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Psyop + Converse + Pharrell + N.E.R.D. + More

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the iconic shoe brand, Converse has brought together Pharrell, Julian Casablancas, Santogold and N.E.R.D. The supergroup created “My Drive… Read more

Megaforce: Late of the Pier “Heartbeat”

Fubiz is hosting a new video from the same crew that produced the DIY-flavored “Live Good” for Naive New Beaters. Like it’s predecessor, Late of… Read more

Sean Pecknold: Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal”

“White Winter Hymnal,” a stop-action music video directed by Sean Pecknold for Seattle band Fleet Foxes, is a quietly beautiful meditation on nature and time.… Read more

PES: Western Spaghetti

NOTE: If you don’t see the video on the PES site, scroll down to the bottom of the page. At long last, PES’s latest short… Read more

Pepsi “OpenSource”

Anyone know who’s responsible for this fun advert for Pepsi? In addition to loads of nice CG, there’s some great storytelling and pacing that keeps… Read more

David O’Reilly on the Pointlessness of the Safe Area

Animator/director David O’Reilly recently made a post on his blog proclaiming the death of the safe area: The Safe Area is part of a long… Read more

Bryce Wymer

Bryce Wymer has relaunched his personal site, and it’s chock full of the good stuff he’s been doing for the last few years. Before becoming… Read more

Nexus give NSPCC a Helping Hand(s)

Upgraded from Quickie Carolina Melis of London’s Nexus Production recently directed this lovely animated spot for NSPCC’s campaign against smacking. I found the style of… Read more

ANNY: Ukiyo-e

QuickTime Version I’m always curious about Japanese motion graphics studios. I know so little about how Asian studios in general are set up, and yet… Read more

Universal Everything / Nokia

Universal Everything recently updated with a whole host of new work to tickle your visual taste buds. One piece that particularly stood out for me… Read more

Real-Time Motion Graphics: GRID

My advice for the future: Play more video games. Reader Joe Walker recently pointed out the slick in-game menus and motion graphics in Codemasters GRID,… Read more

A Day at the 2nd Motion Graphics Review

Festival reviews are not that common here, but I had such an amazing experience at the 2nd Motion Graphics Review, that I thought it was… Read more

Live Good Video

Let me start off by saying this was posted as a quickie way back when so forgive me if you have seen it, but it… Read more

Motion Theory: Guinness “Another Dimension”

Motion Theory’s Jesus de Francisco and Mark Kudsi directed this new advert for Guinness centering on the ancient sport of hurling. Having seen hurling on… Read more

PostPanic + Postman Returns

PostPanic returns with a second installment of the Postman, directed by Mishca Rozema. I remember how much I loved the first one they dropped to… Read more

New Interview: Sehsucht

Motionographer’s Jon Saunders decided it was high time we learn more about one of our favorite studios, Hamburg-based Sehsucht, so he contacted them for an… Read more

On the Radar with Sehsucht

Part of Sehsucht’s Hamburg studio Plan of attack for “Black Poem” Plan of attack for “Black Poem” A peek inside some C4D files for “Oil”… Read more

Liam Kemp: Breaking Ground In Realism

There has been a bit of deliberation among a few of us regarding posting based purely on technical and aesthetic merits. However, I think the… Read more

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 &… Read more

State of Design Recap

For those of you who attended my Promax|BDA State of Design presentation last week, I hope it was worth your time and that you had… Read more

New Interview: The Action Cats

Back in April, when Adobe and Cut&Paste announced the winners of the See What’s Possible Challenge, one entry really stood out to me. "The Experiment"… Read more

Chatting with The Action Cats

“The Experiment” by The Action Cats Storyboards for “The Experiment” Animatic for “The Experiment” Stop-motion experiments and source footage Back in April, when Adobe and… Read more

Barbecue for Lexus Hybrid Drive

Looks like our fellow German mographers have been keeping busy! Following our latest Deutsch features, this two minute Lexus Hybrid Drive short by Frankfurt-based Barbecue… Read more

Announcing F5

In partnership with the Executive Producer of OFFF NY, I’m pleased to announce F5, a two-day festival of creativity taking place in New York City.… Read more