Alek Vacura: “Without Arms” Q&A
Last week, we posted Alek Vacura’s elegant short film, “Without Arms,” created for his MFA thesis at Pratt Institute. Alek was nice enough to answer…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
PandaPanther: Pop Tarts “Flavorhood”
PandaPanther recently posted “Flavorhood,” a magical spot for Pop Tarts and agency Leo Burnett. Charming character designs, a lush rendering style and unabashedly adorable visual…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
Interview: Capacity “Upgrade + Mobilize”
In the words of Capacity’s Ellerey Gave, “Before we became designers and animators and communicators, we were painters and illustrators and dreamers.” Over the course…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Cat Piano
A few years ago now on one of my many internet safari outings, I remember stumbling upon an animated gif of what I now know…
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James Wignall • 15 years ago
Onesize: Playground Titles
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlaygroundsTitle_H264.mov 900 506] Onesize creative director Rogier Hendriks: We ended up with the idea to have two fighters on a children’s playground. Kind of a…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Motion Theory’s Slide
Motion Theory slides in with a new spot for AT&T and a few others to check out.
Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
More LDN Prodco Shake-Ups
As this year nears an end, we have seen a lot of global change in the commercial production world. Companies have folded or closed offices.…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Blind’s Heart of Stone
“Heart of Stone” marks the second collaboration between Blind Director/Owner Chris Do and Danish rock duo The Raveonettes. To refresh your memory, their first music…
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Brian Gossett • 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
Superfad: Sony “Eye Candy”
Behind the Scenes Design Exploration Interview with Superfad’s Carlos Stevens What was the creative approach to this project? The creative approach defined by Sony and…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Rise and Fall by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille
Rise and Fall is a new interactive project developed and designed by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille for the cover of ‘boards magazine’s Innovation issue.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
LIFE
Good news: Much-talked-about nature documentary series LIFE, made by the BBC, narrated by Sir David Attenborough is available now on Discovery Channel for US viewers.…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Motionographer Studios to Shutter Stat
Very unexpected news from headquarters today: Motionographer Studios will be shutting down immediately. Production on the London Olympics Rebrand headed by Brian Gossett and Orange…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture
Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
How To Feed The World
How To Feed The World is a 9-minute film directed by Denis van Waerbeke for an exhibition called Bon Appetit at a science museum in…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
More Data from Motion Theory
Here are two new gorgeous spots from Motion Theory for IBM. Data Energy visualizes a holographic field of data around real-world objects, envisioning a near-future…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Seagulls Fly “Adobe CS5 – Production Premium”
Q&A with Seagulls Fly by Michelle Higa, with help from Boca Ceravolo and Bran Dougherty-Johnson Can you talk a bit about the brief – was…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
Edouard Salier for Coke
Director Edouard Salier and production company Paranoid US deliver another amazing football themed spot in time for the World Cup. This time working for Coke,…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
BIF: Russian Dolls
And yet another spot for Amnesty from a powerhouse French directing-collective brings us “Russian Dolls” from BIF, produced by Rods. Despite the lack of CG…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Jack Cunningham: “Stuff & Things.”
The idea behind Stuff & Things is not overly conceptual. Actually, if the title is any indication, it’s pretty straightforward. Directed by UK graduate, Jack…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Bare Bones US Debut
On Tuesday the 29th at NYC’s Envoy Enterprises, London-based art crew, Bare Bones (founded by Harry Malt), will be having their US debut show. After…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Tiny Inventions: “Something Left, Something Taken”
Once again, Tiny Inventions have outdone themselves. For their latest round in mixed-media animation, the Brooklyn-based directing team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata have…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Playgrounds Festival 2010
Playgrounds Digital Arts Fest 2010 is happening on October 7-8 in Tilburg, Netherlands. In it’s 5th year, they continue to stack the speaker line-up with…
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Staff • 14 years ago
Big Think Series: Can You Know Motion Without Knowing Stillness? (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: The Big Think Series attempts to step back from our frame-to-frame existence and look at the bigger picture. This post is from Austin…
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Austin Shaw • 14 years ago