A cheerful, animated square character with googly eyes and blue pipe cleaner arms sits on a chair, holding a newspaper and giving a thumbs-up—ready to tune into the Google I/O Keynote Film 2026 by Laurie Rowan & Nexus in the cozy, note-filled room. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Laurie Rowan & Nexus Chip In on Google I/O Keynote Film

Nexus Studios director Laurie Rowan powers up the kitschy fun of an 80s training montage in this keynote film for Google’s I/O 2026 event, a cheeky and tactile merger of 3D animation, puppetry, and AI. [Watch]

Hook Tries On Doppl in Launch Film for Google Labs

Explaining complex ideas with appropriate levels of style and energy for the target audience is a balancing act Stash applauds as often as we can – as with this work from content agency Hook for Google Labs’ Doppl fashion app. [Watch]

Whisk Launch Video for Google Labs by Hook | STASH MAGAZINE

Hook Taps Into the Joy of the Creative Process to Launch Whisk for Google Labs

Detroit creative content agency Hook elevates what could have been a very dry how-to explainer for Google Labs’ new Whisk image generation tool into a music-driven flurry of motion laying out the platform’s features and benefits. [Watch]

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Scholar Sets the Stage for Google Marketing Live

The 2024 edition of the Google Marketing Live event opened with this bright and bubbly mixed-motion sequence lead by Scholar CDs Will Campbell and Juan Carlos Cuadra who set out to “showcase what Google AI can do for you”. [Watch]

Dada Projects Visualizes DeepMind AI for Sustainability

London digital design studio Dada Projects, whose 2023 brand film for PROWL we covered here, nudges forward the motion canon visualizing AI for Google’s DeepMind with this intriguing assembly of CG forms. [Watch]

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Masters & Savant Makes Sure Apple Gets the Message

Director Chris Lockhart and the motion crew at South African studio Masters & Savant craft a sleek and cheeky product film parody as part of Google’s (ultimately successful) campaign urging Apple to update their iMessage platform. [Watch]