Stop-Motion Director Hoji Tsuchiya Joins NOMINT Roster
January 31, 2025
Referencing 1970’s analog design techniques, King+Country set a gritty and dangerous tone for The Continental, a three-episode miniseries born from the world of John Wick produced by Lionsgate and airing on Peacock. [Watch]
The always-fabulous Motion Plus Design series expands to India with a satellite event in New Delhi on October 28th featuring some of the region’s top motion designers and a live stream Q&A with Imaginary Forces CD Karen Fong. [Watch]
Warsaw-based 3D artist Sebastian Marek designs and directs a playful brand video highlighting the key features and benefits of the Adobe Substance 3D asset library. [Watch]
CDs Tom Crate and Dave Webster at FutureDeluxe in London amp up the drama for an elemental reveal of Huawei’s Ultimate Design luxury smartwatch (complete with black nanocrystal ceramic bezel and 18K gold inlays). [Watch]
After a blisteringly successful run on the festival circuit, the playful minds at Dog & Rabbit in London have released their cheeky take on a faux-feud between the UK’s two biggest bands into the wilds of the internet. [Watch]
The design and animation crew at BUCK in Sydney take an appropriately light and loose approach to dressing up archival tennis action from The Australian Open in new work highlighting the relaxed social atmosphere of Aussie tennis. [Watch]
Elastic CD Hazel Baird, who also brought the world the jaunty minimalism of “The Morning Show” titles, works with Welsh studio Rough Collie, to formulate a swinging science-based look for the Apple TV+ series “Lessons in Chemistry”. [Watch]
Korean 3D motion designer and CG artist Haram Jung introduces us to a sci-fi adventure that combines Narcissus from Greek mythology and the planet Mars in a short film created for Pause Fest’s latest round of Originals. [Watch]
Sleek CG style melds seamlessly with the French fashion scene in this new showcase spot for Renault’s Scenic E-Tech 100% electric vehicle directed by ManvsMachine thru Friend London and Quad for Publicis. [Watch]
CDs Nidia Dias and Miguel Rato at London CG studio Steelworks showcase both the features and aesthetics of HOKA’s Anacapa 2 and Mach X shoes in these vigorous launch spots for the activewear brand thru Anomaly LA. [Watch]
Shanghai motion director/concept artist Leon Liang indulges his love of building out sci-fi worlds in this vision, created for Pause Originals, of a future where orbiting solar stations have solved the energy question. [Watch]
Director and motion artist Hasmik Mkhchyan (whose breakout AI short film you can watch here) mixes tyFlow simulations and a touch of the surreal into her CG motion design spot for new online marketplace MEGA. [Watch]
Stockholm digital artist Erik Wernquist continues to mine his fascination with all things space-related in his newest short film, a finely detailed and thoughtfully lit peek inside a planetary orbiter built for leisure travel. [Watch]
Guy de Maupassant’s classic 1883 short story “The Piece of String” finds a new audience among Gen Z students with help from this concise animated version by Cape Town studio We Are Batch for education technology platform Nearpod. [Watch]
