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“Hey Google, Tell Me Something Good”

Ryan Burke, creative producer at Google’s Creative Lab: “These days we’re consuming more news than ever, and sometimes, it can feel like there are only problems out there. But the fact is, there is a plethora of good news happening. [Watch]

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Mmmultiply Enters the “Deep State” for FOX

London branding/ad agency Mmmultiply merge their collective paranoia with a brilliant take on lyrics from Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” to create these twitchy and beautifully stylized titles for FOX’s new spy series “Deep State.” [Watch]

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De La Soul “Whoodeeni Feat 2 Chainz” by Kristian Mercado

Inspired by vinyl toys and afro-futurism, New York director Kristian Mercado enlists Buenos Aires studio DeTuco to conjure a tripped out 2D/3D animated adventure for venerable American hip hop trio De La Soul. [Watch]

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IBM Think Conference: Motion Branding Reel

IBM’s inaugural Think conference hit Vegas earlier this year complete with this ambitious, flexible, and beautiful branding scheme created by Athletics NYC and foam Studio, the commercial arm of Berlin’s Zeitguised. [Watch]

Say Hello to the “Maneki-neko Collection”

The maneki-neko, aka the Japanese fortune cat, gets a frenetic overhaul by 26 artists in 26 seconds in this smile-inducing project put together by Moscow animation studio Petrick. [Watch]

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Japan Media Arts Festival Promo by Kohei Yoshino

In June 2017 Stash published the trailer for “Float,” a brilliant and enigmatic CG fantasy/adventure directed by Kohei Yoshino with music by Haruna Karasuda. Now the duo is back with this fluid and whimsical work for the Japan Media Arts Festival. [Watch]

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Max Cooper “Rule 110” Music Video by Raven Kwok

Animator/programmer Raven Kwok’s talents for generative visuals and processing algorithms prove a perfect compliment for musician/scientist Max Cooper’s track “Rule 110” which attempts “to visualize a Turing-complete machine.” [Watch]

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Korb Bounces Around the Nike KD XI (Director’s Cut)

From their base in Vilnius, Lithuania, CG masters Korb continue to create stylish, intriguing, and often witty visuals for an array of international brands, like this latest project highlighting the kinetic talents of Nike’s Zoom KD XI basketball shoe. [Watch]

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Best Visual Effects at the 2018 MTV VMAs Goes to…

… Kendrick Lamar & SZA “All The Stars” directed by Dave Meyers and The Little Homies with BUF, the pioneering Paris VFX house with credits on everything from “The Matrix” to “Blade Runner 2049,” handling the digital duties. [Watch]

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XFCTR “Caterpillar Motion” by Megan Palero

Megan Palero, a motion designer/animator based in the Philippines, crafts a complex geometric world populated with surreal and gentle characters in this dreamy music video for “Caterpillar Motion” by Philadelphia rapper/producer Sudo Williams. [Watch]

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“EMUNAH” by Sang Hyoun Han

A finalist at the 2018 Student Academy Awards, “EMUNAH” is an intense full-CG film about the dystopian results of creating a supreme artificial intelligence – directed and scored by Sang Hyoun Han (aka DOMCAKE) at SVA. [Watch]

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“Vancouver Mural Festival 2018” by Linetest

To promote the 2018 Mural Festival in Vancouver, hometown studio Linetest pay tribute to the previous murals of the week-long summer event using “a brick as a focal point to tie together the many different mural styles.” [Watch]

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“Self, Contained” by Chris Carboni

NYC animation director Chris Carboni (who created the fabulous Cruisr “All Over” music video featured in Stash 109), just released this animated short film about a woman struggling with Transient Global Amnesia.
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Nike Football Awaken’s the Phantom

A mysterious footballer evolves into an urban legend of terrifying skill in this epic/comic film via Black Label director Matthew Vaughn and The Mill’s VFX crew thru Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam for Nike’s PhantomVSN football boots. [Watch]