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Hole-y Holidays: BUCK Meets the Dunkin’ MUNCHKINS

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Welcome to the A-list Dunkin’ Christmas where the BUCK animation crew hangs with the team from Artists Equity (founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) while actress/comedian/renaissance woman Mindy Kaling provides the VO.

From BUCK: “We collaborated with Dunkin’ and Artists Equity to weave a cohesive holiday narrative across every touch point, from storybook-inspired packaging to a children’s book and of course, a delicious, animated film.

“For the derpy and delicious looking characters, we took inspiration from the playful mood and designs on the boxes as we brought them from 2D into 3D.”

“Dunkin’ produces nearly a billion units of cups and boxes each year, so we started with designing the holiday packaging as soon as we kicked off. We took advantage of each specific surface, transparent cups and little cottage-esque carry boxes, to create extra silly vignettes.

“For the derpy and delicious looking characters, we took inspiration from the playful mood and designs on the boxes as we brought them from 2D into 3D.”

Images

Dunkin' MUNCHKINS Holiday Campaign by BUCK | STASH MAGAZINE

Credits

Client: Dunkin’

Agency: Artists Equity

Production: BUCK
GCD: Thomas Schmid
CD: Amelia Giller, Fernando Bittar
EP: Luisa Murray
Producer: Ashley Magsoodi, Julia Torchine, Desirée Gilewich
Art Director: Carmel Gatchalian
Lead Designer: Cari Vander Yacht
Designer: Amelia Chen, Amelia Giller, Ben Nichols, Cari Vander Yacht, Carmel Gatchalian, Chelsea Lee, Daniela Chun, Haeri Cho, Jamiel Law, Michael Burdick, Sam Lee
2D Animation Lead: Juan Ricardo Hernandez
2D Animator (AE): Drew Wiebe, Lisa Kim, Nick Brown
Storyboard Artist: Matty Deans, Stephen Loveluck, Tinghe Yang
3D Supervisor: Arvid Volz, Bill Dorais
Technical Director: Jens Lindgren
3D Lead: Chris Ribar
3D Animation Lead: John Karian
Modeler: Arvid Volz, Constance Bensen, Dave Soto, Filipe Machado
Rigging Supervisor, Ernesto Ruiz Velasco
Rigger: Juan Carlos Mendoza, Max Chalnick, Regina Cicone
3D Animator: Ida Zhu, Katherine Guggenberger, Liana Krakirian
Editor: Billy Kostka, Dave Conte, Heather Bartholomae
Lighter: Arvid Volz, Kat Smith, Kimberly Peh, Ruxin Liang, Wing Sze Lee