xCruza Peabody eTermo Electric Thermos by Juan Andres Molteno | STASH MAGAZINE

Molten Layers Up in New Explainer for xCruza’s eTermo Electric Thermos

Buenos Aires director/designer Juan Andrés Molteno (aka Molten) brings a fresh and engaging mix of 3D style and 2D motion graphics to this snappy explainer for industrial design studio xCruza and their Peabody eTermo electric thermos. [Watch]

Heat Wave Visual MX250 Goggles Launch Film by Inertia Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

The Dust Refuses to Settle in Inertia’s New Launch Film for Heat Wave Visual

Director Thomas Valente and the design and animation team at Inertia Studios in London (who made the Best of Stash 2023 with their Helfare spot) brave a serious dust storm in this launch film for Heat Wave Visual’s MX250 goggles. [Watch]

Collision Awards 2024 | STASH MAGAZINE

The Collision Awards Set to Honor All Forms of Animation and Motion Design

The Stash crew are proud to be founding partners of the Collision Awards, the first honors to recognize animation and motion design excellence in all its forms. Call for entries is now open. Early entry deadline is March 8th, 2024. [Watch]

Rocketpanda Brand Film for Mectron | STASH MAGAZINE

Rocketpanda Eases Dental Distress With Dino Comedy

Using 2D animated frames to guide the motion of their 3D characters, the Rocketpanda crew in Verona, Italy, make a light-hearted but fully convincing case to no longer fear the dentist for dental device brand Mectron. [Watch]

Floating Point Art Origin Short Film | STASH MAGAZINE

Floating Point Art Release “Origin” Short Film

Director Jie Liou and the team at Floating Point Art in Taipei, Taiwan, just landed on the Stash radar with the release of the studio’s first short film, a precise and expansive CG ode to convergence called Origin. [Watch]

Bas Decent feat Amaarae Music Video by Pencil TV | STASH MAGAZINE

Pencil TV See the Light in New Music Video for Bas “Decent (feat. Amaarae)”

Paris animation/design house Pencil TV, director Danae Gosset, and co-director HouHou drop a lovely merger of metaphors and mixed media in this music video for Sudanese-American rapper Bas. [Watch]

All-Pro Team NFLPA by Cub Studio | STASH MAGAZINE

Cub Studio Go All-Pro for the National Football League Players Association

Expanding on their infatuation with American Football, Brighton animation innovators Cub Studio spin up a series of hand-painted 3D assets showcasing the 30 players selected to this year’s NFL All-Pro Team. [Watch]

Masters of the Air Main Titles Apple TV Imaginary Forces | STASH MAGAZINE

Imaginary Forces Forge “Masters of the Air” Main Titles

Following on their series titles for Band of Brothers and The Pacific, Imaginary Forces take to the sky for an epic two-and-a-half-minute sequence of cinematic drama and WWII airborne heroics for Apple TV+. [Watch]

VCRWORKS Brawl Stars Get the Kit | STASH MAGAZINE

VCRWORKS Riffs on Retro Animation Styles for Brawl Stars

Director Jonghwan Kim and the team at VCRWORKS in Seoul up the interest level of their latest Brawl Stars trailer with sly but not subtle references to multiple retro 2D animation styles including Powerpuff Girls, Looney Toons, and golden era Disney. [Watch]

Ordinary Folk and Ambrose Yu Instrumental Visual Poem | STASH MAGAZINE

Exploring the Dance of Sound and Motion

CD Jorge Canedo Estrada and designer Avikali Lomavatu at Ordinary Folk in Vancouver team with composer Ambrose Yu for an experimental personal project they call “Instrumental Visual Poem” where the music drives the design and animation. [Watch]

Stash issue 163 | STASH MAGAZINE

Stash 163 Delivers Fresh Inspiration for the New Year

Kick-start all your creative bits with Stash 163, the latest feast of curated inspiration to hit the Stash Permanent Collection, the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to exceptional motion design, animation, and VFX. [Watch]

Death Stranding and Anicorn Watch brand film by Morning Giants | STASH MAGAZINE

Morning Giants Make the Case for Death Stranding and Anicorn Watch Collaboration

Hong Kong animation studio Morning Giants punches up the release of the limited edition Reverse Trike Time and case set created by specialty watchmaker Anicorn and inspired by Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding game. [Watch]

John Likens Method Asgards Wrath 2 for Meta | STASH MAGAZINE

Method Studios Bring to Life the Epic Worlds of Asgard’s Wrath 2

Meta introduced its VR game Asgard’s Wrath 2 with a rampaging animated campaign including this visceral trailer from director John Likens who teamed with VFX super Ivan Guerrero and the post team at Method Studios. [Watch]

SkinCeuticals scientific skincare excellence brand film by MediaWork | STASH MAGAZINE

Media.Work Merges Beauty and Science for SkinCeuticals

Creative director Igor Sordokhonov and the Media.Work CG motion crew transform the line between beauty and evidence-based science into a riveting sequence of facts and metaphors in this new film for US skincare brand SkinCeuticals. [Watch]

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