MAKE Animation Thesis Grant Announces 2026 Winners
June 23, 2026
Geneva and Paris-based CG studio le truc launch the latest functional art piece from Maximilian Busser and his luxury watch and clock brand MB&F with an arresting combination of sleek visuals and visceral sound design. [Watch]
Directors Anaissa Ruiz Tejada and Cristian Sandoval lead a team of 30 fellow students at Savannah College of Art and Design in crafting the open for the 2026 edition of the school’s annual CoMotion design conference. [Watch]
In a straight-up weaponization of AI against it’s creators, director Chris Boyle and the crew at London mixed-media studio Private Island drop a satirical, three-minute boy band take-down of tech billionaires. [Watch]
The Stash panel at OFFF 2026 – BREAKING THROUGH: How to Get Seen & Get Results – generated far more audience questions than we could address on stage. Part 2 of our follow-up answers queries about getting started in design and dealing with self-doubt. [Watch]
Pixel x Pixel is a motion creative event bringing together leading creators from around the world across motion design, animation, VFX, and real-time graphics on Oct 17 in Toyko, Japan. [Watch]
Munich animation and illustration studio Musclebeaver capture the spirit and energy of elite international volleyball in this carefully drafted, action-forward opening film for the 2026 season of Volleyball Nations League. [Watch]
Discovering new animated work from Vancouver story tellers Giant Ant is always a happy occasion, and this hero compilation of four mini-brand films for AI digital experience platform Optimizely, is no exception. [Watch]
London-based animation director Joseph Clark and his Oh Studio crew help rally resistance to the data-thieves of Big Tech in this awareness campaign for We Are Better Than This. [Watch]
London-based illustrator and animation director Chen Wu just sent his new short film “Leave The Island”, a quietly beautiful tale about “departure, transformation, and the quiet traces that memory leaves behind.” [Watch]
After covering NotReal’s work for over seven years (including in one of Stash’s most viewed posts ever), I had the opportunity to sit down with co-founders Valeria Moreiro and Milton Gonzalez at OFFF Barcelona 2026. [Watch]
Following their recent film for HAY, the CG motion crew at Frame are back with another beautiful interior design product film, this time for Kvadrat Acoustics and Fosters + Partners Industrial Design. [Watch]
Co-founders Benoit Drigny and Valentin Nouvel at motion studio brume, whose gorgeous TED-Ed fable we featured on the cover of Stash 154, opened the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon with another lyrical, illustration-based sequence. [Watch]
Wrangling the talents and styles of a small army of artists and animators, Spanish directing duo Turbo (aka Pau López & Gerardo del Hierro) conjure a propulsive and fully-surreal voyage through the world of Spanish design. [Watch]
Veteran CG director/motion designer Joan Moreno teams with Amsterdam prodco FutureFrank to craft a surgical piece of gothic sci-fi as an extension of the new multi-artist FutureFrank® streetwear collection. [Watch]
