Babyshop Mothersday FP7/DXB | STASH MAGAZINE

Putting the “Mother” into Mother’s Day

Turns out the Arabic word for parenthood (pronounced “Al Obuwah”) translates as “fatherhood.” So in the spirit of acknowledging mom’s role, Middle East retailer Babyshop and their agency FP7/DXB created a new Arabic word: Al Umobuwah. [Watch]

Hello Savants Eatruscan Explainer video | STASH MAGAZINE

Explaining the Health Benefits of Cannabis

The first in a series of explainers from Amsterdam creative collective Hello Savants for Eatruscan, an Italian agricultural initiative focused on the processing of cannabis derivatives for the food and pharmaceutical markets. [Watch]

Time Based Arts F1 Engineered Insanity | STASH MAGAZINE

Time Based Arts Unleash “Engineered Insanity” for F1

Final Cut editor Ben Stephens demonstrates the power of his craft to spike your heart rate in this spot for Formula 1 racing directed by Chris Boyle and amplified by VFX and post work from Time Based Arts in London. [Watch]

dondon ACV Dummy motion capture | STASH MAGAZINE

Behind the Scenes on ACV “Dummy”

Berlin animation/VFX house dondon nudge the crash-test dummy genre forward by motion-capturing the actor’s finest details then hand-crafting facial tweaks in this charmer directed by Josh Dawson for German automobile club ACV. [Watch]

Ditroit Diesel Uncool wool animation | STASH MAGAZINE

Ditroit and Diesel “Say No to Uncool Wool”

This impossible-to-ignore all-CG brand film was created by Milan/London motion studio Ditroit and ran in store windows as part of Diesel’s “Say no to uncool wool” campaign. [Watch]

Spike Channel IDs by Alkanoids

Alkanoids, the Milan design studio who opened PromaxBDA Rome a few weeks ago, is back with a series of fun Popsicle-colored IDs for Spike Italy – plus the only making-of video I’ve ever seen cut to a Rammstein track. [Watch]