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June 23, 2022
The Mill Design Studio and roster director FILFURY showcase the craftsmanship of Estée Lauder’s heavyweight, soft-close, eyeshadow packaging with “an array of rich, elegant, and textural, graphic design vignettes”. [Watch]
Feral Child, the London-based studio of animation directors Nella Addy and Rogan van den Berg, lean into their talent for offbeat design and animated fun in this “ode to Nike” in-house project. [Watch]
The latest in Psyop’s series of CG trailers for Supercell’s multiplayer online game Brawl Stars finds Super Rare (and not terribly bright) Brawler Rico falling hard for a candy vending machine. [Watch]
Amsterdam studio Part of a Bigger Plan helps Swiss bank UBS and Basel-based Fondation Beyeler answer big questions about the nature and meaning of art with a clean and kinetic collage of motion techniques. [Watch]
French studio River expands a snippet of their brilliant 2020 mock-manifesto film into a full-blown and over-the-top faux-commercial for their own imaginary perfume while gently poking at the genre’s tropes. [Watch]
Eddy director Olivier Lescot draws inspiration from Hollywood westerns, graphic novels, and classic manga into a new personal film he describes as “an exploration of immersive camera movement capturing all the essence of pure action.” [Watch]
VantageFilms CD Vasil Hnatiuk and Russian animation studio SuperFly team up to showcase the innovation and scalability of Ecovative’s pioneering work in the science of growing mycelium to replace plastics and other polluting materials. [Watch]
Breaking off our relationship with single-use plastics won’t be easy but Brooklyn director/animator Nicolo Bianchino takes the first step in this heartfelt brand film for advocacy group Plastic Pollution Coalition. [Watch]
From the team at Tendril in Toronto: “Simulated life: moving, expanding, regenerating. This collaborative artwork was first displayed in the immersive theatre of AOI/Shoyu’s gallery in the metaverse. [Watch]
WeWereMonkeys, aka the Montreal creative duo of Mihai Wilson and Marcella Moser, give a nod to Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher in their “maze-like world of concrete structures” built for Tears For Fears’ new single “Break The Man”. [Watch]
Brazilian cel animator and motion designer Elias Velho lets loose in this punchy promo for his new online Motion Design School course Frame by Frame Ninja that promises to teach you “the hardcore way of animating, one drawing at a time.” [Watch]
The latest in a series of vibrant work for Swatch from UK motion studio Bark&Bite hits an effervescent note for the Swiss pop-watch maker’s Valentine’s Day release. [Watch]
Working from designs by US designer/animator Louis Wes, Barcelona animation studio Device spins up a fluid showcase of Japanese performing arts for Stage Beyond Borders, a new initiative from The Japan Foundation. [Watch]
Flatwhite Motion, the design studio with offices in Sydney and Qingdao, China, sets the tone for the Chinese drama series “Wisher” with a beautifully lit CG sequence touching on themes of technology, manipulation, and fate. [Watch]
