A blue whale swims through a surreal sky in Chen Wu’s short film "Leave The Island," surrounded by cloud-like shapes and glowing suspended droplets, all in soft blue and white tones. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Watch Chen Wu’s Beautiful Short Film “Leave The Island”

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]

A stylized image of a bird flying with wings outstretched, set against an abstract blue and pink background with curved, glowing orange lines, created for the Brume & Gunsmoke Open One Health Summit 2026 for the French Government. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Brume & Gunsmoke Open One Health Summit 2026 With Poetic Manifesto

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]

A collage of four surreal, colorful illustrations inspired by Directing Duo Turbo Celebrate Spanish Design With La Llama Short Film: abstract figures with eyes and hands, a distorted staircase scene, a whimsical building, and a vivid close-up eye. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Turbo Celebrate the Universe of Spanish Design With “La Llama” Short Film

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]

A girl with curly dark hair wearing a pink striped sweater sits at a desk, drawing with colored pencils. The warmly lit, colorful room—filled with books and papers—captures the spirit of Art&Graft’s creative world. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Art&Graft and Kyra Bartley Disrupt the Definition of Dyslexia

The design and animation team at Art&Graft in London join forces with FINCH director Kyra Bartley to help global charity Made By Dyslexia hijack common perceptions and the wider definition of dyslexia. [Watch]

A close-up of a green tree frog with wide eyes and outstretched legs, looking like it leapt straight from a Tropicana Give Life Some Juice commercial by Dorian & Daniel and Untold, as it smiles toward the camera against a blurred outdoor background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Dorian & Daniel and Untold “Give Life Some Juice” in Delirious New Tropicana Spots

RESET directing duo Dorian & Daniel and an army of VFX artists at Untold Studios in London wrangle a troupe of impossibly happy CG jungle characters for Tropicana’s ‘Give Life Some Juice’ brand campaign. [Watch]

A cartoon dog with a mischievous grin and gold chain stands in a surreal, colorful setting inspired by Mrzyk & Moriceau, with abstract shapes, a washing machine, a large purple tail, and two yellow rectangles in the background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Mrzyk & Moriceau “Dance On” With New Cassius Video

French electronic duo Cassius disbanded in 2019 after the death of co-founder Zdar, but the recent discovery of the unreleased track “Dance On” spawned this fully-mad animated romp by directing team Mrzyk & Moriceau. [Watch]