Katy Perry Smile music video | STASH MAGAZINE

Katy Perry “Smile” by Mathew Cullen and Joe Burrascano

In one of the most ambitious animated music videos of the last decade, London Alley director Mathew Cullen and Nathan Love animation director Joe Burrascano rally a massive crew for Katy Perry’s surreal circus romp in “Smile”. [Watch]

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Spark7 “Twice The Nice” Spot by Youth Hymns

Dirty directors Youth Hymns (aka Jake, Johnny, and Jolyon) apply their other-worldly visual chaos to a spot for Spark7, a debit card targeted at young Austrian bank consumers. [Watch]

Hades Announcement Trailer by Studio Grackle | STASH MAGAZINE

Hades Nintendo Switch Trailer by Studio Grackle

Studio Grackle, a virtual traditional animation studio founded by Spencer Wan, jumped onto the Stash radar this week with their debut project, a whiplash trailer for Hades, the action role-playing game from Supergiant Games. [Watch]

MTV Mood Swing IDs curators reel | STASH MAGAZINE

Curator’s Reel of MTV “Mood Swing” Artist IDs

Art Director Ismael Picardi at MTV Networks World Creative Studio in Buenos Aires: “As part of the MTV’s newest rebrand, Mood Swing, we had to search and curate artists to develop idents that fit our concepts, such as love, chill, flawless, energetic, horny, fear, etc. [Watch]

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Camden Hells “Give Em Hells” (and Beer) by James Papper

Director James Papper teams with Blinkink roster-mates Guy Field, Sophie Koko Gate, José Fatkinson, and Bridget Meyne to create a loveably eccentric spot for Camden Town’s QR code-driven, free beer giveaway thru Wieden+Kennedy, London. [Watch]

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Epic Games vs Apple: “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite”

The battle between Epic Games and Apple over Fortnite and App Store payment policies has at least one upside: this 45-second animated takedown of Ridley Scott’s 1984 Super Bowl commercial casting a worm-infested apple as Big Brother. [Watch]