Lobo Updates
Lobo has updated their site with new work, including a self-produced monograph, “Silkmag,” featuring non-commercial work. It’s interesting to see how Lobo’s work has changed…
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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
NBA “Navigation” Steve Nash
I almost missed this NBA spot the first time I watched it. It starts with a bit of a cheesy premise but it ends up…
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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
Cassiano Prado ‘in Berlin’
New director Cassiano Prado has directed this stunning video for the band Electralane, for their track ‘In Berlin’. The promo is an emotional tour de…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
CareerBuilder Help Yourself Campaign
I’m posting these two CareerBuilder spots for the hilarious copywriting from Wieden+Kennedy and for the spot-on direction from Mike Mills (The Directors Bureau), but A52…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
FIFA Street 3 Viral
Damn it, I hate when something is so obviously a viral and yet still entertaining enough to watch over and over. Anyone have any idea…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Motion Theory for Nike: “Sumo” and “Oneball”
Motion Theory and Nike make a beautiful team. I still remember posting a two-spot campaign way back in the Tween days in which MT used…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Canadian Forces
This website for the Canadian Forces recruiting group is interesting on many levels. From a motion graphics angle, the introductory videos for each of the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Nervo: Let Us Kiss
Nervo has created a series of lushly detailed online promos for Let Us Kiss, a new online e-card-kind-of-thing fueled by a love of visual beauty.…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Adobe Cards
As you scrub through this little gem from Mike Kellog for Adobe, make sure to hang out at some of the “keyframe” points along the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Peter Saville: Optical Illusions
This Transport for London PSA proves that simplicity can create a serious impact (pardon the pun). There are two levels of contrast working in favor…
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Justin Cone • 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
Psyop: Adidas “Hu Jia”
The latest installment in the Adidas Beijing Olympics campaign maintains the poetic tone and hand-rendered styling of its predecessors. But this new spot is my…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
More Soon… Now
Debris from More Soon on Vimeo. We posted More Soon, the personal site of Hi-Res art director Carl Burgess, as a Quickie back in February.…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Larry Cuba: Star Wars Computer Animation
This making-of video from Larry Cuba explains how he created the computer animation sequence used during the Death Star briefing scene in Star Wars Episode…
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Justin Cone • 16 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
Naked Cie Helps Mika Relax
Paris-based Naked Cie (not to be confused with Nakd) developed some interesting concert visuals for Mika’s performance at the NRJ Music Awards (kind of like…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Orgesticulanismus
It’s rare to me to find a piece of work in our industry that seems to have true meaning to someone beyond just creative expression.…
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Tread • 16 years ago
Amnesty International: “Torchure”
Sweetworld animated for Amnesty International (and against the Beijiing Olympics) in this darkly cute spot entitled “Torchure.” We’ve posted many beautiful projects about the upcoming…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop/MassMarket Dissect Absolut
The PR-supplied Q&A with Psyop and sister company MassMarket sheds a little light on “Dissection,” their new advert for Absolut: What was the creative brief…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Lobo for Saturn and Suez
Watch Saturn “Transformations” | Watch Suez Lobo (with The Ebeling Group) revisited the aesthetics of their Skank One Song project, but this time they did…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Book Review: Graphic Design: The New Basics
As promised, this is my review of Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips’ Graphic Design: The New Basics, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Overview Ellen…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Lacoste: Past, Present and Future
To celebrate Lacoste’s 75th birthday, the company created “Future,” an advert and website that imagines how the game of tennis might be played 75 years…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago