The Stash Permanent Collection – aka the only streaming platform dedicated to design, animation, and VFX – just published issue 172. Preview the full two hours of motion brilliance with this two-minute trailer. [Watch]
Working with UK illustrator/art director Matt Blease, the animation team at Niceshit Studio in Barcelona combines “classic comedy, bold scripts, and expressive characters” into a series of clean and quirky spots for IBM’s AI products. [Watch]
Join 1stAveMachine director Anthony Dickenson as he assembles 5,000 hand-painted frames into a mesmeric music video for London-based electronic musician Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West). The in-depth BTS starts at 3:00. [Watch]
After a stellar run on the festival circuit, Colombian director David Carrizales dropped us his first animated short film, a lighthearted ode to human commonality built on a wordless soundtrack of bodily-generated noises. [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]
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]
