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October 2, 2024
The one and only Digital Design Days returns to Milan October 6-8, once again becoming the global center of the Digital Design community, connecting creative professionals with innovative brands and the brightest minds in the industry. [Watch]
Teaming up with German directing duo WOUQ (aka Mariusz Becker and Philip Lück), the Tendril design and motion crew craft a series of abstract and tactile interactive films for the launch of Deloitte’s CypherSphere security platform. [Watch]
A smart mix of humor and urgency from London’s Blue Zoo Animation and GOOD Agency makes an entertaining and effective case for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the UK’s largest nature conservation charity. [Watch]
The 10th Pictoplasma NYC Conference on Contemporary Character Design and Art invades Manhattan September 19-20 at the SVA Theatre on West 23rd Street with a stellar line up of speakers, plus workshops, screenings, and portfolio reviews. [Watch]
WIZZ director Victor Haegelin, whose many stop-motion marvels include the short film Captain 3D (on the cover of Stash 131), continues to innovate with this frantic and intensely detailed music video for American band The Avett Brothers. [Watch]
École des Nouvelles Images, the 3D animation school in Avignon, France, (whose best student work we track here) just released a fabulous new short film called CODE ROSE, concerning an aircraft carrier and several million defiant Flamingos. [Watch]
The recent uptick in beautifully rendered spec CG product films (here for example) is certainly a welcome trend and this project from Stockholm 3D artist and motion designer Floris Kruger extends the genre with a refreshing touch of comedy. [Watch]
Duncan Elms, best known as the prolific CD at Elastic in Los Angeles, gathers a troop of 14 collaborators for this elaborate sequence that opened the most recent Camp Mograph, a three-day creative sleep over in the wilds of Brisbane, Australia. [Watch]
In case you need reminding that CG motion design is in the midst of an R&D golden age, take a peek at the extensive process reel behind this brand film by the team at FutureDeluxe for Canadian outdoor apparel brand Arc’teryx. [Watch]
Using a tactile mix of stop-motion and CG, Zombie Studio reveals the social and societal challenges faced by people with mental and cognitive disabilities for Café Joyeux whose restaurants offer an “inclusive workplace for extraordinary people”. [Watch]
UK director Joseph Wallace brings his stop-motion and puppetry powers to this film shot by Malcolm Hadley (Corpse Bride, Chicken Run 2) thru London prodco Atime Works for a BBC podcast designed to help listeners fall asleep. [Watch]
The all-Amsterdam team of CD Juan Behrens and studio Kingdom of Something (responsible for this motion frivolity), just dropped the trailer for the 8th edition of Digital Design Days, the much-loved celebration of creativity in Milan. [Watch]
Nexus Studios’ director Fx Goby, whose wide-ranging character work you can see here and here, captures the passion and pain of 36 athletes in this rousing spot for the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. [Watch]
Aiming to immerse visitors in a “journey of synesthesia”, the design and animation team at MAMMAL in Atlanta smash together an array of motion styles for Coca-Cola’s House of Spice experiential launch thru agency Momentum Worldwide. [Watch]
