Playgrounds Festival Titles 2014
Again, the Playgrounds Festival was a blast. Solid line-up, nice presentations and a good overall atmosphere. This year, Playgrounds had not one but two title sequences.…
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Harm van Zon • 11 years ago
A folk-singing canary has an important message about carbon monoxide
Tommy McAnairey, a guitar-strumming descendent of literal canaries from the coal mines, warns of carbon monoxide poisoning in this beautifully rendered PSA from Irish studio…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
From Costco supervisor to computational artist, Albert Omoss blazes his own path
In the early days of my career, I bought into something I now call “The Myth of the Rockstar.” It goes like this: You are…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
[NYC] Digital Labor Conference
This weekend in New York, the New School’s Department of Culture & Media is hosting a conference entitled DIGITAL LABOR: SWEATSHOPS, PICKET LINES, BARRICADES. An…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Faux puppet theater for League of Legends “The Harrowing”
“The Harrowing” is another jaw-dropper from Elastic and Andy Hall. Told as a tale within a magical puppet theater, the film is bookended by the…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Literature and motion design: Crossing the boundaries with Warren Lehrer’s “A Life in Books”
Warren Lehrer, a longtime pioneer of visual literature and professor at the School of Art+Design at Purchase College, released an excellent multimedia novel last year,…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Psyop tri-awesomeness
Psyop updates with three 2D spots for the holiday season. Airbnb “Walls and Chains” Target + Toms “One for One for All” Tiffany & Co.…
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Igor Sordokhonov • 11 years ago
Paper and ink animation to promote plant based packaging for Coke
Lucinda Schreiber’s “Kiss,” is a 15 second stop motion animation made of paper and ink to promote the new “plant bottles” for Coca-Cola, a new…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Richard Hogg and Mummu: Hello FutureLearners!
Charmingly sharp character animation in this spot for FutureLearn.com. I got a chuckle out of everyone featured, but really, Lynn steals the show. More about the making-of from…
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Erica Gorochow • 11 years ago
Papercraft and tight art direction make health care seem simple
Immaculate art direction from Lucas Zanotto humanizes health care insurance in these two spots for Health Source RI.
Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Gravy spills from a Ferrari and is lapped up by a Bengal tiger
Gravy spills from a Ferrari and is lapped up by a Bengal tiger. That’s really all you need to know about this low-fi, retro-inspired promo…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
10 years of Fox Italy told through characters
This charming ID from Ronda shows the 10-year evolution of Fox Italy through elegantly designed and animated characters. Credits Dierction: Ronda Direction, Character Design and…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
