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Digital Kitchen: Sundance 08

We posted Digital Kitchen’s brand bumpers from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and now they’re back with a couple more. Inspired by the legendary Eames… Read more

Digital Kitchen: Sundance 08 Credits

Created and Produced by: Digital Kitchen Executive Creative Director: Jeff Long Creative Director: Camm Rowland Directors: Camm Rowland, Eric Anderson Executive Producers: Don McNeill, Kent… Read more

The Tale Continues…

You may have caught wind of a new company launched by Passion Pictures called Strange Beast. Like Psyop’s Blacklist, Strange Beast has built a roster… Read more

Mainframe: Wallpaper* Awards

With only a few days to turn the project around, Mainframe cranked out a series of cute animations for Wallpaper*’s design awards. A team of… Read more

HEMA Products Page

This Flash viral for discount Netherlands merchant HEMA is a load of fun. It’s like an IKEA catalog was sliced up and fed to a… Read more

NBA “Navigation” Steve Nash

I almost missed this NBA spot the first time I watched it. It starts with a bit of a cheesy premise but it ends up… Read more

NBA “Navigation” Credits

Client: NBA Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco Partner/Creative Director: Jamie Barrett Creative Director/Copywriter: Ari Weiss Art Director: Stefan Copiz Producer: Michael Damiani Live… Read more

Roger: Creativity Top5

Short, sweet and insanely detailed, this intro blip for Creativity’s Top5 weekly video series is full of Roger’s personality. Roger, the LA-based studio, that is.… Read more

“The Ultimate Break”

If you haven’t already seen this stunning viral from Paris-based Akama Studio, this won’t be the last time. And rightly so. “The Ultimate Break” is… Read more

The Mill: Puma “Until Then” (or “Speed Legs”)

“Until Then,” a futuristic spot for Puma with vfx from The Mill, features some stunning choreography—both in terms of the mo-cap and the digital choreography… Read more

Capacity Updates

It’s been a while since Capacity has updated—and from them that’s usually a good sign. They’ve just put up some of their recent blood, sweat… Read more

Psyop’s Reverse Merger with Fortissimo

Okay okay, enough already. We’ve known about the Psyop “buyout” now for almost two weeks, but we didn’t report it because it’s industry news and… Read more

Phillip Van and Method Studios: “And She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost”

I don’t often get tingles from the work posted here, but this new short film directed by Phillip Van had my entire body covered in… Read more

Samaritans “Vectorscope”

A while back, we posted a spot for non-profit helpline Samaritans entitled “Doodle” that featured the animation work of Christian Bevilacqua (among others). Christian is… Read more

Samaritans “Vectorscope” Credit List

CLIENT: SAMARITANS TITLE: “VECTORSCOPEâ€? AGENCY: LUNAR BBDO CREATIVE DIRECTOR: BEN KAY CREATIVE DIRECTOR: DARYL CORPS PRODUCTION CO: THERAPY FILMS DIRECTOR: CHRISTIAN BEVILACQUA PRODUCER: KATE AITKEN… Read more

National Television for Fair & Square

National Television channeled modernist aesthetics of yesteryear in “Dots” and “Pattern,” two new spots for British lending agency Fair & Square. “Dots” really does it… Read more

The Mill: Vodafone

Simplicity gives way to complexity in this charming new spot from The Mill. As far as messaging goes, the only brands I can remember from… Read more

Up for Discussion: Rerendered

Justin McClure has launched a new website called Rerendered, which he describes as a “garage sale of pre-comps and random experiments.” In a nutshell: you… Read more

A52: Monster “Slots”

From out of nowhere, Monster looks like they’ve decided to fund beautiful work! First it was “Legs,” now it’s “Slots,” with seamless vfx from the… Read more

Superestudio

Buenos Aires is home to a surprising number of boutique motion studios, not the least of which is Superestudio. They recently launched (okay, that’s too… Read more

Leroy and Clarkson for Bio

I’ve noticed that, by and large, motion graphics students don’t “get” network packaging. Yeah, they love flashy promos all blinged out to catch viewers’ eyeballs… Read more

Monstrous Legs

Here’s another magical tale from the wizards at MassMarket, prosthetics master Stan Winston and production company MJZ (among others). It’s such an enchanting narrative that… Read more

Monster “Legs” Credits

Client: Monster Agency: BBDO, New York Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars Executive Creative Director: Eric Silver Art Director: Jerome Marucci Copywriter: Steve McElligott Senior Agency… Read more

Arno Salters: Me and My Goldfish Were Going to the Pub

Somehow, director Arno Salters managed to match the frenetic storytelling in “Me and My Goldfish Were Going to the Pub,” written and narrated (brilliantly) by… Read more