NBA Finals on ESPN graphics Panoply | STASH MAGAZINE

Panoply Adds Shimmer to the NBA Finals for ESPN

If you’ve been watching the NBA playoffs on ESPN you no doubt wondered (like us) who designed the glittering graphics package. Mystery solved: the studio is London’s Panoply who are here to share their process and R&D reel. [Watch]

India Barnardo Cat and Moth Short Film | STASH MAGAZINE

India Barnardo Steps Into the Director’s Chair With “Cat and Moth” Short Film

Animator India Barnardo, whose feature film credits include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Sea Beast, makes her directorial debut with the release of this charming romp called Cat and Moth. [Watch]

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Petrick Takes a Breath in New Spot for Tinkoff Bank

Creative director Misha Petrick and his Berlin design and animation crew capture all the frustration and absurdity of life’s mundane tasks in this expressive character spot, one in a new series for Tinkoff Bank cashback debit cards. [Watch]

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Revna Studio Begins “The Journey” for Dream Sofa

Iranian CG specialists Revna Studio just cruised onto the Stash radar with this airy spot for US custom furniture brand Dream Sofa: “a visually captivating animation that delves into the essence of the brand and products.” [Watch]

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Filipe Carvalho Opens Semi Permanent 2023

The 2023 edition of the Semi Permanent festival launched in Sydney last week with this quizzical animated title sequence by Emmy-winning designer/AD Filipe Carvalho reflecting on this year’s theme of reformation. [Watch]

Monaco Skeleton TAG Heuer brand film by Frame | STASH MAGAZINE

Neon Speed: Frame Defines the Monaco Skeleton for TAG Heuer

Copenhagen motion design studio Frame lights up the latest volley in the CG watch wars with this starkly elegant product film for TAG Heuer’s Monaco Skeleton timepiece just in time for the 2023 Monaco F1 Grand Prix. [Watch]

Natural Chips and Ecological Gambling short film by Weiye | STASH MAGAZINE

Ajiao Weiye Drops New Short Film “Natural Chips and Ecological Gambling”

Chinese director and CG artist Ajiao Weiye, who hit the Stash radar last summer with this outstanding title sequence, calls out the irresponsibility of gambling with the Earth’s environment in this dramatic new CG short film. [Watch]

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Patrick Hanser Paints a Music Video With Help From Playground AI and 20th-century Masters

São Paulo director/musician Patrick Hanser combines his many talents and Playground AI into a video for the first single from his music project Bacará, prompted with art styles from painters including Picasso, Kandinsky, and Miró. [Watch]

Axl Le and Korean Star Lee Minho Build New World, New Meta Short Film | STASH MAGAZINE

Axl Le and Korean Star Lee Minho Drop “New World, New Meta” Concept Film

Digital artist and filmmaker Axl Le and his talents for conjuring dangerous near-future worlds return with this short film, a creative alliance with South Korean actor/singer/model/creative director Lee Minho. [Watch]

Alaska and Kevin Dance Up a Storm in LinkedIn’s Laundromat for Droga5

Iconoclast directing duo Alaska (aka Gustavo Moraes and Marco Laver) launch Droga5’s new global campaign for LinkedIn with a riveting mix of dance, puppeteering, and VFX all held together by LA post house Kevin. [Watch]

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Pitch Music & Arts Festival Campaign Visuals by Anatolii Belikov and the Ukrainian Diaspora

With his small Kyiv studio closed due to the Russian occupation, director/3D artist Anatolii Belikov regroups his scattered team virtually to craft visuals for the Pitch Music & Arts Festival in Australia. [Watch]

Hasmik Mkhchyan Electric Dreams PDK Metz Speech Short film | STASH MAGAZINE

Hasmik Mkhchyan Honors Philip K. Dick in New AI Short Film “Electric Dreams: Echoes of the Metz Speech”

Armenian director and motion artist Hasmik Mkhchyan combines her appreciation for American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and new forms of visual storytelling into a personal short film created with Stable Diffusion. [Watch]

Fabrice Le Nezet Optical Arts Babel short film | STASH MAGAZINE

Watch Fabrice Le Nezet and Optical Arts Build and Destroy The Tower of Babel in Two Minutes

London studio Optical Arts and director Fabrice Le Nezet continue their in-house visual experiments with Babel, a short film “blurring the lines between history, illustration, typography, print, animation, architecture, and design.” [Watch]

Lamborghini Revuelto Launch film Alessandro Pacciani Platige Image | STASH MAGAZINE

Hold On as Alessandro Pacciani and Platige Image Launch the Lamborghini Revuelto

Get ready to have your senses shaken as director Alessandro Pacciani and the Platige Image VFX team unleash two minutes of fury and flash inspired by the new Lamborghini Revuelto and its 1015-horsepower hybrid V12 engine. [Watch]