Passion Animation directors Salon Alpin help Greenpeace spotlight the destruction of Indonesian rainforest for the production of palm oil with an emotional 90-second film narrated by Emma Thompson. [Watch]
Picasso Pictures director Frankie Swan animates the complex hidden feelings of a young girl in this spot for Dove and Cartoon Network “helping young girls understand that being themselves feels better than trying to fit in.” [Watch]
As a semi-serious collector of children’s books, I have a soft spot for animated children’s book trailers. These three films all showcase the genre’s challenges of staying true to a volume’s particular charm as well as its illustration style. [Watch]
Berlin design studio Zeitguised teams with designer Toshiki Yagisawa and his label X-Magazine for the latest project in a series connecting digital and physical design. [Watch]
The vibrant and playful style of New York illustrator/animator Joel Plosz contrasts perfectly with the semi-dry content in this mini-doc for Vice News looking at the history and ramifications of privatizing space travel. [Watch]
The FX Design team pull together a hardcore 3D crew composed of Tendril, Trizz, Korb, and Method Studios to create the teaser for the eighth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. [Watch]
