Free party tickets for Motionographer’s 20th at Mamacita went fast, but general admission is still open on Dice and at the door. Motion Plus Design New York takes the stage at Roulette from 1 pm, and a few seats remain. Then the whole room moves to Deluxx Fluxx, doors at 10.
Twenty years of championing Motion Design deserve a celebration. Motionographer marks its 20th anniversary with Motion Plus Design New York and “20 Seats for 20 Years,” celebrating the creative community at the heart of it all.
Twenty-five years after Bridget Jones’s Diary, Sharon Maguire and Renée Zellweger sat down at the Tribeca Festival to talk about big pants, tabloids, and why the most specific details are the ones that travel. A lesson for anyone building a character or a world.
Twenty years, twenty days. To mark Motionographer’s 20th anniversary, job postings on Motionographer Jobs are free from September 10 through September 29, every submission personally reviewed, every approved listing live for 30 days.
FIFA retires its mascots after one summer; the smartest brands never do. In his first Motionographer column, Pickbrain founder Federico Masini makes the case for characters as brand infrastructure, armed with fresh data, a fan-elected thermos, and a lemon that went to the World Cup.
The Motion Awards X reopens for Motionographer’s 20th anniversary, combining 2025 and 2026 work in one edition for the first time. Our birthday gift: every submission through September 30 includes one extra, free. Final deadline: January 15, 2027. Happy Birthday Motionographers!
Studio VAS turns twenty the same year we do. Martín Schurmann on falling dreams, backups on CD, and finding a new name hidden inside the old one.
Twenty years of Motionographer, built by artists, studios, readers, and collaborators, and the opening frame of a next chapter shaped with the industry.
“Director c. Craig on the Tribeca short that wraps a hand-drawn soul in a CG cloud. Practice makes magic.”
Or even tighter: “The artists’ hands stay visible in every frame of ChikaBOOM! Practice makes magic.
