Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
VanMoof, the Dutch maker of bicycles and electric bicycles continues commissioning some of the coolest brand films on the planet with this latest one arriving courtesy of creative director Tom Dibb and The Mill team. [Watch]
Buck follows up their standout Mailchimp “Anthem” spot with another blend of loose illustrative style and intriguing transitions for the Atlanta-based marketing platform’s new philanthropic initiative Big Change Starts Small. [Watch]
The stories of an astronaut, a film director, and a unicycling bear all intersect in “The Moon’s Not That Great”, Mathieu Libman’s soft-spoken short film about dashed expectations and interplanetary popularity. [Watch]
Trapped in quarantine, the animation and design crew at Trinetix (an enterprise software company in Kyiv, Ukraine) wondered about “the planet’s biggest problems, and how can an individual have a positive influence on their surroundings” [Watch]
Grab a peek at this two-minute cutdown of the new design, animation, and VFX work jammed into Stash 145, the latest must-see addition to the planet’s largest (and most inspiring) motion archive – aka the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
The latest 3D exploration from the team at C A T K in Berlin is a five-minute, data-driven opus of melting abstraction that “seeks the beauty and artistic potential in the algorithmic recreation of real-life occurrences.” [Watch]
London designer/artist/illustrator Lisa Stickley personifies the growing problem of food poverty and the ruinous toll hunger takes on one in five children in the UK for an initiative by supermarket chain Aldi. [Watch]
Edinburgh filmmaker Jonnie Lewis and Ann Arbor, Michigan street artist David Zinn explore the nature of creativity in the mini-doc “Around the Block” with Scottish animation studio The 2D Workshop adding a lovely layer of whimsy. [Watch]
The team at ROOF Studio in New York engage their talents for hyper-detailed worlds and characters to elevate this film designed to raise awareness of NTM Lung Disease for biopharmaceutical brand Insmed thru agency AREA 23. [Watch]
With the MISTER studio in Sydney closed for 10 days between Christmas and New Year, CD Mike Williamson grabbed the time to create a personal project and revisit his childhood love of Roland Emmerich’s 1994 sci-fi classic “Stargate”. [Watch]
Sally Reynolds, an Australian designer/artist living in New York, says the inspirations for her latest short film “Alla Luce” include, ballet, Moby, American kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe, ceramic artist Juz Kitson, and a hangover. [Watch]
With roots extending back as far as 1833, the zoetrope continues to cast a spell over creatives and consumers alike, with this intricate and elegant spot for VW’s new ID.4 EV serving as a showcase for seven versions. [Watch]
Copenhagen CG specialists Frame help commemorate the 50th anniversary of designer Verner Panton’s now-classic Panthella lamp and showcase the new brass reissue for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. [Watch]
After several years of crafting stellar openings for the TEDxSydney conference, director Scott Geersen and his Substance studio opened up the 2020 assignment to an international team of motion design collaborators. [Watch]
