Cutters Studios Expands Roster With Editor Kate Owen
February 6, 2025
Toiling out of studios in Moscow and London, the team at Media.Work take a break from their commercial assignments to flex their experimental ambitions in this sculptural CG exploration of computing processes. [Watch]
Beyond, the annual data analytics conference presented by California software maker ThoughtSpot opened the latest edition virtually with this vibrant exercise in color and geometry – part of a full graphics package delivered by LeftChannel. [Watch]
Creature, a tiny motion and archviz studio in Lyon, France leverages their CG talents into a stylish and compelling promotional video for local company Forginal Industrie, a family-owned manufacturer of precision metal forgings. [Watch]
Back in 2015, O Positive director Jim Jenkins and The Mill created one of our fave commercials of all time: Snickers “Brady Bunch”, and now they’re at it again in this snappy character study for real estate marketplace Zillow. [Watch]
Laundry detergent is not a category often associated with noteworthy design but that prejudice may be changing with this recent work from Buenos Aires motion masters Lumbre and agency 9Rooftops for appliance giant Whirlpool. [Watch]
Expanding on their landmark 2014 film Walking City, CD Matt Pyke and Universal Everything installed this witty and hypnotic three-minute work for the opening of Hyundai’s Motorstudio in Busan, South Korea. [Watch]
Psyop/Blacklist directing collective CRCR lathers up a flurry of anime-inspired action/comedy in this new Head & Shoulders spot animated by Wizz in Paris thru agency Forsman & Bodenfors Singapore for the Japanese market. [Watch]
Black humor, celebrity voices, and feature-quality stop-motion all merge into a forceful, emotional, and quietly affecting message from the Humane Society International and their global campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics. [Watch]
Nominated for a 2021 VES Student Award, Time’s Down by five recent graduates from French digital arts school ArtFX mixes blazing action, snarky dialogue, and seamless execution into a fabulous cyberpunk romp. [Watch]
Creative director Tom Dibb, who is responsible for The Mill’s direct-to-brand projects, leads the team in this elegant and often ethereal film for Samsung’s new Notebook Plus2 while always maintaining a sense of playfulness and surprise. [Watch]
In the first chapter of Adobe’s “Creativity Explained” series, the oddfellows crew translates the warmth and wisdom of German typographer/designer/author Erik Spiekermann into an inspirational mini-manifesto for creatives everywhere. [Watch]
No one does a trippy carnal rampage quite like Division directors Mrzyk & Moriceau. You may remember their insane 2017 MTV spot starring Dick the Dog, and if not, this romp for a Sydney fertility clinic will certainly get you up to speed. [Watch]
With expansive VFX help from A52, Scouts Honour director Mark Zibert and Rethink craft an uplifting metaphor for the isolation we’ve experienced over the past year in this new work highlighting IKEA’s sustainability efforts. [Watch]
Italian director/animator Emanuele Kabu, who perked up the depths of January 2018 with his Winterplay “Jazz Foo Foo” video, is back with more mesmerizing abstractions in this new work for American singer-songwriter Michael Hays. [Watch]
