Get Ready to Connect at the KIKK Festival, Oct 23-26

The 14th edition of KIKK, the international festival of digital and creative cultures, explodes in Belgium Oct 23 with three days of exploration at the intersection of art, design, science, and technology in modern media. [Watch]

Figure AI Introduces Figure 03 by Tendril Studio | STASH MAGAZINE

Best-Dressed Bot: Tendril Introduces the Figure 03

In summer 2024, Tendril wowed us with their film introducing the second generation of Figure AI’s humanoid robots, and now they help the Figure 03 make its entrance with this minimalist, elegant, and sartorially sci-fi sequence. [Watch]

Animorsels Gets Re-Animated for Halloween Meet-Up Oct 30

Animation, motion graphics, video & other creative folk, join us for an evening of spooky animated Halloween high jinks and drinks at Animorsels Oct 30th in Nottingham with lots of ghoulish short animations. [Watch]

Design Language: Aggressive and Loop Typecast the Škoda Vision O Concept

Partners in motion crime, Aggressive and Loop (who we last caught together here), deliver a typographic mini-masterwork with this film from their campaign for the Škoda Vision O concept vehicle produced with CINQ thru FCB London. [Watch]

Squarespace Skydive commercial by Time Based Arts | STASH MAGAZINE

Time Based Arts Brings Down the House for Squarespace

Having seen many thousands of VFX shots on every conceivable screen, many of us believe we’re immune to their power of making the impossible possible. But now and then, the stars (creative, budget, talent) align and the magic returns. [Watch]

The Rise of Emotive Luxury: FutureDeluxe Dreams Up the Vision Xspectra for AVATR

CD Marcus Chaloner (whose work we’ve featured here and here) leads the FutureDeluxe crew in crafting this dreamy mix of live-action and CG for the Vision Xspectra, an AI-enhanced concept vehicle from Chinese EV brand AVATR. [Watch]

Jolt Studio Keeps it Calm and Carries on for Pets As Therapy

The Stash crew are big fans of explainer films for good causes, especially when they nail the art, tone, pacing, and message as perfectly as this one from Jolt Studio for UK charity Pets As Therapy. [Watch]

The Telly Awards Now Open: Early Entry Deadline Dec. 12th

Our partners at the Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, with over 99 animation categories covering advertising, branding, television, and film, including 3D and motion design. [Watch]

Bitdefender they wear our faces by Territory Studio and 20SOMETHING | STASH MAGAZINE

AI vs AI: Territory Studio and 20(SOMETHING) Go Face to Face for Bitdefender

The multinational cybersecurity brand Bitdefender launches a new B2C campaign in the US anchored by this unnerving film from 20(SOMETHING) and Territory Studio that leverages AI into a creative weapon against scammers. [Watch]

Erwin van den IJssel and Nexus Studios Open Playgrounds In Motion 2025 in London

Nexus Studios’ CD Erwin van den IJssel continues his string of impossible-to-ignore titles for Playgrounds events (see here and here) with this rambunctious motion sequence for the 2025 edition of the In Motion conference in London. [Watch]

From Adrenalin to Zoetrope: Albin Merle Mashes Up IWC Schaffhausen x F1

Based in Geneva, it was only a matter of time before CG artist Albin Merle ramped up the CG watch wars, and so he has with this spec spot carving a zoetrope into the face of a luxury timepiece from venerable Swiss brand IWC Schaffhausen. [Watch]

LUNAPARK short CG film What Does Sound Look Like | STASH MAGAZINE

LUNAPARK Crew Ask “What Does Sound Look Like?”

The Warsaw post and animation collective LUNAPARK (who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year), just dropped us their latest CG experiment, a short dance of sound waves and particles exploring how audio is created. [Watch]

Con McHugh and TwoMuch Studio Get Their Hands On the Cloudboom Max

Bristol-based illustrator/animator Con McHugh combines forces with Benjamin Chan and Malone Chen at digital design studio TwoMuch to add a little attitude to ON’s premium marathon running shoe, the Cloudboom Max. [Watch]

J.P. Morgan Payments brand film by NotReal | STASH MAGAZINE

NotReal Builds a Global Foundation for J.P. Morgan Payments

CDs Milton Gonzalez and Valeria Moreiro lead the the NotReal motion and design crew in producing two elegant and informative region-specific films as part of their global campaign for J.P. Morgan’s end-to-end payment solution. [Watch]