A collage featuring: an 8-bit style soccer player, nails painted with a footballer and red-white-blue gradient, orange soccer players art on a brick wall, and a smiling football bobblehead labeled YA MAAL—evoking Nicos Livesey animation for BBC World Cup. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Nicos Livesey Animates on Everything in Buildup to BBC’s World Cup Coverage

Blinkink director Nicos Livesey, whose stop-motion titles for BBC’s coverage of the UEFA Women’s EURO nabbed a BAFTA this year, expands his animation canvas exponentially in this trailer for the World Cup on BBC Sport. [Watch]

Four colorful illustrations: two people talking at a table, a picnic scene with three people, a person carrying a bag walking past blurred figures, and a blue and yellow Loewe building in the distinct style of Blinkink’s Isabel Garrett. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Isabel Garrett & Blinkink Paint the Town for Loewe’s 180th

Working with illustrator/artist Joanna Blémont, director Isabel Garrett and the Blinkink animation team break out the acrylics and oil sticks in 2,000 frames of hand-rendered love for the venerable luxury label Loewe. [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]

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Nina Gantz and Renee Zhan “Ride to the Moon” With Dior

Blinkink directors Nina Gantz and Renee Zhan help Dior celebrate the Lunar New Year with a hand-crafted stop-motion charmer inspired by the pioneers of cinema and distinctively voiced by American hip-hop artist 070 Shake. [Watch]

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