Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Phil Guthrie, creative director at Two Fresh Creative in LA: “We’ve been getting more involved in the E-Sports world and we love creating explainer videos, as they can have a lot of creative freedom attached. So this is our take on both subjects. [Watch]
Danish designer Verner Panton’s 1971 classic Panthella lamp got a vibrant update in 2017 with the help of a stunning launch film by Frame in Copenhagen. Now, with the release of a chrome version, Frame are back. [Watch]
You won’t find much info online about directing collective Klub Simon because they all worked together for the first time on this dazzling exquisite corpse-style video for “Origami” by French electro artist Rone. [Watch]
Barcelona design and motion studio Makmac animate a striking and sculptural CG promo for the fifth edition of the Lapsus Festival, an avant-garde electronic music event taking place in their hometown in early April. [Watch]
Relaxed and refreshing take on the explainer video written and animated by New York design house Delcan & Company for Scrapp, a free collaboration and document mark up app for iOS. [Watch]
Carlos Cortés, an in-house director at Glassworks in Barcelona, just released this spell-binding look at dualism and renewal with help from Khepri, the mythological Egyptian god-beetle who embodies eternal life and constant transformation. [Watch]
French director/animator/illustrator Paul Cabon explores the truth and consequences of his genetically predestined hair loss and concludes: “Being a bald man sucks. Knowing you’ll become one is worse.” [Watch]
We helped our friends at The Telly Awards update their categories this year to include more recognition for Motion Design, Animation, and Visual Effects. Deadline is Friday, March 2nd, so get a move on! [Watch]
Montreal animation house SHED show off their CG creature craft and obsessive attention to both creative and technical details in this :30 for one of Canada’s national lotteries created through DDB Vancouver. [Watch]
The good cats of Cat City find themselves in a pickle in this fabulously deranged new music video from Swiss directing trio Tricktrabanten (Frederic Siegel, Kilian Vilim, Etienne Mory) for Swiss power duo Too Mad. [Watch]
Originally published in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois’ classic work of American literature “The Souls of Black Folk” takes on renewed weight and relevance in this animated piece for the CNN series “The First Time I Realized I was Black”. [Watch]
Welcome to the world of “The Ricochet Splendid” the most awesome/kickass animated 80’s TV series that never existed. [Watch]
A fascinating study in contrasts (austere yet intricate, technical yet elegant), “Beauty In Numbers” by Norwegian designer/illustrator Rebecka Taule is the most mind-expanding explainer you’ll see this year. [Watch]
“Creatively I’ve noticed a lot of title sequences can take themselves very seriously,” says MPC Design CD Antar Walker, “So I wanted to make sure we did something fun and light hearted.” [Watch]
