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July 21, 2025
The updated Glyph Matrix micro-LED dot matrix screen on the Nothing Phone (3) (used for notifications, alerts, etc.), receives a cool, clean spotlight in these new product films courtesy of CD Kristian Glenn and the motion team at FutureDeluxe. [Watch]
Morgan Powell, CD and co-founder at Seed Animation, invites you to experience the characters and gritty ambience of the studio’s London neighborhood in his new passion project, an animated mini-memoir called Soho Nights. [Watch]
Starting with a visual by Montreal-based illustrator Justyna Stasik, the design and animation team at BUCK transform a list of Samsung Galaxy smartphone features into “colorful chaos, curious characters, and whimsical surprises.” [Watch]
Designer/printmaker Julia Schimautz at DTAN Studio in Berlin and newly-launched Gaussian Studio (aka Ines Soutschka and Jessica Barraclough) team on this wonderfully tactile lyric video for “Tina”, a track off Pulp’s first album in 24 years. [Watch]
Half Rez is one of the biggest meetups of the year for motion designers, animators, producers, students, and studios across Chicago and the Midwest. Over 400 people come together for a full day and night of learning, networking, and celebration. [Watch]
In their latest short film, Oscar-nominated animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke reveal both their passion for tackling the climate crisis and their talent for delivering an important message with style and wit. [Watch]
Elastic CD Nadia Tzuo, who took home a 2024 Emmy Award for her Shōgun TV series titles (featured in Stash 167), turns her many design and motion talents to advertising in this dramatic and richly detailed work for Fiji Water. [Watch]
Director James Mabery and the Fern animation team in Atlanta elevate the craft of the explainer video into a softly hypnotic geometric narrative “showcasing the speed and intelligence of AI” for an unnamed SAAS client. [Watch]
While the world doesn’t suffer from a shortage of parodies of The Simpsons titles, this latest stab from the crew at 4Creative (with logo-stuffing VFX support from Lucky Cat in London) is definitely a fresh take. [Watch]
CD Leo Mateus and director Rafael Eifler lead the Tendril design and motion team in crafting this launch film for the CB1 Bitcoin-backed credit card, the first physical product from US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. [Watch]
Vilnius studio Symbiotic reteams with SAES Design House to wrangle a collection of striking CG fauna – including an octopus, tree frog, and emperor penguins – to showcase the primary features of the B!POD food preservation system. [Watch]
The last time director Anton Shavkero and his CLAN crew teamed with CG studio AVE we got this esport madness. Now they’ve applied their unhinged 3D thinking to this future-pop racer vision for PUMA’s classic Speedcat sneaker. [Watch]
CD Paul McDonnell and the design and animation team at Huge in London sculpt a literal page-turner to open Bookish, a British period crime drama series about a book shop owner who helps the police solve crimes. [Watch]
Berlin’s world-renowned character design conference returns to New York for its 11th edition on September 25–26, at the SVA Theatre. Expect two days of talks, screenings, and discussions shaped by new technologies and visual culture. [Watch]
