Your Voice Matters: The State of Design Survey 2025
The motion design and animation industry is changing fast — new tools, new demands, new opportunities. We want to understand how these shifts are affecting the artists, studios, and production teams who make the work happen. [Watch]
Lucas Zanotto, Will Anderson & Blender Studio Make “Impulse Purchase” With OK Go
Designer/artist Lucas Zanotto and animator/filmmaker Will Anderson co-direct this latest OK Go music video/art piece, a Blender Studio open project using facial capture to drive Zanotto’s character designs in real-time. [Watch]
Drifting and Glitching: Pawel Jermak and Felga Unleash the Hyundai INSTEROID
Director Pawel Jermak and Warsaw animation/post studio Felga crank the glitch dial to 11 on this trailer and teaser combo for the Hyundai INSTEROID, “a concept car built inside a video game, then dropped into the real world”. [Watch]
The LOOP Crew Dives Deep and Dirty With Shark
CDs Alex Mikhaylov, Max Chelyadnikov, and the CG team at LOOP (whose Bella+Canvas film we featured in Stash 172), elevate a series of vacuum product demos into a visual and technical tour de force in this work for home appliance brand SharkNinja. [Watch]
Oh Studio & Tin Sounds Tidy Up With Kids and IKEA UK
Working to a witty track by Tin Sounds (aka the songwriters for the Hey Duggee series), London-based animation director Joseph Clark and his Oh Studio crew transform a household chore into something joyful for IKEA UK. [Watch]
Vagrants Names Jen Perry Executive Creative Director
Vagrants, a creative production shop known for world-class production, craft, and collaboration, has named Jen Perry as Executive Creative Director. Perry will lead the development of a full-scale creative practice within Vagrants, expanding the company’s capabilities beyond production to deliver bold, strategic creative campaigns under one roof. [Watch]