ECD Gareth O’Brien and the BUCK motion team in Sydney help Alinta Energy demystify the future of clean energy in Australia with a refreshing blend of whimsical design and hard facts underscored by The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony”. [Watch]
The quick pace and uncertain outcomes of the Euro 2024 tournament on BBC find an apt metaphor in star-studded pinball action via Blinkink directors Balázs Simon and Raman Djafari with Berlin’s Woodblock handling animation. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Broadcast Design, CG, Character Animation, Featured · Tags Balázs Simon, BBC, BBC Creative, Blink, Gas, Raman Djafari, Woodblock
Amsterdam director Christian Borstlap teams with CD Joris Kuijpers and animator Bart Otto at Piqxels Studio on this fun and fuzzy stop motion brand film for Dutch clothing brand G-Star RAW and their Homegrown Denim initiative. [Watch]
Working with style frames by veteran Brooklyn CD and CG innovator Wes Cockx, the Microsoft Visual Design crew merges abstract-realism with the pragmatic goals of highlighting the features and benefits of a new product. [Watch]
In stark contrast to the optimistic tone of their recent WWF spot, the animation crew at BluBlu Studio craft a dark and enigmatic trailer for Airhead, the atmospheric puzzle-platformer from Handy Games and Danish developer Octato. [Watch]
The third chapter in Karl Poyzer and Joseph Roberts’ chatty animated sci-fi comedy series Floaters takes a wry look ahead to a time when “AI is so advanced it’s no longer intelligent.” [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Featured, Short Films · Tags Dave Dexter, Joseph Roberts, Karl Poyzer, Kathryn Bond, Lucy Briggs-Owen, Pete “Technicolour” Rogers, Tom Pugh, Verity Henry