Stay Inspired with STASH 114

If you’ve never experienced The Stash Permanent Collection, now’s the time with a FREE 30-day subscription. Our 114th issue adds another 31 outstanding animation, VFX and motion projects to the planet’s largest online video design library, plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. [Watch]

Money Talks: Darwin Deez “The Mess She Made”

London director Oscar Hudson conjures a wall to wall smile-fest in this video for NYC indie artist Darwin Deez with witty use of what we’re going to call forced-perspective monetary origami. [Watch]

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Hideki Inaba: Beatsofreen “Slowly Rising”

Japanese animator/director Hideki Inaba remixes elements from his recent animated short called “Berg” into a new video of breathtaking organic complexity for the “Slowly Rising” track by Dutch electro artist Beatsofreen. [Watch]

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The Slowest (and Funniest) Rube Goldberg Machine Ever

The crowded Rube Goldberg-inspired video genre gets a much-needed kick in the funny bone from 1stAveMachine director (and Rube Goldberg specialist) Bob Partington who, over the course of six and half weeks, employs molasses, a turtle, melting Popsicles and sprouting grass to create “Slow-Berg.” [Watch]

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Kosai Sekine: Bending Reality

Bombarded by so much media, we’ve all become super-confident hyper-editors – instantly sorting the stream of images into hot or not, do or delete, fraud or fake. So it’s startling to find your brain caught in a loop, cycling between belief and denial. [Watch]

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Creating Low Budget Magic for De Staat’s “Witch Doctor”

How can a music video director make their low budget production punch out of the frothy torrent of visual media released everyday? The truth is (and therefore the fun is), no one has a clue. Enter Studio Smack, Floris Kaayk and their intense new work for “Witch Doctor” by Dutch alt rockers De Staat. [Watch]