Veteran Creative Elliott Chaffer Joins Versus as ECD
July 7, 2025
Blurring the line between pitch assets and finished motion work, art director Rui Figueiredo and the CG team at Reframe Studio in Seoul delivered this fully-realized film for Bang & Olufsen’s Beoplay H95 noise-cancelling headphones. [Watch]
João Vaz Oliveira, whose Kairos short film we featured in Stash 169, teams with fellow Lisbon motion designer César Furtado to set a tone of thoughtful drama for the the Atlas Animation, Visual Effects & Gaming Festival. [Watch]
Zack Lydon, the Seattle-based animator/illustrator who brought us this playfully violent Valentines treat, re-teams with the Risograph specialists at Zine Hug for a rampaging tribute to Eiichiro Oda’s manga series One Piece. [Watch]
The design and motion crew at The Mill Design Studio take a stab at grounding extreme opulence to eternal elements in this showcase film for the Serpenti Infinito necklace from Italian luxury fashion house Bvlgari. [Watch]
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]
