Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
After being struck by Riho Makise’s 1993 hit “Miracle Love” online, Chinese visual designer and 3D artist Zaoeyo committed to making a project “based on the song’s mood and seeing how far I could achieve realism in that ‘city pop’ style.” [Watch]
In his latest personal short film How Have You Been?, director/animator Andy Baker reteams with London illustrator Polly Nor for a surreal look at “coping with grief, depression, and the mundanity of life in lockdown.” [Watch]
Paris multidisciplinary creative studio Services Généraux makes its Stash debut with this sleek, tactile, and ultimately envy-inducing product film for the innovative Gemini earbuds from French luxury audio brand Devialet. [Watch]
CD and founder Matt Pyke at Universal Everything: “Infinity is a never-ending video artwork, an endless parade of unique personalities born from code. Glimpse something new every time you look, for every minute, of every day, forever.” [Watch]
Berlin studio Color and the Kids gather a team of top CG talent to create a string of vibrant and enigmatic broadcast IDs as part of a network rebrand by Scandanavian agency Bold for Norwegian free-to-air commercial channel TV 2. [Watch]
The latest in Deutsch LA’s series of spots for Taco Bell’s Nacho Fries wrangles classic anime action and dialogue into a beat-perfect parody courtesy of Psyop directors Luca Vitale, Kylie Matulick, and Japanese studios Yapiko and Echelle Animation. [Watch]
Following up on this striking film, Brighton’s own Bolder Creative reteams with agency Identity to mix in-camera effects with elegant CG on their stylish new outing for cycling apparel brand ASSOS of Switzerland. [Watch]
Hornet directors Natalie Labarre and Yves Geleyn help Century 21 celebrate 50 years in the real estate trade with a series of warm-hearted (and in one case, tear-inducing) real-world stories from agents who go above and beyond selling houses. [Watch]
Following up on their striking work for Balenciaga’s Spring 22 Clones Collection, the MPC teams in London and Bangalore draw on a 2010’s videogame aesthetic to build out a melancholy love story set in a VR-obsessed future dystopia. [Watch]
The Kansas City combo of indie rockers Hembree and design studio Carpenter Collective join forces with the animation talents at Igor + Valentine on a warm and jaunty music video powered by the band’s new track “Reach Out”. [Watch]
Elevate your creative output with a blast of inspiration from Stash 148, the latest must-see addition to the Stash Permanent Collection, the definitive video archive of brilliant motion design, animation, and VFX projects. [Watch]
The 10-episode Netflix series “We the People” makes brilliant use of animation and music in its quest to engage teens in the US civic and political processes. For example, Buck and Adam Lambert counting us through the Bill of Rights. [Watch]
Using noise algorithms to drive the motion of his latest short film, Beijing designer Gao Yang creates a mesmerizing and abstract third addition to his “Mountains & Rivers” series. [Watch]
Blinkink director Nicos Livesey, whose range of animation techniques stretches from embroidery to Plasticine, pours his passion as a lifelong Iron Maiden fan into this six-minute epic for the band’s latest single. [Watch]
