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High Drama Meets Arch Viz

It looks like Chicago’s newest addition to its skyline will be yet another masterpiece in a city populated with architectural gems. The Chicago spire, conceived… Read more

Black / White

The Sound of Color is five original songs each based on a specific color and videos created for those songs. The stand-out piece is definitely… Read more

zspace for ABC1

G’Day from Sydney, with news from my adopted home town of a major new project for Australia’s first channel ABC1, orchestrated by local moving image… Read more

FilmTecknarna: ATG Vinnare V75

Beautiful CG and an almost poetic concept power “ATG Vinnare V75,” a new spot from Swedish studio FilmTecknarna. Translation of the end-tag: “Winners 75 –… Read more

“Sharp Teeth” Promo Animations from Radium

It seems more authors (or their publishers) are turning to the power of animation to promote their works. First it was former poet laureate Billy… Read more

Avoid Surrealistic Nightmares with GPS

Argentina-based Punga and Rodrigo Valdés of The Meastros teamed up on this surreal spot for Steren GPS systems. It’s a kooky but friendly romp styled… Read more

Adobe and Cut&Paste: “See What’s Possible”

When I saw that the grand prize for the recently announced “See What’s Possible” Challenge from Adobe and Cut&Paste was $20,000 USD, I did a… Read more

Take My Heart… And My Lungs

For Valentine’s Day, Psyop took O. Henry’s classic “The Gift of the Magi,” and put it in the blender. The result is a deliciously demented… Read more

Robert Seidel’s processes: living paintings

Robert Seidel, the man behind the work of 2minds has created a wonderfully lush new piece designed specifically to be projected onto the Phyletic Museum… Read more

Buck: Toyota “Through the Roof”

Buck recently posted a fun new spot for Toyota entitled “Through the Roof.” I love how the depth of field effect creates the sense of… Read more

Book Review: Uncredited

As soon as I heard about Uncredited, a new book on the history and current state of film title design, I bought it. It came… Read more

Elephant Girl

A nice enchanting short film from New York based David Lobser. As this film is Part 2 of a 1 Part series, you know things… Read more

2008 Adobe Dynamic Media Customer Reels

Adobe is now accepting submissions for their 2008 Adobe Dynamic Media Customer Reels. The reels will be shown at NAB this April, and as most… Read more

Jot

Originally created in the mid-60s, “Jot” was an animated series presented by none other than the Southern Baptist’s Radio & Television Commission. Production ran until… Read more

Adidas: Adi Dassler

This microsite tells the story of Adi Dassler, the man behind Adidas. It’s a tenderly crafted project full of texture and warmth that builds a… Read more

IKEA Catalogue 2.0

This new interactive video/catalogue for IKEA is simply brilliant. From a purely cinematographic perspective, the quick-cut intro sequences followed by ultra slow-motion shots convey the… Read more

Christian Cenizal: Code + Motion

Codelovers will enjoy spinning through Christian Cenizal’s site. In addition to weaving binary threads for Motion Theory, Christian has some very nice tutorials for pulling… Read more

Trembled Blossoms

Starring a denuded Eve-like figure, Trembled Blossoms is another attempt for a high-end fashion company to capture the power of moving pixels. I’m not sure… Read more

SL Co cut it for Nova

Another Nova spot here, this time from the French animation house SL Co. I love the mixture of hand made inky textures and 3D. The… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

CareerBuilder Help Yourself Credits

[Original Post] PROJECT NAME: CareerBuilder.com “Self-Help Yourselfâ€? and “Help You Help Youâ€? RUNNING TIME: 2 x :60 DATE OF FIRST AIRING: “Self-Help Yourselfâ€? 2/3/08, “Help… Read more

Advanced Beauty

Matt Pyke, founder of Universal Everything and Everyone Forever has now put together a project entitled “Advanced Beauty” with his brother Simon Pyke (Freeform). The… Read more

Hyper Island Launches Interactive Art Director Program

Swedish design school Hyper Island has launched an interesting new 32-week Interactive Art Director Program. While the objectives and assignments are built around interactive projects,… Read more