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Give the VW Phaeton a Hand

This is one of those great examples of a client essentially underwriting a short film in exchange for an end-tag and a product shot. As… Read more

Jayson Whitmore Updates

Jayson Whitmore has long been one of my favorite animator/director/creative directors. His work is quirky but insanely polished. His sense of pacing is impeccable and… Read more

Spontaneous and Bluerock for Chase

This spot is not mind-blowing. It will not change your life. But its silky smooth transitions and clever usage of type pump up the standard… Read more

Picture Drift: Gotye “Hearts a Mess”

Picture Drift busts out some highly stylized, Tim Burton-esque animation for Gotye’s “Hearts a Mess” music video. The song’s loping beat is echoed nicely in… Read more

Trollback’s Joe Wright for Infiniti

Director Joe Wright of Tröllback + Co. recently finished “Swell,” a gorgeous water-themed spot for Infiniti. Like the rest of Joe’s work, “Swell” is dead… Read more

Tomas Garcia

Was clued in on this guy earlier. He is starting a new studio called Sagas, and they have a really interesting reel. Tomas’ personal site… Read more

Brand New School, Jeep

Brand New School is quickly becoming THE force to be reckoned with by continuing to pump out super-slick spots. The latest ad for Jeep, through… Read more

“Large scale” Kaiser Chiefs video from Stylewar

Wow. This video rocked my socks from start to finish. As cool, as the concept is, I was worried that the gimmick would wear off,… Read more

Inspire 07 Schedule

Inspire 07 is fast approaching, and I’m getting really excited. This thing has really blown up! Our lineup of speakers is awesome, and the Cream… Read more

miniscule

A fantastic look at a day in the life of a valiant and daring lady bug as he goes about seeking thrills at the expense… Read more

En Tus Brazos (In Your Arms)

Beautiful atmosphere and ambitious character animation abound in “En Tus Brazos,” created by François-Xavier Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour. More info can be found… Read more

Digital Kitchen: Sundance 07

Digital Kitchen recently created a lushly mechanical (I think that’s the first time I’ve ever combined those words together) bumper-type-thing that played before every movie… Read more

1st Ave Machine: “TED”

Well, that settles it. 1st Ave Machine are the masters of creating creepy but believable CG lifeforms. Their newest project, a music video for Warp… Read more

Marcelo Garcia: IX Virtuosi

Ex-Lobo member Marcelo Garcia recently finished up a design campaign for the IX Virtuosi music festival in Brazil. The project included posters, ads, logotype and… Read more

New Feature: Not to Scale and the Volvo C30

I just posted a feature about the new A Product of Free Will campaign for the Volvo C30. The project invited five directors to create… Read more

Not to Scale Brings the Volvo Vox Popular to Life

"If it was up to me, I’d drop it in the sea." "I can see, like, a superhero driving it as a safe car." "I… Read more

Poll: New Windows or Not?

Web designers debate long and hard about many important things, and at the top of their long list of issues is one burning question: Should… Read more

Shilo: Action Sports Awards Show Open

Continuing to dig deeper into character animation after their Cingular Blackjack spot, Shilo recently posted a show open for Action Sports Awards on Fuel TV.… Read more

Move over Cee-Lo

I recently saw a new music video on the latest edition of Stash for the hip-hop group Subtle, directed by the uber-talented SSSR of passion… Read more

Forget the Film, Watch The Titles!

Here’s a project definitely worth checking out. From Remco, the editor of SubmarineChannel: The project is called ‘Forget The Film, Watch The Titles!’. It’s a… Read more

Samaritans “Doodles”

Created by Lunar BBDO with illustrations for Billie Jean, this commercial for Samaritans is a poignant use of hybrid animation techniques. The soundtrack is Sufjan… Read more

I Met The Walrus

In 1969, Jerry Levitan snuck his way into John Lennon’s hotel room for a brief but wonderfully candid interview. Over 30 years later, Jerry teamed… Read more

The Ebeling Group’s Tennant for HP’s Halo

So apparently HP has whipped up some new fancy-pants video conferencing technology called “Halo.” I was a little disappointed to discover it’s not a first-person… Read more

New U2 video pieced together nicely

Check out this second video for U2’s “Window in the Skies”, directed by Jonas Odell via Nexus Productions in London and pieced together along with… Read more