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Favorite Color: “Back Nine at Cherry Hills”

Favorite Color recently crafted the main titles for the HBO documentary, “Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open,” which chronicles… Read more

Feel Good Anyway Reel 08 & Update

After quite a lot of umm-ing and arr-ing, I decided to upgrade this nugget of news from the Quickies. The work on show is extremely… Read more

Semiconductor Films

Semiconductor Films (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) have been creating their Sound Films and Live Animations for almost ten years now (long before folks were… Read more

Samsung “Drag & Drop World”

A nice little stop-motion viral to get your Monday started right. The project was conceived by The Viral Factory to promote the Samsung F480s drag-and-drop… Read more

Digital Kitchen: Seattle International Film Festival

Like their recent project for the Webbys, DK’s work for the Seattle International Film Festival is varied in style and tone. Each of the four… Read more

Comcast “Rabbit”

The script for “Rabbit,” a new Comcast advert directed by Biscuit Filmworks’ Noam Murro, would probably work as a radio spot. But the visuals add… Read more

AENY: Thursday, June 26th

It’s getting near that time again, and After Effects New York has a nice one-two punch coming up this Thursday, June 26th from 6:45 to… Read more

The Surreal Short Films of Stefan Ringelschwandtner

Stefan Rigelschwandtner, a student at the Academy of Design in Offenbach (Germany), just completed this un-official video piece for Radiohead‘s “Nude.” It has some nice… Read more

DK Serves Up A Diverse Sampling for the Webbys

After a couple hardcore months of production, Digital Kitchen has just delivered a hefty and diverse package of content for this year’s Webby Awards Gala… Read more

Framestore: Monster “Stork”

I’m on a bit of a posting spree today, but this charming Monster advert conceived by BBDO NY is a wonderful change of pace from… Read more

TEG and UFO

We don’t usually post industry news like this, but it’s a good excuse for everyone to check out the inspiring and diverse body of work… Read more

Psyop: Adidas “CVA”

The final spot in Psyop’s four spot run for the Adidas “Impossible is Nothing” campaign centers on the Chinese Volleyball Association. It rounds out the… Read more

Psyop: Adidas “Impossible is Nothing” Q&A

Q&A with Psyop directors Marie Hyon and Marco Spier What was the creative brief from the client/agency? The brief from the agency was to create… Read more

My Paperhouse On Fire

Sebastian Haslauer and Sebastian Koch lovingly crafted this new music video for phon°noir’s “My Paperhouse On Fire.” The Dada-esque collage style is punctuated throughout by… Read more

The Girl Effect

This intro video for The Girl Effect shows just how powerful concise writing and simple animation can be. It was created for agency W&K Portland… Read more

XYZ Studios: Australian Grown

Commissioned by agency Cummins Nitro, Australia’s XYZ Studios created this stunning new :30 spot for “Australian Grown” to introduce their new logo and kick off… Read more

The Balloon

Director/animator Yoann Lemoine under Wanda Production brings us this whimsical animation for French children’s TV station Tiji. What I love about this animation is its… Read more

Impactist: Birthday

Impactist never fails to surprise me. Their latest project is a poetically disturbing mash up of two occasions that seem diametrically opposed: Injured veterans from… Read more

Parasol Island for Sony Ericsson

This new Sony Ericsson advert from Parasol Island directed by Steve Scott is a colorful romp through a buffet of typography and illustration styles. The… Read more

Trollback + Dreams

This latest in-house project from Trollbäck+Co challenged designers Tetsuro, Peter, Anna, Paul, Emre, Christina and Tolga to create short films that capture the semi-conscious thoughts… Read more

Royale: Jet Blue

Since their epically rad animation for Flaunt and Diesel, there’s hasn’t been much news from LA-based Royale, the studio formed by ex-Exopolis CD Brien Holman,… Read more

PetPunk: The Magnificient Town of Vilnius

PetPunk’s promo for Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania, is a delightfully cacophonous bit of work. Using just about every imaginable animation technique, the project… Read more

Sehsucht: Konzerthaus Dortmund “Black Poem”

This stunning promo from Sehsucht for the Konzerthaus Dortmund concert hall celebrates a new season of musical performances with a lyrical ode to fire. It’s… Read more

Face Punching (UPDATED)

This video by Action Figure has been making the rounds lately, so it seems very well suited to be up here as well. Their site… Read more