Working with international creative studio SENSITIVE, XK studio crafts a product film for the Beats x JENNIE Solo 4, a collab between Apple’s premium headphone brand and South Korean superstar Jennie Kim (aka Jennie Ruby Jane). [Watch]
To break out of the noise and chaos of the consumer marketing complex, brands need to elevate their products with outstanding creative and confident execution that grabs attention, ramps up desire, and opens wallets. [Watch]
Whether as a way to bolster the reel or as relief from briefs and budgets, personal short films provide a welcome outlet for self-expression and experimentation with 2025 delivering a wonderfully diverse lineup of new work. [Watch]
2025 was another stellar year for character-driven design and animation projects with an extraordinary range of styles and production techniques all focused on a singular goal: ensuring the narrative engages and resonates. [Watch]
As directors and studios continue to embrace the expansive creative freedom of producing titles and trailers for design-related events, the visual and emotional rewards have multiplied for both organizers and audiences. [Watch]
Often blurring the line between art and message, studios and marketers continue to expand their use of brand films (produced primarily for online, social, and out-of-home viewing), taking full advantage of the genre’s freedom of format and style. [Watch]
Whether created to bolster your portfolio, explore new tools/techniques, or simply as an escape from the restraints of client work, personal projects and spec work continue to provide a crucial outlet for pent-up motion design energy. [Watch]
Filtering out the best from the torrent of worldwide commercial advertising is a definite slog but ultimately worthwhile because hidden in that relentless flow of mediocrity you will find motion gems worth snatching and savoring. [Watch]
No other sub-genre of motion design generates the measurable excitement (clicks, views, likes, etc.) among Stash fans and subscribers as the work we classify as 3D Style – a type of CG magic realism with transportive powers. [Watch]
To celebrate an eventful year, directing duo Jake Wegesin and Frankie Principe at Ambient Press release a pair of mischievous raccoons into a wintery night for some lighthearted electrical adventures. [Watch]
If you’re in need of a little calm before the holiday storm, Korean motion designer Moon Juryeong has just the thing – a dreamy and ambient CG short film inspired by a lovely quote about libraries from British author Neil Gaiman. [Watch]
The character animation masters at London’s Animade studio, announce the re-release of their Ready Steady Bang mobile game (coming in early 2026) with this cheeky trailer, which also doubles as their 2025 holiday film. [Watch]
A full-on cultural phenomenon in China where it drove over 50 million views in 24 hours, this emotional music video for singer/songwriter and UNICEF ambassador Roy Wang, uses AI to simulate the warmth of stop-motion felt animation. [Watch]
Working with CD Adrien Pasquet at Paris prodco Polvo, director/illustrator Florian Perron crafts a utopian sensory fantasy “Where Heartfelt Dreams Check In” for French hospitality and hotel brand Accor. [Watch]