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David O’Reilly: Octocat Adventure 5

During last weekend’s PictoplasmaNYC event, David O’Reilly revealed that he is, in fact, the force behind the Octocat Adventures created by Randy Peters, a fictional… Read more

[Reprise] Lobo’s “Go Miniman Go”

We posted this epic ode to Lego’s miniman a few days ago. But we’ve since gotten our hands on a higher resolution version, and it’s… Read more

Motionographer Podcast 01: This Way Up

The highly decorated animation direction duo Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Productions have recently unveiled their new animated short “This Way Up.” Created for Mike… Read more

Amit Zakai: A Micrometer From Here

For his graduation project at the HIT School of Design in Israel, Amit Zakai mashed up the aesthetics of early cinema with poetic musings on… Read more

Convert & Jon Klassen: RBC Blue Water Project

This gentle spot for RBC’s Blue Water Project directed by The Ebeling’s Group’s Convert charms me with its earthy palette and restrained animation style. Each… Read more

Dvein and Alex Trochut: Voll Damm Jazz

[Slow? Try the Motionographer mirror] Barcelona badasses Dvein and Alex Trochut teamed up on this stylish spot (Motionographer mirror) for Spanish beer-maker Voll Damm and… Read more

F5 Launches

F5’s web presence has officially launched! If you haven’t already heard about F5, it’s a two-day design festival on Thursday, April 16th and Friday, April… Read more

MBX Trailer by Guilherme Marcondes

Back to Beijing with Eric Lerner

A couple weeks ago, we posted Eric Lerner’s fantastic Olympics advert for Coke. We recently had a chance to catch up with him for a… Read more

Devoid Of Yesterday: OFFF Lisbon Titles

Devoid Of Yesterday is at it again, this time with the Lisbon OFFF main titles. Rob Chiu and Chris Hewitt nail this piece out of… Read more

NTROPIC for Chevy

It took an innovative mind to set up a time lapse camera at the turn of the century and keep it running all these years… Read more

Psyop for Smith & Nephew

Psyop has dropped a painterly new spot for Smith & Nephews (viewable in HD on Vimeo). Directed by Eben Mears and Mate Steinforth, who’s sharing… Read more

Logan and PlayStation: Resistance 2 “Twisted History”

So far this week, video games are reigning supreme. If the onslaught of great work isn’t an indicator of advertising and marketing dollars shifting in… Read more

Shilo: Mercenaries 2 “Ca$h”

UPDATE: A directors cut with an alternate soundtrack can be found on Shilo’s site. Click on “Directors Cut” next to “Broadcast.” Working with San Francisco… Read more

Fox Sports Design: NASCAR “Engine City”

Fox Sports Design has a long history of raising the bar for broadcast promos. I’m not sure how this one slipped past our radar, but… Read more

World of Warcraft:”Wrath of the Lich King” Main Title

This cinematic game title for “World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King” is an epic and powerful piece that wields some magnificent shots and some seriously beautiful animation. Monumental… Read more

Sehsucht: Filmfestival Hamburg 2008

Sehsucht delivers a beautiful blend of live action, editorial, and seamlessly integrated cg components into this new trailer for the Hamburg Filmfest. The Sound design helps… Read more

AENY: Thursday, August 28th @ 6:45

Phillip Niemeyer from Brooklyn-based art and design studio Double Triple and Tim and Mike Rauch (aka Rauch Brothers Animation) will be sharing work and process.… Read more

W+K & Tokyoplastic’s Bundle for Nokia Music

W+K London’s recent campaign for Nokia, “Music Alrighty” has a been the source of a handful of strange pieces of work. To start, Tokyoplastic completed… Read more

Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional”

A friend of mine passed me Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional,” a diatribe that argues, among other things, that design professionalism cannot be instilled… Read more

Rebus Farms Gets Off To A Running Start

Rebus Farms has just officially opened their doors. Keep a look out for this mini-powerhouse headed up by Dan Bryant, Ian Prior, and Erin Sarofsky.… Read more

Going Deeper into “Sea Orchestra”

We wanted to know more about the recently posted “Sea Orchestra” spot for United Airlines from Shy the Sun (founded by members of The Blackheart… Read more

Prologue: RockNRolla Titles

Prologue Films‘ Danny Yount is back with the main titles for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film, RockNRolla. The look combines some fantastic comic book-style character illustrations… Read more

Stuart Langfield for MTV

Stuart Langfield recenty updated with some new work for MTV and MTV2. I’m loving the bumpers for The Stew, which feature some fantastic sound design… Read more