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June 3, 2025
Veteran designer, illustrator, and visual artist Sebastian Onufszak takes the plunge into AI motion experiments with Dreams Between Sleeps, a compilation of eight personal short films he says “feel like fragments of daydreams”. [Watch]
3D motion specialists Studio Taktil in Stockholm take a break from their client work (Microsoft, IKEA, Samsung, Volvo, etc.) to explore their inner pyromaniac in this experimental CG short film called Sulfur. [Watch]
Computer hardware maker Tenstorrent, who’s goal is to democratize AI, opened its initial Developer Day conference with this motion sequence by Champ Panupong Techawongthawon and his team at Please Call Me Champ Studio in LA. [Watch]
The crew at Peter Anderson Studio in London won their second BAFTA (Titles and Graphic Identity) for the opening sequence of Sweetpea, a British dark comedy/drama series starring Ella Purnell and airing on Sky Atlantic and Starz. [Watch]
The last time Elastic CD Hazel Baird and studio Rough Collie teamed up we got the Emmy-nominated titles for Lessons in Chemistry. This latest collaboration with Apple TV+ sets a quirky tone for the sci-fi comedy Murderbot. [Watch]
The creative chemistry between graphic designer Ikuho Tamura and producer/DJ SKYTOPIA (both Tokyo-based) has resulted in a series of quirky music video singles, each with its own fabulously idiosyncratic motion style. [Watch]
CD William Campbell and the Scholar crew re-work the logo of New Zealand telecom Spark Mobile into a snappy series of motion treatments using a full range of creative tools including CG, VFX, live action, and cel animation. [Watch]
Floating Point Art (aka FPA), the Taiwanese motion studio whose work we were pleased to feature in Stash 170 and Stash 164, just released a new in-house CG exercise inspired by the countless possibilities of quantum superposition. [Watch]
FINCH director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) and the crew at Alt.vfx build out a full-on cinematic action sequence in this spot anchoring a new campaign for Allianz Australia thru Sydney agency Howatson+Company. [Watch]
The stream of top-shelf CG motion projects coming out of VDAS (Visual Design & Art School) in Seoul continues with this Zen-influenced student work for a premium electric kettle by Japanese brand Balmuda directed and animated by Yujin Song. [Watch]
Join us on Saturday, June 14 at the Roulette Theatre in Brooklyn as Motion Plus Design brings together some of the world’s leading motion design artists. Can’t make it in person? Replay tickets are available. [Watch]
With their second installment in the Love Death + Robots series dropping last week and a recent flurry of outstanding commercial work, it’s safe to say the crew at BUCK are on a roll with no signs of stopping for breath. [Watch]
Barcelona art director and designer Santi Zoraidez (whose work you can sample here), leans into the fun side of CG in this bouncy film for Danish e-bike brand MATE and their latest model, the family-focused MATE GO+. [Watch]
In this new work for Chinese personal care appliance brand Laifen, Shenzhen-based motion designer/director Chiu Ho answers the question: Just how much style and drama can you pack into a video for an electric toothbrush? [Watch]
