Punga does Zune
Creative collective Punga just added to the extensive list of art works for the Zune-arts project that was created and directed by 72andSunny. Their animation…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Brickyard VFX: Sprint
I’ve gotten a few emails about the new “Sprint Ahead” campaign, but I’ve been a little slow to post it (for reasons I’ll explain later).…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Boca and Ryan Uhrich: Duelity
Vancouver Film School students Marcos “Boca” Ceravolo and Ryan Uhrich came up with an interesting—and entertaining—premise for their final project in the Digital Design program.…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Leroy and Clarkson for Bio
I’ve noticed that, by and large, motion graphics students don’t “get” network packaging. Yeah, they love flashy promos all blinged out to catch viewers’ eyeballs…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
31 Days of Oscar
This spot for Turner Classic Movies by Fresh Paint is full of subtle and effective visual effects that tie together a montage of classic movie…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Pontiac G8 Gets the Spy Hunter Treatment
I burned through stacks of quarters playing Spy Hunter as a kid. Someone at Pontiac’s marketing department knew that, and they commissioned this slick spot…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Unanticipated Kid Storm
Impactist (a.k.a. Kelly Meador & Daniel Elwing a.k.a. Mare Dowling) created a curious a/v puzzle for the opening of the latest *smilefaucet DVD, Undo. In…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Welcome to WordWorld
I love motion graphics. I hope that’s obvious. But I also love children’s television—the educational kind, not so much the Spongebob Squarepants kind. As an…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Get Out And Play
This new Nokia N-Gage viral is sizzling through the interw3b. The general idea is at least 50 years old, but Swedish director Hobby and agency…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Joaquin Baldwin: “Papiroflexia”
Joaquín Baldwin’s “Papiroflexia” (Spanish for “Origami”) is an endearing short film that gently exalts the power of imagination. There aren’t any whiz-bang tricks or flashy…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
No Clear Path to Profit for Online Video, Say Executives
Cnet.com’s coverage of last week’s RBC Technology, Media and Communications Conference paints a bleak picture for the current—and perhaps future—state of online video publishers’ ongoing…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional”
A friend of mine passed me Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional,” a diatribe that argues, among other things, that design professionalism cannot be instilled…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip
For his Animation MA at the Royal College of Art, Leo Murray created an ambitious 11-minute short film on climate change, “Wake Up, Freak Out…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Coraline: Secret Keys
Long-time reader and black belt tipster Seth Gantman dropped a juicy note in our inboxes a while ago, but for some strange reason, I never…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Onitsuka Tiger: Zodiac Race
The Onitsuka Tiger is back to celebrate it’s 60th anniversary, a milestone of major significance to Japanese culture that is laden with symbolism around the…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Latest from Lindsay Daniels
With a clean and neatly organized body of sophisticated work, Lindsay Daniels launches her self-titled web presence. Her work speaks for itself along with the…
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Jake Sargeant • 16 years ago
Stefan Schomerus: Plywoodpirates
Here’s one thing I learned from school: Stop-motion animation is hard. Damned hard. Not only does it come with all the normal challenges of character…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Building Projection Round-Up
Over the last year or so, we’ve seen a lot projects involving the projection of video onto architectural structures. The most interesting of these are…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Bobby !
It gives me tremendous pleasure when we get to feature a studio that’s not located in the Motion Design Meccas of the world (NYC, LA,…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Gabe Askew’s Ten By Ten
Gabe Askew’s new video for the song “Ten By Ten” by Bluebrain is a really interesting and well-executed piece, and quite a departure from Two…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Stephen Panicara’s DPTV Rebrand
I came across this project by Steve Panicara over at the Motion Exchange and was very impressed by it. Immediately by the tight and energetic…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
TiRA for ASTRA
From London-based This is Real Art comes a project that hits all my soft spots: space tech, information graphics, and a reserved, modern design aesthetic.…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 14 years ago
PepperMellon for The Guardian and The Observer “World Cup”
As an appetizer to the hotly anticipated World Cup, Argentinean studio, PepperMellon, has jockeyed their way to front-lines and served up a playful treat to…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago