Colorful event poster with mushrooms, abstract shapes, and bold text: HALF REZ 2026. Event details: 09.11.2026, CineCity, Chicago. The Half Rez event Chicago 2026 celebrates Motion Graphics & Design with a bright, playful design featuring both nature and digital elements. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Half Rez Storms into Chicago Sept 11

Half Rez is part education, part celebration, part reunion. This year, we’re taking over Chicago’s CineCity for an afternoon and evening of motion design, animation, creative work, and the lovely people making it. [Watch]

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The Heist Artist Takeover Thinkingbox Branding | STASH MAGAZINE

The Heist Rallies an Artist Takeover for Thinkingbox Re-Brand

Prajay Mehta, director of animation at Vancouver prodco The Heist: “We assembled a crew of talented artists and let them loose on Thinkingbox’s brand redesign. Charged with looking beyond the (thinking)box, what resulted was creative exploration in the truest sense of the word.” [Watch]

The Heist It Was There All Along short film | STASH MAGAZINE

The Heist Discover the Big Idea “Was There All Along”

Vancouver prodco The Heist and Montreal director/designers Sebastien Camden and Vincent Raineri unite their many talents for a manic multi-technique ode to commercial creativity and the pressurized quest for the big idea. [Watch]