU Panic Music Video

Motion designer/director João Vaz Oliveira teams with Lisbon animation house Dialogue to craft an atmospheric music video that transitions from 2D into 3D for “Blasphemy”, a track by Portuguese artists Moullinex and GPU Panic. [Watch]

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TheInsaneum vs Pink Floyd for the 50th Anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon

The animation competition launched by Pink Floyd to mark the 50th anniversary of their landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon just got way more interesting with the posting of these two clips by German artist/animator TheInsaneum. [Watch]

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Santi Zoraidez Hooks Up With Hinge

Barcelona-based art director/designer Santi Zoraidez, who we first met thru his slick and whimsical film for Vitra, just dropped this quick blast of CG fun for the online dating app Hinge, acclaimed for its Nobel-Prize-winning matching algorithm. [Watch]

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Olly Reid and Axis Studios Bring Barbarian Rap to Clash of Clans Hammer Jam

In their latest crazed cinematic for Supercell, Axis Studios and director Olly Reid drop what they call an “homage to the 90’s style hip-hop music video aesthetic” for the 2023 Clash of Clans Hammer Jam event. [Watch]

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Diogo Kalil and LOBO Open the 2023 Ciclope Festival

Enhancing 3D animation with AI, director Diogo Kalil and the LOBO crew opened the 2023 Ciclope Festival in Berlin with this trippy sequence the director describes as “an instigator piece that brings more questions than answers.” [Watch]

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JAMM and Director Chris Balmond Get Furry for VIZIO in “Watch us” Spot

Culver City VFX studio JAMM bring their CG creature skills to this jaunty holiday spot for US smart TV brand VIZIO directed by Chris Balmond thru agency David&Goliath with Imaginary Forces crafting the new animated logo mnemonic. [Watch]

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NOMINT and WWF Reteam to Keep the World From Going “Up in Smoke”

Continuing their work for the World Wildlife Fund, director Yannis Konstantinidis and the NOMINT animation team in London mix 3D-printed stop motion and live-action atmospherics into a haunting message about the climate crisis. [Watch]

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