From the release: When it comes to animation and visual effects studios in Southern California, there’s a new kid on the block, one that’s already 25 years old. The new American outpost of the award-winning European visual effects and animation studio Platige, which just marked its first quarter-century in business, has laid out plans for a major expansion as it ramps up operations at its studio location in Manhattan Beach. [Watch]
UK Motion designer Abraham E.: “With a greater focus on visual storytelling, I revisited one of my favorite videos on the realities of the creative journey, narrated by creative director Matthew Encina and produced by online education platform The Futur.” [Watch]
From the team at digital art and design studio onformative in Berlin: “For the commercial and cultural center TX Huaihai in Shanghai, onformative was invited to develop permanent digital art content, picking up on the topic of urbanization. [Watch]
Passion has signed Future Power Station for UK and US representation, an art and design-led animation collective directed by Yibi Hu. Yibi is a multi-award-winning, Shanghai-born, London-based visual artist He lives and breathes a rich culture heavily influenced by comics and anime. [Watch]
From the team at Bliss animation studio in Barcelona: “Los Borbones: Una Familia Real is a documentary series about the history of the Spanish royal family created by the renowned journalist Ana Pastor and screenwriter Aitor Gabilondo. [Watch]
Chris Colman, EP at Final Frontier: “Created with agency Fractalist, this high-energy 90-second piece launches the ‘Bì’, a limited-edition physical token gifted to loyal participants of BMW’s bilibili channel in China. [Watch]