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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads “The Order of Time”

Penguin teases their audiobook of physicist Carlo Rovelli’s novel “The Order of Time,” as read by Benedict Cumberbatch, with an elegant 60-second promo co-directed by the Berlin duo of animator Sam Aldridge and designer Joseph Botcherby. [Watch]

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Outsmarting Cancer with Style and Flow

Sydney creative force Heckler combine sleek micro-CG and the unexpected flow of spoken word performance for a unique take on an old battle for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. [Watch]

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Bito Studio for Tatung: Fun with Home Appliances

The crew at Taipei motion graphics studio Bito hangs a manic mash up of animation styles on a track by Taiwanese rapper Shen Yi to mark the 100th anniversary of multinational industrial powerhouse Tatung. [Watch]

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The Greatest Advance in Leather Since Leather

Matthias Zabiegly, lead 3D and VFX super at Aixsponza in Munich, Germany: “It’s been quite a challenging project as Nike was very specific when it came to the composition process of their high tech Flyleather material. [Watch]

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David Stumpf “Cowboyland”: A Tale of Twisted Justice

Slovakian animator David Stumpf created “Cowboyland,” his hand-animated ode to the randomness of justice in the American Wild West, as his bachelor film during his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. [Watch]

Get Ready for Pictoplasma Berlin 2018

On May 2, the Pictoplasma Festival returns to Berlin to celebrate the art and craft of character design – an electric and eclectic gathering of over 700 artists, illustrators, filmmakers, plus game, graphic, and product designers. [Watch]

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Psyop and Sun Creature Slightly Exaggerate Oregon

With a nod to Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, directing duo Kylie Matulick & Todd Mueller and the Psyop crew team with Sun Creature Studio in Copenhagen to transform Oregon into a land of fantasy/adventure. [Watch]

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PromaxBDA Europe 2018 Conference Open by Alkanoids

The PromaxBDA Europe 2018 conference opened in Rome yesterday with this lighthearted collision of animation, stop motion and live action created by Milan design studio Alkanoids. [Watch]

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Dan Hoopert “Playing in the Shadows” for HAY

London designer/art director Dan Hoopert creates an austere yet poetic CG brand film featuring the Palissade seating collection designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Danish furniture and housewares company HAY. [Watch]

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Smith & Foulkes Aim High with McVitie’s “Crane”

Nexus directors Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes first appeared in Stash in issue 2, way back in October 2004. Since then we’ve inducted 20 projects by the London duo into the Stash Permanent Collection and placed four of those on the cover. [Watch]

Dodie “Secret for the Mad” by Hannah Jacobs

UK director/animator Hannah Jacobs’ lends a childlike illustrative whimsy to the delicate and highly personal track “Secret for the Mad” by English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTuber Dorothy Miranda “Dodie” Clark. [Watch]

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Hype Cycle: “Smart Matter” by Universal Everything

“Smart Matter,” the first in the Hype Cycle series of futurist films coming from UK digital art and design studio Universal Everything, explores “human-machine collaboration through performance and emerging technologies.” [Watch]

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The Punanimation Directory

Started as a Facebook group, Punanimation has since evolved into “a collective of equality-driven ladies aiming to support, connect and share women’s work within the animation industry.” [Watch]

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Anna Ginsburg Asks “What is Beauty?” for CNN

To mark International Women’s Day 2018, Strange Beast director Anna Ginsburg surveys the evolution of the female form and its perceptions over the last 30,000 years. [Watch]