From Buck: “For the launch of five classic shoes in perhaps the most classic colorway there is [white], we unlocked the gradient tool and blasted our screens with ramped colors. [Watch]
The seductive packaging of Malaki’s flavored tobaccos provide the starting point for this sleek and sensual CG brand film by Milan motion studio Ditroit. [Watch]
The first video for the Gorillaz’ new album The Now Now positions the band’s lead singer 2-D as the least strange character on Venice Beach in a kinetic and campy mix of cel animation and live action. [Watch]
Animator and illustrator Caitlin McCarthy in London: “A short film on the topic of soothing, commissioned by The School of Life.” [Watch]
The all-Barcelona team of motion designer/animator Adrian Moran and Drasik studio infuse this video for Eres’ relocation services with both charm and clarity to make sure it stands out in the very crowded explainer market. [Watch]
Stash 129 is the latest chapter in our 14-year quest to curate the most innovative and inspiring motion work into the planet’s largest online video archive of design, animation, and VFX (plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews). [Watch]
GIANTSTEP directors Jake Ferguson and Heebok Lee on their opening titles for the OFFF Barcelona 2018 conference: “This sequence is about McLuhan’s famous quote ‘The medium is the message’ infused with the Greek myth of Gemini. [Watch]
Playful new promo via Taipei’s Whitelight Motion for HHmuseum, a new online platform for kids led by Taiwan’s National Palace Museum and featuring the children’s galleries of 15 public museums around the country. [Watch]
Animade directors Tom Judd and Ed Barrett craft a gentle animated tale of family and fixation in “Tend,” an eight-minute slice of branded content created for WeTransfer. [Watch]
If you’ve shared cramped quarters as a couple, you’ll appreciate this autobiographical peek into the tumultuous student days of Remus Buznea and Kyriaki Kyriakou, aka UK directing duo Remus & Kiki. [Watch]
New on the Stash radar: an all-female animation and motion design studio based in Cape Town, South Africa called Batch. And the “The Diver” is the perfectly quirky short film that caught our eye. [Watch]
Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright transforms into three airline passengers with drastically different views of the world in this brilliant branded film for The Atlantic by O Positive director David Shane with seamless 2D VFX work by The Mill. [Watch]
Peter Tomaszewicz, 3D artist and motion designer in London: “Continuing with my current allure with brutalist architecture and concrete, I felt it was right to explore fashion designers that would enchant the ideal environment. [Watch]
In the latest of The Atlantic’s series of visual essays, writer Matthew Stewart argues, 9.9% of the population comprises America’s new aristocracy, which often “takes wealth out of productive activities and invests it in walls.” [Watch]