Open magazines with design images are arranged on a wooden surface. To the right, a pink modern lamp and glass objects float against a neutral background, evoking the dreamy aesthetic of Andreas Wannerstedt’s "Soft Logic" CG Short Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Andreas Wannerstedt Rolls Out “Soft Logic” Short Film

Stockholm-based art director/motion artist Andreas Wannerstedt, whose mesmerizing CG short films we’ve featured here, returns with a new, playful, and meditative take on magic realism he calls Soft Logic. [Watch]

A collage of four close-up images of a Lazer Cycling Helmets product film by Frame48, showing the helmet in dynamic lighting and flowing air or water, emphasizing aerodynamic design and structural details in orange and blue tones. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Hell & High Water: Frame48 Makes Impact With Lazer

In direct contrast to the snappy elegance of their recent film for Sonos, the crew at LA 3D motion house Frame48 conjures two elemental torture tests to showcase the impact protection of Lazer’s cycling helmets. [Watch]

Black and white photo of two men talking outdoors. One man with tousled hair and a beard looks intently at the other, who is partly turned away—a candid moment as Papaya-Films-sign-director--Favio-Vinson-to-roster. The background is blurred. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Papaya Films Signs Director Favio Vinson to Roster

From the release: International production company Papaya Films has signed up and coming director Favio Vinson to its roster. [Watch]

Four animated band members, created by the acclaimed Music Video Agency Blinkink, walk in the rain at night, each carrying a bat, scythe, flag, or rifle; the cartoonish style features dark, dramatic shading. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Blinkink and Music Video Agency FreeAgent UK Announce Collaboration

From the release: Award-winning production studio Blinkink have announced that FreeAgent UK, led by Alexa Haywood, has joined to represent the studio’s music video directors across the UK. [Watch]

Colorful bird-shaped hooks in yellow, green, and blue are mounted on a patterned wall with curved and arched niches in beige and white tones—a minimalist, geometric scene inspired by Ribbit Launches in Copenhagen With Birdie Brand Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Ribbit Launches in Copenhagen With Birdie Brand Film

New Copenhagen motion studio Ribbit just dropped us their launch project, a fresh and friendly brand film for Birdie, the Danish-designed indoor air quality monitor that uses a canary-in-a-coal-mine metaphor to visualize CO2 levels. [Watch]

A desk with a miniature construction scene—workers, scaffolding, and cranes from Studio Bump Underconstruction building concrete letters spelling "home." Tools, blueprints, and construction vehicles are scattered around. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Process & Materiality: Studio Bump Builds Up the Brand Film

If a brand film for your own studio should be fun to work on, co-founders/directors Uri Lotan and Kobi Vogman at Studio Bump in Tel Aviv certainly met the mark in this jaunty mock stop-motion piece called Under Construction. [Watch]