Shut Up and Eat Your “Snap Shorts”

The off-kilter but meticulously drafted characters of illustrator Eran Mendel pop to life in a trio of darkly comic shorts animated by Oren Mashkovski and held together by the music of composer Pablo J. Garmón. [Watch]

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João Lavieri: Des.gráfica

São Paulo designer/illustrator/director João Lavieri unleashes “a collection of weird loops animated without sense” as a promo for the Fair Des.gráfica, a cultural event “focusing on publications and visual experiences that are conspicuous by their daring and experimentation in the field of comics.” [Watch]

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Keep Great Company at STYLE FRAMES!

Join 35 STYLE FRAMES speakers plus an audience full of designers, directors, animators, ADs, CDs, ACDs, ECDs, producers and EPs, HOPs, VPs, SVPs, VFX artists/supervisors, educators, audio and interactive designers plus VR producers, from all sides of the creative industry. [Watch]

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Buck and Cole & Weber for Bridgespan

Creative Director Gareth O’Brien and the Buck crew continue to up the bar for explainer videos with this luminous and intricate 60-second spot for western US health insurance company Bridgespan thru Seattle agency Cole & Weber. [Watch]

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Tomás García: MTV.OS Branding

Hold onto your memes and emojis, Tomás García and his crew in Buenos Aires just sent us this absurd whack of chaos/branding for MTV.OS, aka the scary future of broadcasting that uses A.I. to take over your TV brain. [Watch]

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Eran Hilleli’s Amazing STYLE FRAMES Titles (preview)

Take a look at the visual treat Hornet director Eran Hilleli has in store for STYLE FRAMES attendees on the morning of Nov 7. Both inviting and epic, Eran’s titles capture the friendly, inspirational atmosphere as well as the important design issues underpinning the conference.
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OURO: Another “Nasty Woman”

When Donald Trump called Hilary Clinton a “nasty woman,” he unintentionally created a rallying cry for women voters and he also helped reframe how we see women struggling for respect in a world dominated by men. [Watch]

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Ouchhh: AVA V2 Installation in Paris

Istanbul creative new media agency Ouchhh keeps hammering at the edges of art, design, and technology with their newest commissioned work, a striking six-projector installation in Paris called AVA V2 inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller. [Watch]

Jack Cunningham: “Proper” Stop Motion for Tripl Stitched

Nexus director Jack Cunningham mixes classic stop motion and 3D animation with 3D printing to create “a unique insight into how the craft of making has evolved whilst still retaining traditional values and skills” for London men’s clothing label Tripl Stitched. [Watch]

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Brainbot “E-BOT LUTION”

Ever since Fritz Lang introduced Maria in his 1927 expressionist sci-fi classic “Metropolis,” audiences have been fascinated by robots both benevolent and nasty – see if you can name all the pop-culture bots featured in this snappy timeline tribute from Brainbot Studios in Madrid. [Watch]

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Merc Meets ANL: Kool Keith X MF Doom “SuperHero”

The Aardman Nathan Love crew blow right past their regular 3D character animation parking space to join director Kris Merc in the pop-culture passing lane with this seizure-inducing torrent of multimedia disguised as the music video for Kool Keith X MF Doom ‘”Super Hero’.” [Watch]

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Julian Ticona Cuba & Johnny BANG Reilly: “NIGHTFALL”

Julian Ticona Cuba, one half of the German creative team known as Noise (with Daniel Bartels) weaves sombre and mysterious visuals with the hypnotic poetry of UK wordsmith Johnny BANG Reilly in this director’s cut of “Nightfall” for Universal Music. [Watch]

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“MR ANXIETY GOES ON A DATE”

Check this frenetic animated blast of dark humor called “Mr. Anxiety Goes on a Date,” an over-caffeinated interior monologue completed in one day by 4inaroom, aka Alyona Ciobanu, Anna Florea, The Sandul, and Serban Ilicevici. [Watch]

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Hugo Ramirez “THE CHASE IN THE GHOST TRAIN”

Paris director/animator Hugo Ramirez unleashes a visceral roto-nightmare he calls “black ink animation insanity” for Yann Kornowicz’s track “The Chase in the Ghost Train” thru Paris prodco Eddy. [Watch]

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