Mathematic Launches New Animation Arm: Illusion of Motion
March 16, 2026
Eccentric comedy is one of our favorite strategies for punching out of the clutter, and it’s deftly handled here by director Ugo Mangin and Brussels prodco Hamlet for French ride-hailing app Heetch thru Paris agency Grinta. [Watch]
Digital Kitchen sets a tense and foreboding tone for season two of the Amazon crime thriller series Cross, orchestrating a layered collision between the psyche of detective Alex Cross and his city, Washington, D.C. [Watch]
Join us at Animorsels, April 16 in Nottingham for an evening of animated time travel and drinks with talks from BUCK’s Jen Zheng, animation director Steff Lee, and animator/CD Sophie Johnson-Hill. [Watch]
The hapless non-playable characters of the gaming world finally have their day as one of them breaks free in this Coinbase spot by MJZ director Oscar Hudson thru agency Isle of Any, and aired during the Academy Awards. [Watch]
Makemake CD Duncan Elms, whose work we track here, leads the studio’s 3D team into a mist-shrouded world of hidden giants with these titles for Steven Spielberg’s nature doc series The Dinosaurs on Netflix. [Watch]
Grab a peek at the 31 new projects selected for Stash 176, an inspired trove of motion and the latest issue of the Stash Permanent Collection, aka the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to design and animation. [Watch]
Reframe Studio in Seoul, whose spec Bang & Olufsen spot we featured in Stash 172 and the Stash Annual, applies their CG talents to the launch of new mattress technology for South Korean brand Sleep Mildo. [Watch]
The team at Kreatives in Munich make their Stash debut with this playful launch film for New York biotech brand Mothership Materials, wrapping the science of microbes in frenetic, multi-technique motion design. [Watch]
In their latest work for Swedish game developer Mojang, the team at Brikk in Stockholm (whose many styles of animation we track here) unleash a blast of fun character work in this trailer for Minecraft LIVE 2026. [Watch]
Netherlands-based designer-director duo HyperCulture set a relentlessly snappy pace in this many-layered product film showcasing the newest features of Adobe’s Acrobat suite. Produced by Psyop thru agency 72&Sunny. [Watch]
Émilie Tronche, the French director/screenwriter whose breakout animated series Samuel now resides on Netflix, applies the same easy charm and childlike style to this video for French-Korean singer-songwriter Miki. [Watch]
Following up on his standout spec spot for the Herman Miller Aeron chair (featured in the Stash Annual 2025 and issue 174), 3D motion designer Changhoon Nam turns his talents to Branch’s Ergonomic Chair Pro. [Watch]
Join Warsaw-based 3D artist Sebastian Marek (whose work we’ve featured here), as he reveals the creative and technical processes behind his latest passion project, When Gravity and I Take a Day Off. [Watch]
Explaining complex ideas with appropriate levels of style and energy for the target audience is a balancing act Stash applauds as often as we can – as with this work from content agency Hook for Google Labs’ Doppl fashion app. [Watch]
Our partners at the Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, with over 99 animation categories covering advertising, branding, television, and film, including 3D and motion design. [Watch]
