Collage of 12 colorful, surreal, and abstract artworks—featured in the Stash issue 178 preview trailer—including a soccer player, a beetle, digital figures, a smiling cartoon face, hands, a yacht, a person on a roof, and other imaginative scenes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.
Event poster with bold, overlapping text reading INN MOTION on a blue and black background for In Motion London creative event. Details: 18+19 September, Barbican London. Left: Fest on animation & motion design. Right: Playgrounds logo. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Boundary-Pushers & Media-Benders: In Motion Invades London Sept 18-19

In Motion returns to London in 2026 as the creative meet-up of the year. Expect two days full of trailblazing artists in animation, motion design, and liquid cutting-edge creativity. [Watch]

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]

Stash 172_Post-main-PIC | STASH MAGAZINE
Telstra App OClock clips by Laurie Rowan and Nexus | STASH MAGAZINE

Laurie Rowan and Nexus Studios Go Cuckoo for Telstra

Fabulous character work here courtesy of Nexus director Laurie Rowan, who deploys a stop-motion aesthetic in a series of deadpan CG social media clips for Australian telco Telstra thru Sydney agencies +61 and Bear Meets Eagle On Fire. [Watch]

Postmates This is Your Brain on Food Nexus Design Studio | STASH MAGAZINE

Nexus Design Studio Reveal Your Brain on Food for Postmates

CD Harry Butt and the Nexus Design Studio leave no motion styles unexplored as they wrangle a fun collective of artists and animators into this unpredictable campaign thru Mother LA for Uber’s US food delivery service Postmates. [Watch]