Motion studio Illo in Turin Italy: “Sometimes we take electricity for granted. Liquidstar brings electricity to powerless 1.1 billion people in the world. It does so with a rechargeable battery and a blockchain-based smart contract.” [Watch]
In her second animated video for NPR’s Invisibilia podcast, art director and motion designer Francesca Cattaneo explores the “fascinating mystery of locusts and our sense of self.” [Watch]
Polar, the Netflix action film directed by Jonas Åkerlund and based on Víctor Santos’ comic series, winds down with this arresting end credit sequence directed by Toronto’s Worship studio and produced by Tendril. [Watch]
Director/animator Eoin Duffy’s minimalist animation stands in stark contrast to English actor Jack Cutmore-Scott’s fraught reading of William Butler Yeats’ “The Second Coming” in this film commissioned by TED-Ed. [Watch]
The first episode of Style Origins – a new CNN series exploring objects and designs that changed industries – unrolls the surprising 2,400 year-old history of the red carpet with CNN art director Ignacio Osorio handling the design and animation. [Watch]
Montreal motion design company Gimmick teams with hometown music and audio mavens Cult Nation to turn a snappy edit of their 2D and 3D work into a roundhouse kick to your parietal lobe. [Watch]
