Meet PATHOS, the New German Agency With Plenty of Attitude (and a Really Long Press Release)
October 20, 2026
ECD Stephen Panicara and the Ranger & Fox crew in LA injects plenty of personality and attitude into Microsoft Foundry Labs with this kinetic brand film designed for the 2026 Microsoft Build conference. [Watch]
Join veteran director Brent Bonacorso for a deep dive into the unique process behind his new short film Query and how he’s built on his 25-years of experience in design, animation, VFX, and live action to harness the potential of AI filmmaking. [Watch]
In their latest work for Spanish sports gear brand Bullpadel, the CG motion crew at Kutuko in Madrid capture the full impact of the new Xplo 02 Padel Racket with plenty of drama and over-the-top damage. [Watch]
The latest explainer project from CDs Ilenia Notarangelo, Arianna Cristiano, and their design crew at Illo, is a series of films built on purposeful abstraction for Bloomberg TV and data platform company Everpure. [Watch]
Join FRAME co-founder Anders Schroder for a detailed look at the studio’s approach to using AI in the production of this beautiful film for a new carpet collection from US architecture giant Gensler and Danish manufacturer Ege. [Watch]
Music and sound design studios usually find themselves tucked into the tail end of a project’s schedule, but the crew at Cypher have flipped that script with the first in a new series of Sonic Studies. [Watch]
Winning and losing are the hard realities at the center of the creative pitching process, but as Nerdo ECD Claus Cibils points out, there are shades of both and lessons to be learned from all of them. [Watch]
The crew at Paris 3D house Studio River dip their toe into the CG watch wars with this spec spot for Hublot called R.EVISITED – a standout black and white treatment that is both stark and wonderfully nuanced. [Watch]
It’s hard to think of a business category more detached than legal AI but this textured and tactile treatment from the design crew at Oddfellows in Portland for the launch Harvey II layers humanity onto the legal intelligence. [Watch]
Art Directors Club, the planet’s longest continuously running creative awards program, refuses to act its age in this joyfully anarchic launch campaign for their 106th (!) edition via the motion crew at DixonBaxi in London. [Watch]
Paul Jordan, a creative partner at adam&eveTBWA in London, spent a year wrangling 18 animators and 12 prodcos for this massive labor of love, a film for World Mental Health Day in collaboration with UK charity Sport In Mind. [Watch]
Australian creative agency Howatson+Company merges 3D, 2D, VFX, and generative AI into a fun and fuzzy mock-stop-motion treatment for this set of films anchoring a new campaign for pet care retailer Petbarn. [Watch]
Our partners at the Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, and entries for the 48th season, “Made to Move” are open with new design and animation categories. [Watch]
In their latest work for premium EV marque Polestar, Swedish CG studio Brickland intros the company’s Prime equipment package with a stripped down and slightly surreal Houdini-intensive treatment. [Watch]
We’re excited to announce that this year, Design will once again have its own dedicated space in our Calendar of Events! Like Advertising, Short Film and Music Video sections, Design and Design Craft now has its own slot in our annual schedule. [Watch]
