From the team at Microsoft Design: “Our new Azure icon is a refreshed representative of the Azure ideal: Invent with purpose. We’ve updated it in the modern spirit of the Microsoft Fluent design system, so it feels like a natural part of the Microsoft family.” [Watch]
While studying illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig Germany, Franz Impler taught himself 3D animation then went on to break every rule and convention of the genre in his wonderfully bizarre thesis project “Out Of Bounds”. [Watch]
Inspired by the idea of “predetermined resilience”, Scottish studios Playdead and Eyebolls create a tough little glass protagonist navigating a perilous and crowded landscape in this brand film for investment managers Baillie Gifford. [Watch]
Los Angeles motion design studio BIEN helps the city’s Getty Museum attract a younger and more diverse base of visitors with this series of upbeat, collage-driven explainer films designed to appeal to sixth-graders. [Watch]
Directors Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki at WOW in Tokyo commemorate the studio’s 25th anniversary with a visceral CG nightmare for the ages with help from UK real-time and volumetric content specialists Dimension Studio. [Watch]
Director/designers Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir at XK studio in London: “Carbios and Biotherm have partnered to create a revolutionary pilot: the first beauty product in the world with a bottle made from 100% bio-recycled plastic. [Watch]
