We don’t know of any other best-of-year lists that recognize explainer videos but Stash has a definite soft spot for designers and animators with the skill set and patience required to distill complex ideas into engaging content. [Watch]
As directors and studios embrace the expanding creative freedom associated with producing titles and trailers for design-related events, the visual and emotional rewards have multiplied exponentially for both organizers and fans. [Watch]
Often noted for his intricate/maximalist VFX productions, like this music video for Pharrell Williams or this spot for Jean Paul Gaultier, Division director François Rousselet keeps his latest work for Apple on a more intimate scale. [Watch]
Music videos published in the The Stash Permanent Collection will always value the director’s design/animation/VFX craft over the popularity of the performer, which makes our year-end list refreshingly different than most. [Watch]
Looking to “inspire positive change in the world”, motion director Andrea Braga rallies a team of 15 animators and three sound designers to enhance his original illustrations and focus attention on the plight of endangered animals. [Watch]
Whether as a way to bolster the reel or as relief from the pressures of briefs and budgets, short films provide a welcome outlet for self-expression and experimentation with 2023 delivering an extraordinary crop of work. [Watch]
