Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
The sad state of internet browsing gets a thorough airing in this snappy explainer from Minneapolis creative agency Humdinger & Sons for Brave, the new browser from Brendan Eich, aka Javascript inventor and Mozilla co-founder. [Watch]
UK acoustic guitar virtuoso Kev Minney comes to life as a dreamy rocketman in this animated interpretation of “Dark Stars” by London director, animator and motion designer Rich Hinchcliffe. [Watch]
UK mathematician turned champion slam poet Harry Baker provides the word flow behind this otherworldly spot created by Assembly in Auckland for New Zealand diary giant Anchor. [Watch]
Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan made his observations about electronic media in the ’60s but they seem more prophetic than ever in this short by Brooklyn’s Daniel Savage for The Listening Post, Al Jazeera’s weekly program examining world media. [Watch]
I’m not sure how or why we’re supposed to identify with or even remotely respect this Ghost Recon dude but the lighting, atmosphere, and tattoo design in this new CG trailer sure are sweet. [Watch]
Scores of inspirational spots were released this week for International Women’s Day, but few packed the emotional gut punch of this Microsoft work thru m:united/McCann with VFX from the NY and London teams of Framestore. [Watch]
Brooklyn director/designer/illustrator Erica Gorochow gathered a super crew of 23 US and UK artists to deliver a message to European voters ahead of the upcoming elections on “how lessons gleaned from Brexit and Trump, might relate.” [Watch]
With HQ in Istanbul and offices in LA, Barcelona, Vienna, and Berlin, new media agency Ouchhh is gaining lots attention for work like this installation in Paris. Their newest clip is a crazed spec riff on the schizophrenic history of Absolut bottle interpretations. [Watch]
French motion designer/director Cyrille Smaha and illustrator Roxane Lagache are back with another stylish and breathless episode in their branded series for Chanel produced by Falabracks in Paris. [Watch]
Outsider directors dom&nic and a CG creature crew of 20 at The Mill craft a photo-real rabbit worthy of its extreme close-up in this latest spot for UK mobile provider O2 thru agency VCCP. [Watch]
Join London visual artist, director and lecturer Markos Kay (aka MRK) on his spectacular virtual trip inside the Large Hadron Collider at the CERN to visualize the complex interactions of particle collisions. [Watch]
Beakus director/animator Luiz Stockler’s latest personal project features the humble and hand-drawn adventures of John, an auto-tuned hairy frog (aka Trichobatrachus robustus) an amphibian from Central Africa who sleeps with his socks on. [Watch]
Take a quick look at how The Mill Blackbird, a fully adjustable car rig introduced last summer, allowed the Mill+ team to use a 100% CGI vehicle in the reveal spot for the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox and avoid early exposure of the actual vehicle. [Watch]
Four of nine cool and concise branding films From design and animation studio PlusOne in Amsterdam: “An international sports brand approached us to collaborate on a visual identity and animations representing the different consumers they’re focussing on. [Watch]
