About the Motionographer facelift
We're calling the new look a "facelift," not a redesign. We're just trying to address a few specific issues with the old design that have…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Am I talking poetry or am I talking business?
A leader of the heart: Are you one of them? #5 is a series of compact, heart-charged articles where executive coach Marie Reig Florensa –…
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Marie Reig Florensa • 7 months ago
Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Interview: Lobo Does Dupont
A series of mood boards (PDF) The whole set of mood boards in one go Animatic, showing influences from Maeda and Vasarely (QT 6) An…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
BLACKLIST DIRECTOR CISMA TAKES IT TO THE BASKET FOR ESPN AND THE NBA
NEW YORK – January 8, 2007– Psyop’s (www.psyop.tv) new design, animation and mixed media company Blacklist (www.blacklist.tv) recently completed production on a package for ESPN-NBA…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Sehsucht inject music into the blood
Hamburg based motion house Sehsucht have created the mesmerising spot ‘Symphony in Red’ for Konzerthaus Dortmund through the agency Jung von Matt. There isn’t a…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
Sherbet/James Wignall for Nova
Agency Young & Rubicam (France) tapped UK-based production house Sherbet to create this narrative short for French radio station Nova. The spot marks the directorial…
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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
Psyop: HP Maestro
This new advert for HP’s TouchSmart PC from Psyop is full of verve and sophistication. Instead of aiming for photo-realistic CG, agency Goodby, Silverstein &…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop for Smith & Nephew
Psyop has dropped a painterly new spot for Smith & Nephews (viewable in HD on Vimeo). Directed by Eben Mears and Mate Steinforth, who’s sharing…
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Babe Baker • 16 years ago
Galactic Mail
Supinfocom alumni Asterokid (Douglas Lassance) and Motraboy (Jonathan Vuillemin) teamed up to create an intergalactic space race that pits FedEx against UPS. Produced by The…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Interview: Superfad Uncensored
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/making_of_durex_x264.mov 786 443] A Little Pillow Talk with Superfad What follows is an intimate interview between Superfad and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina (with input from the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Digital Kitchen Founder Paul Matthaeus Steps Down
Seattle, WA – March 5 2009 (Press release): Paul Matthaeus, Digital Kitchen founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer has stepped down as DK’s ranking creative…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Nathan Love’s Suicidal Cabbage
Director: Nathan Love Executive Producer: Mike Harry Producer: Derrick Huang Creative Directors: Joe & Kate Burrascano Character Design / Storyboards: Morgan Schweitzer Animatic: Chase Massingill…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Halogen: Branding a Network from the Ground Up
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Halogen-IDs2.mov 785 441] It’s not every day that a new network is launched. And it’s not every day that the network has a strong social…
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Dominique Elliott • 15 years ago
LAIKA: Tostitos “The Amazing Flamenco Chef” (Updated with Q&A)
Interview The following is an interview with Laika House’s Nicholas Weigel, director of “The Amazing Flamenco Dancer” and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina. Lauren Indovina: Can you…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Another Nightmarish Tale from Adam Berg
Coming off of an amazing 2009, with his Philip’s Carousel piece, Adam Berg continues to deliver aggressively cinematic narratives with Jordan Brand’s “Nightmare”. Similar to…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Bob Nelson on Joining Eyeball
With 25 years of ad industry experience under his belt, Bob Nelson recently joined New York City-based design studio Eyeball as President. Given his ties…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
WeWereMonkeys : Coheed and Cambria: The Broken
WeWereMonkeys were so struck by the energy of the new Coheed and Cambria song, “The Broken,” that it inspired them to create an epic sci-fi…
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Staff • 15 years ago
GEL 2010 T&F Q&A
The original styleframe board which T&F presented. What was the brief for this piece, and how did you approach coming up with the concept? The…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
89th Annual ADC Awards
The 89th Annual ADC Awards have just come to a successful close. Held at SVA’s theater in NYC, it was hosted some of the industry…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
2010 AICP Results
Fresh from the 2010 AICP Awards at MoMA in NYC, we’ve got the results to share. Top production companies are MJZ (12 honors), Biscuit (5),…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Shape Shifter
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chrlx_shapeshifter.mov 960 540] Interview with Director Alex Weil First of all, would you talk a little bit about yourself, your background and your current position…
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Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago