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November 24, 2025
Tesson Studio in Paris adds a new twist to the CG watch wars with this spec work inspired by the Omega Speedmaster (aka the first wristwatch on the Moon), an experiment that “connects scientific curiosity with the poetic nature of motion.” [Watch]
Heartwarming CG spots from Montreal animation studio Tonic DNA have become a Christmas staple (see here and here), with this year’s effort focused on food insecurity during the holidays in a campaign for US insurance brand Highmark. [Watch]
Our latest issue, Stash 174, just went live, inducting another two hours of inspired motion projects into the Stash Permanent Collection, the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to design, animation, and VFX. [Watch]
Pencil TV director Danae Gosset wrangles a crew of 10 illustrators on this warm and gentle music video, hand-painted in watercolors for the Mac Miller track “Rush Hour”, marking the 10th Anniversary of his album GO:OD AM. [Watch]
Directors Nicolás Cañellas and Mikel Pascal at Spot Studio in Barcelona infuse the colors and iconography of Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterwork Casa Batlló into limited-edition sunglasses from eyewear brand Etnia Barcelona. [Watch]
2D animator/director Sungmin Yoo makes his Stash debut with this dynamic, single-shot promo for South Korean pay television network JTBC and their upcoming coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics games in Milano–Cortina, Italy. [Watch]
In his first venture into animation, Revolver director Steve Rogers taps the deep experience of Mathematic to craft the tale of two lost souls and how they find each other during the holidays thru Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and +61. [Watch]
ECD Raj Davsi and the FutureDeluxe crew join forces with London photographer/director Sophie Jones for an assertive CG/live-action film showcasing Peloton’s newest gear and its AI-powered coaching system, Peloton IQ. [Watch]
Reading the YouTube comments on the 2025 version of Coke’s “Holidays Are Coming” commercial (which is discreetly labeled as “Created by Real Magic AI”) is to witness the full wrath AI haters and the evil they feel the technology is sowing. [Watch]
Berlin-based director Boris Seewald, whose remarkable short film Klanglicht you can watch here, layers up a portrait of Warsaw collage artist and motion designer Ania Augustynka and how she uses Photoshop in her work. [Watch]
Following on 2024’s fabulous Barbour holiday spot, Nick Park’s timeless Plasticine personalities Wallace and Gromit return for another round of gentle stop-motion comedy via director Steve Harding-Hill and the Aardman animation team. [Watch]
Blinkink directors Andy Biddle and Adeena Grubb (aka Andy & Adena) pack this stop-motion opus for internet service provider Xfinity with warmth, whimsy, and the benefits of fast WiFi for a very large and furry family. [Watch]
The team at Warsaw motion studio Abra.Network (whose work we track here), lift the lid on one of the most refined and elegant brand films you’ll see this year – that just happens to be for a toilet. [Watch]
Wonderfully eccentric character work here from Yukfoo Animation and director Alex Dron in Auckland for the first TV campaign from Irish non-alcoholic beer brand Fierce Mild thru Dublin agency The Public House. [Watch]
