NYC-based creative studio Nice Shoes has hired creative director Ninaad Kulkarni as part of its growing experiential division. Kulkarni is a visionary 3D artist, immersive storyteller, and animation filmmaker with a background in traditional and 3D animation. In 2019, he was selected as part of the highly coveted Forbes “30 Under 30” India class. [Watch]
From DVEIN in Barcelona: “An ongoing project currently in development in which we experiment with Flamingos. We don’t hate them, but we got addicted to messing with them.” [Watch]
Strange Beast has signed director, illustrator and commercial artist Magnus Atom to their roster for international representation. [Watch]
From Imaginary Forces: “How do you make a portrait of one of the most admired and vilified women of the world? Well, if it’s Hillary Clinton, you raid filmmaker Nanette Burstein’s archive of personal and press photos, stack ’em in chronological order, and let ’em play! [Watch]
Illustrator/animator Kevin Herrmann in Würzburg, Germany: “The perception of the world is a reflection of one’s mind. [Watch]
Ed Rhine ECD at design/animation agency Spillt in Denver: “Setting aside that the messaging can be divisive or reductionist depending on your political alignment, we thoroughly stand behind the citizen’s power to be the center of democracy through the right to vote. [Watch]