Join the Paris-based CG iconoclasts at Meat Dept. as they walk us through the process of working with JJ Abrams and LaToya Morgan to create the miniature madness of their titles for Duster, the new 70s-set crime thriller series on Max. [Watch]
Fresh off a stellar run on the festival circuit (150+ official selections with 47 awards AND Oscar short-listed), A Kind of Testament is the first short film from French illustrator/comic book artist Stephen Vuillemin. [Watch]
Clim Studio, whose playful Roger & Gallet films we featured in Stash 166, extends that light tone into absurdist comedy with this in-house project built around their belief that in motion design, “ideas must have a seat at the table”. [Watch]
CD Valeria Moreiro and the motion team at NotReal venture into the advertising and design awards industrial complex with an ambitious graphics package designed to unify the four major platforms hosted by The One Club for Creativity. [Watch]
Edu Torres and Diego Cavallaro, the founders of CG studio two&tall, just dropped this passion project, an intense spec spot for Aston Martin where complex technical challenges are well-hidden under a sleek and atmospheric exterior. [Watch]
What would it look like if perpetually cool industrial designer Dieter Rams applied his beautifully functional aesthetic to the humble guitar pedal? London motion designer Connor Bannister has a go at imagining “What would Dieter do?” [Watch]
Chu-Chieh Lee, a Taiwanese animation director/illustrator based in London, just dropped us her multi-award-winning graduate short film Minus Plus Multiply, an ambitious multi-media blend of 2D animation and stop-motion pottery. [Watch]
ECD Brandon Hirzel and his team at LA multimedia studio Bemo break out the full motion toolkit (including 2D, 3D, cel, and VFX) in this electrified spot for Syracuse-based sports brand Powell Lacrosse. [Watch]
Missed the deadline? The Collision Awards grace period runs through Friday, June 13. Open to animators and motion designers worldwide across all styles—Commercials, Experimental, TV, Games & XR, Film, and Digital Communication.
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The design and motion crew at Giant Ant in Vancouver ride deep into the details for US bicycle component brand SRAM and their Eagle Powertrain for electric mountain bikes in this perfectly paced explainer. [Watch]
The CG mavens at someform Studio in Berlin and Panoply in London combine their design and technical talents on this launch film for a therapeutic boot designed by athletic performance recovery brand Hyperice in collaboration with Nike. [Watch]
London creative agency weareseventeen’s latest work for Viasat is an atmospheric suite of ID’s for the broadcaster’s slate of film channels designed to “celebrate the beauty of spontaneous framing and unexpected moments of focus.” [Watch]
Golden Wolf ECD Stefan Falconer (whose multi-media madness we track here) energizes the launch of the Coca-Cola Frozen slushy with a chaotic, rapid-fire take on the cranial phenomenon of sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, aka brain freeze. [Watch]
The design and motion crew at Geneva-based CG studio le truc ventures into the rarefied air of the ultra-exclusive sneaker market with this film for Swiss brand Jamaivu and their bespoke footwear sculptures for the very well-heeled. [Watch]