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Media.Work Seduces With Hydration and Radiance for L’Oreal

CD Igor Sordokhonov and the Media.Work team, whose Magnetic Currents CG experiment we featured in the Stash Annual 2025 book, apply their elite CG motion and design talents to L’Oreal’s new Revitalift anti-aging serum. [Watch]

A Panda Ponders the AI Production Pipeline

If you’re feeling conflicted about AI in commercial production, have a look at this mini-doc/BTS from director Brent Bonacorso. It details how generative tools factored into the pipeline of his recent Cathay Pacific “Big & Small” spot. [Watch]

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Hup.Studio Reveals the Beauty of Distortion in “Refracted”

In their latest personal work, CD/co-founders Romina Giarrizzo and Marco Salemi at Hup.Studio in Milan invite the audience to reconsider perception while “revealing the subtle beauty that emerges through transformation.” [Watch]

Active Recovery OOFOS Footwear explainer by Pleid St | STASH MAGAZINE

Pleid St. Makes Comfort Tactile for OOFOS Footwear

CD Juanma Mota and the motion design crew at Pleid St. in Madrid elevate the art and science behind very comfortable shoes with this elegant explainer for US brand OOFOS and their mission to build Active Recovery footwear. [Watch]

Maritime Myths & Monsters: Imaginary Forces Returns to Percy Jackson and The Olympians

The main-on-end credits for the second season of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and The Olympians finds Imaginary Forces CDs Karin Fong and Tosh Kodama evolving season one’s Art Deco theme into a richly textured maritime mosaic. [Watch]

2026 Arnold Thomas Becker ad by Atmos | STASH MAGAZINE

Mitch Kennedy & Atmos Studios Fight The System for Arnold Thomas & Becker Lawyers

If you have ever, even once, suffered thru the typical shouty TV spot for an injury law firm, you’ll marvel at the level of creative and execution in this work from director Mitch Kennedy at The Producers with VFX/post by Atmos Studios. [Watch]

DissEmbargo Defines the “Cure” for Timeline Nutrition

Following up on their standout 2024 film for Swiss biotech brand Timeline Nutrition, the CG mavens at DissEmbargo create a series of modular animations transforming the science of beauty into memorable visuals. [Watch]

Tom Dixon SOFT lamp Launch film by jformento | STASH MAGAZINE

SOFT Launch: jformento Keeps the Lights on for Tom Dixon

The creative partnership between London-based CG studio jformento and British luxury designer Tom Dixon continues with this elegant study in contrast and texture for the launch of the SOFT shade, the brand’s latest lighting design. [Watch]

Me Time Compare the Market by Dave Scanlon ans Passion Animation | STASH MAGAZINE

It’s the Good Life: Dave Scanlon Finds “Me Time” for Meerkats

Seventeen years after meerkats first invaded pop culture in VCCP’s spots for UK price comparison website Compare the Market, Passion director Dave Scanlon refreshes the franchise with a peek at what happens when they’re off the clock. [Watch]

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OFFF Barcelona Returns for 26th Year in Celebration of Creativity, Art, and Design

OFFF Barcelona is back with the very best in creativity, art and digital design. The festival will celebrate its 26th edition on April 16, 17, and 18 at the spectacular Disseny Hub Barcelona. [Watch]

Cobb Studio Ups the Drama for Lineage M ‘THE DARKNESS’

“Epic” may be the most overused word in media journalism (followed closely by “iconic”) but it’s very tempting to deploy it for this trailer, a grand tragic-fantasy character drama by Cobb Studio for NCSoft’s mobile fantasy game Lineage M. [Watch]

Opening titles for "Ponies" on Peacock by Imaginary Forces | STASH MAGAZINE

Ronnie Koff and Imaginary Forces Open “Ponies” on Peacock

Imaginary Forces CD Ronnie Koff (hot off his Emmy nom for the Dark Matter titles) conjures a collision of Cold War cultures to open Paramount’s buddy espionage thriller Ponies, with theme music by Jung Jaeil (Parasite, Squid Game) [Watch]

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games BBC Trailer by NOMINT | STASH MAGAZINE

Pyro-Mation: NOMINT Teases the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on BBC

Wrangling 700 3D‑printed athletes and a dozen pyro techniques, director Yannis Konstantinidis and the fearless stop-motion crew at NOMINT craft a dazzling trailer for the BBC’s coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. [Watch]