Guy de Maupassant’s classic 1883 short story “The Piece of String” finds a new audience among Gen Z students with help from this concise animated version by Cape Town studio We Are Batch for education technology platform Nearpod. [Watch]
In a refreshingly upbeat take on the future of the environment, director Artem Shcherbakov and the ZHEESHEE animation crew introduce a trash-powered robot with existential problems for the 2023 portfolio of Pause Originals short films. [Watch]
Director Julian Chen and the team at Taiwan design and motion studio MixCode take a lighter approach to the theme of a sustainable and hopeful future by casting an irrepressible robot and sidekick drone in their new Pause Originals short. [Watch]
In what may be the most fun dental care animation of all time, motion designer Gabriele Calvi and Milan’s Reframe Studio create a branded music video for Italian toothbrush/toothpaste brand SilverCare. [Watch]
The latest visual experiments by veteran design director Wes Cockx find the Brooklyn-based CG artist applying his signature mix of abstract realism and bold/playful colors to the task of “Visualizing AI” for Google’s DeepMind. [Watch]
The SCAD Fashion program kicked off its 2023 live runway show with this ambitious film by Scholar director/CD Chris Finn (SCAD B.F.A, 2015) combining dance, motion design, and AI with garments by 100 graduating students. [Watch]
