Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Interview: Motion design and the Google identity
Google's Jonathan Jarvis tells us how integral motion design was to the recent Google rebrand, why you should give users superpowers and what kind of…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Google’s Project Loon and How We Create the Future
Google’s latest gloriously ambitious initiative, Project Loon, is all over the news this week. This beautiful piece – directed by Google Creative Lab with Mixtape…
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Elliot Blanchard • 11 years ago
The Epic Doc Interview
THE EPIC DOC INTERVIEW The following is an interview with Varathit Uthaisri, (“Tu”), the Director of Google’s “The Epic Docs” animation, a DemoSlam campaign project,…
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Lauren Indovina • 14 years ago
How Google uses motion design to make tangible tech
When Google introduced its Material Design visual language in the summer of 2014, it felt like a train I’d been expecting for years was finally pulling into the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Epic Doc
“The Epic Doc” is a short advert directed by Varathit Uthaisri (aka “Tu”), a filmaker currently working with Google Creative Lab in NYC. A few…
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Lauren Indovina • 14 years ago
Google Wallet
More gorgeous work from Buck, this time for Google Wallet. Impeccable faux analogue and brilliant transitions anchored by solid design make this a worthy addition…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Google’s Superbowl Ad: Falling In Love with Search
Of all the Superbow ads, my favorite is Google’s “Parisian Love.” Simple, on-brand and surprisingly poignant. Kudos to director Aaron Duffy for his restraint and…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
1st Avenue Machine: Google Fiber
1st Avenue Machine’s Ben Steiger Levine and Aaron Duffy have created this cute spot for the introduction of Google Fiber. This “car” film takes us through the…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
Glen Keane: Duet
Disney animator Glen Keane creates a moving short film for Google's Spotlight Stories project.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Google’s Chrome Shorts
Google has just launched a YouTube page with 11 short films to promote the launch of their new web browser, Chrome. Similar to BNS’s ‘Feature…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Master Plan: How Google is Going to Dominate the Entire Universe
Carole Guevin over at netdiver.net brought Master Plan to my attention, a visual essay/conspiracy theory about how Google might be evil after all. Maybe I’m…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Josh Raskin for Google
Many Motionographer readers will no doubt recognise Josh Raskin as director of the Oscar nominated short ‘I met the Walrus’. Personally I’d been wondering what…
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Simon Robson • 12 years ago
Gentleman Scholar
Upgraded from a quickie, we felt that Santa Monica based design studio, Gentleman Scholar, needed a closer look and a proper introduction. Scholar is a…
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Staff • 14 years ago
Target and LA Live
Gentleman Scholar joined an impressive lineup of studios and directors to create content for Target’s screens at LA Live, the massive complex of entertainment venues…
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Staff • 12 years ago
Nick Scott Studio: “The Google Story”
Nick Scott Studio pieces together the history of Google, in The Google Story.
Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Google: Todo a 1 Clic
Nico Chausovsky and Leo Campasso created this cute PSA warning of the dangers of sharing too much online (en español) for Google, Chicos.net and Red…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Magical papercraft and mixed media in “Meetings Imagined”
Featuring extensive papercraft work and a little bit of knolling, Gentleman Scholar’s charming spot for Marriott is a mixed media celebration of something most of us would rather…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Buck for Google eBooks
After much speculations and rumours, Google launches its own eBookstore today. Lots of talk about its pros and cons, as well as discussions about whether…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Truffle Pig, an other-worldly virtual reality experience from Gentleman Scholar
LA-based Gentleman Scholar have joined the growing number of animation studios seduced by the creative possibilities (and technical challenges) of virtual reality as a storytelling…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar
Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Japanese Google Street View
You have to really admire the Japanese and their animation. They can take something as mundane as how Google Street View works, and transform it…
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James Wignall • 15 years ago
Smith & Foulkes for Nexus: HP “Google Maps”
Smith & Foulkes make a welcome return for Nexus in this catchy spot for HP, in Google Maps.
Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Gentleman Scholar: Coke “Parks”
In this well-executed spot for client Coca Cola, Gentleman Scholar has “created a playful illustrated landscape to prove that some contests are definitely worth entering.”…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago