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Mr. Hyde’s Fx and Mat for RBC

Fx and Mat (with Paris-based production company Mr. Hyde) directed this feel-good spot for the Royal Bank of Canada and agency BBDO Toronto. I love… Read more

Black Thinking: “The Fly and the Eye”

For Black Thinking, Cisma (Denis Kamioka) directed “The Fly and the Eye,” a comically surreal short that’s equal parts Hitchcock and Alice in Wonderland. As… Read more

GOOD: The Hidden Cost of War

I love GOOD’s Transparency series. By combinging great writing with clean, concise visuals, GOOD consistently produces top-notch visual essays that treat viewers like intelligent beings.… Read more

Pota Tseng: “Musk”

For this graduate thesis at SVA, Pota Tseng (currently at yU+co) took inspiration from a 1913 poem entitled The Gardener by Bengali artist and Brahmo… Read more

Fortissimo/Psyop to Merge with Stink?

I’ll be honest, most of the details in this article about Fortissimo (the acquisition company that bought Psyop back in January) and Stink Productions in… Read more

Fugslig & The Mill for Acura

Behold the latest little gems from current DGA Commercial Director of the Year, Nicolai Fugslig, for Acura (via RPA). This collaboration with the Mill NY… Read more

Fit Is Still Go

A few days ago I posted a new Honda Fit spot created by Digital Domain and directed by Eric Barba and Brad Parker, and just… Read more

Quayola Natures

Quayola teamed up with Mira Calix to work on a 2 Screens Video Installation commissioned by Faster Than Sound. They went out to “explore the… Read more

AENY: Tonight! September 25th @ 6:45

Tonight at the AENY (free!) meetings, Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow Design Work will be showing work for his upcoming PSST! Pass It On project, and… Read more

SFW: Diesel XXX

I posted this up as a quickie yesterday, but it has gotten such an amazing response that we have decided to let it bask in… Read more

Asif Mian “Fighting” for Woodhands

Director Asif Mian and Evaq Studios strike again, this time for The Woodhands new track, “I Wasn’t Made For Fighting.”  Packed with a style and… Read more

Mecha-Mosquitoes

PSST! Pass it on…for Over the Rhine

Democratic moving image project “PSST! Pass it on” have just created their first music promo for the Cincinnati, Ohio-based band, Over The Rhine. The “PSST!”… Read more

King & Country Takes Us On The Ride

Santa Monica based King and Country creates a lush world, filled with fun details and a clever metaphor for their new internal project.  “The Ride,” loosely follows… Read more

Animation Director Niko

The portfolio of London-based animation director Nicolas Lesaffre is brimming with unique design and character animation. The surreal scenes he creates are saturated with eye… Read more

Noah Harris for Ford

Director Noah Harris hit the streets of Berlin in late June and over 12 nights shot a series of cascading stop motion television sets tumbling… Read more

Ben West & His Freaks Present The ADG Conference

Ben West wrote, directed and did the animation for this warming mockumentary promoting the 2008 Australian Directors Guild Conference. Ben’s witty script, combined with a… Read more

Characters Galore for Cartoon Forum

Looking more like a fully functioning studio’s work then a student piece, this trailer for the 2008 Cartoon Forum in Ludwigsburg is a stunning exercise… Read more

K. Ulrich Schneider’s Simple Beauty

With it’s stripped down, minimalist approach, this bachelor project by K. Ulrich Schneider for the University of Applied Sciences in Damstadt, Germany doesn’t boast too… Read more

Helio Vega’s open titles for Mad in Spain

Crush & Blok Build for Arte

In a perhaps unprecedented (I swear we’re not on the payroll) back to back posting, we follow up Crush‘s podcast with their new collaboration with… Read more

Motionographer Podcast 02: Crush

In our second installment of the Motionographer Podcast, we chat with Gary Thomas, founder and creative director at Crush in Toronto. Some of the topics… Read more

Be back in two weeks!

Hello all, this is just a little note to let you know that I’m taking a two-week vacation for my wedding and honeymoon. I’m leaving… Read more

Barnaby Barford’s Damaged Goods

Fine artist Barnaby Barford teamed up with the good folks at Nexus to direct this classic boy meets girl tale. The interesting thing about it… Read more