OFFF MX 2025 | STASH MAGAZINE

OFFF MX 2025: Art, Design & Tech in CDMX – Aug 28–29

OFFF MX 2025 isn’t just a festival — it’s where art, design, and tech collide on a global stage.
Get inspired by mind-blowing talks, level up your creativity in hands-on workshops, and experience exhibitions that spark all your senses. [Watch]

Lighting & Lasers: Studio Sentempo Finds Beauty in Industry

Director/designers Alessandro Fantoni and Mario Coppola at Studio Sentempo in Milan (whose work we’ve featured here and here), turn the mechanics of laser etching into a dramatic reveal for Italian industrial technology company Angelini. [Watch]

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AIGA Design Conference Comes to LA – October 9–11

The 2025 AIGA Design Conference takes place October 9–11 in Los Angeles. This year’s theme, Design + Performance, explores how creativity becomes impact through storytelling, movement, and innovation. [Watch]

Bella+Canvas brand film by LOOP | STASH MAGAZINE

Loop Explores the Finer Points of Cotton for Bella+Canvas

One of the true tragedies of CG motion design is the quantity of beautiful R&D visuals that don’t make the final cut. The solution of course (which, in our opinion should be legally mandatory) is to assemble an extensive exploration reel. [Watch]

Buff Keeps Frontify on Brand With Motion Toolkit

Building a motion branding toolkit for a high-profile brand management platform comes with high expectations and as this case study demonstrates, UK studio Buff Motion rises to the occasion for Frontify with both style and functionality. [Watch]

Sculpting the Senses: Plains Of Yonder Opens “Sirens”

Plains Of Yonder directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore (whose work we track here), reteam with the CG talents at Makmac in Barcelona for a sculptural mix of emotion and typography in their titles for the Netflix series Sirens. [Watch]

Colors And The Kids Launches Granite for IBM

Elevating the explainer film is an underrated talent that Stash has aggressively celebrated for more than 20 years, and this latest example, produced by Berlin CG specialists Colors And The Kids for IBM, is a perfect example why. [Watch]

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The Beach Is Back: Camp Mograph Returns to Virginia Sept 11–15

Camp Mograph returns to Virginia Beach, September 11–15, 2025, for a five-day creative retreat made for motion designers. Enjoy hands-on workshops, fireside chats, and real connection in a relaxed, unplugged setting built to recharge your creativity and community. [Watch]

BMW Heart of Joy commercial by Untold and Parasol Island | STASH MAGAZINE

Dancing With Myself: Okto the Octopus Oscillates for BMW

In one of the most technically impressive and fun CG creature performances you will see this year, the animation and VFX teams at Untold Studios and Parasol Island deliver a cephalopodic waltz for BMW thru agency Jung von Matt. [Watch]

Sky Sports Lions Tour 2025 spot by Coffee & TV | STASH MAGAZINE

Rugby Roars to Life in Sky Sports Lions Tour 2025 Campaign

Working with Australian artist Konstantina, Sky Creative and the animation crew at Coffee & TV collaborate on a spectacular mix of Indigenous art and 2D and 3D techniques for Sky Sports’ coverage of the Lions Tour 2025 rugby tournament. [Watch]

INSIGHT OUT and TEF Studio Unveil Philippe Starck’s IRIS

Barcelona studio INSIGHT OUT teams with Lisbon-based 3D design and animation specialists TEF Studio to launch the IRIS intraoral dental scanner, designed by pioneering architect and product designer Philippe Starck. [Watch]

Welcome to the Afropunk Post-Apocalypse

Director/CEO Craig Parker and his crew at Motif Studios in Cape Town (whose Gelato Roboto short we featured in Stash 160) just dropped us their latest passion project, a sci-fi feature film proof of concept called NERO. [Watch]

JJ Whitefiled InTransition music Video by Michael Fragstein | STASH MAGAZINE

Michael Fragstein Goes “Off the Grid” in New JJ Whitefield Music Video

Stuttgart-based director and CG artist Michael Fragstein merges the organic and the structural in this hypnotic and tactile CG music video for the track “Off the Grid” from German guitarist/producer JJ Whitefield. [Watch]

Telstra App OClock clips by Laurie Rowan and Nexus | STASH MAGAZINE

Laurie Rowan and Nexus Studios Go Cuckoo for Telstra

Fabulous character work here courtesy of Nexus director Laurie Rowan, who deploys a stop-motion aesthetic in a series of deadpan CG social media clips for Australian teleco Telstra thru Sydney agencies +61 and Bear Meets Eagle On Fire. [Watch]