Veteran Creative Elliott Chaffer Joins Versus as ECD
July 7, 2025
Artist Daniel DeLuna (who also teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology School of Design), extends the fragmented geometry of his prints and paintings into abstracted motion with his new short film Pernicious Percussion. [Watch]
Separating your new sneaker from the legions of competitors is the name of the game for sports brands, so to launch the new Echo for Under Armour, Builders Club stirred up a new mix of “structure, layering, transparency, motion, and light”. [Watch]
In his latest integration of AI into mainstream commercial production, director Brent Bonacorso uses generative tools to create the raw footage with compositing, clean-up, and color handled with traditional post tools. [Watch]
Working direct with Paris fragrance/fashion house Mugler, Les Monstres directors Nicolas Mongin and Helene Orjebin translate illustrations by Ugo Bienvenu into an animated manifesto for the brand’s new cologne collection. [Watch]
Director Magnus Skogsfjord at 3D studio Miror (whose previous Cisco work we featured in Stash 169), ups the charm in the brand’s latest product film with the intro of a character based on the Room Vision PTZ AI-powered camera. [Watch]
The egos required to drive the creative industry don’t often allow for mea culpa’s, so this story of how Barcelona studio Device and prodco BOL missed the mark with their titles for the OFFF Sevilla event makes a refreshing read. [Watch]
Inspired by Blade Runner, WIZZ directing duo Milli (aka Vic Chhun and Leyla Kaddoura) animate a stark and sweaty android fantasy for Paris fashion brand LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi and their SS26 collection. [Watch]
In a refreshing break from heroic esports tropes, director Anton Shavkero and CLAN join forces with CG studio AVE to push your occipital lobe past capacity in this deranged showcase for the BetBoom Esports team players. [Watch]
Nike Football’s massive new SCARY GOOD campaign drops with nine mock-horror films from nine Prodco directors and a half dozen post/VFX studios to celebrate the “creative, fearless play” of the sport’s top players. [Watch]
With over seven billion active smartphones in use as of 2025, mobile screen wallpapers are easily the most-viewed genre of motion design – and the CG team at Millarc in Kraków, Poland, appears to be cornering the market. [Watch]
Director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who’s off-kilter brand of narrative charm we previously featured here, is back with a labor of love about love. And loss. And not settling for less than you deserve. [Watch]
Director Gary Levesque and the animation crew at WIZZ in Paris help agency and brand incubator Closer punch out of the very crowded cosmetics market with this fantasy-fueled animated launch film for GODMODE Beauty. [Watch]
Following on their standout titles for Yellowjackets, the Digital Kitchen team conjure more mystery and intrigue with this open they describe as a “forensic puzzle told through fire” for the Apple TV+ crime drama miniseries Smoke. [Watch]
Directors Paulo Garcia and Natalia Gouvea at Zombie Studio merge stop-motion with 2D and 3D animation plus real-time projection to craft an emotional six-minute film celebrating adoptive families for US nonprofit Second Nurture. [Watch]
