After winning a shelf-full of awards on the festival circuit, École des Nouvelles Images students Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, and Elvira Taussac have released their romantic fantasy WET online. [Watch]
London 3D animation studio Dada Projects (also responsible for this ambitious Rimowa film) visualizes the materials, processes, and life cycle of the Peel Hemp Chair from California studio PROWL. [Watch]
Focused on expanding beyond their brand-driven design and animation work, the team at MAKE in Minneapolis are developing original IPs including this promising kids’ series called Mechsplorers. [Watch]
For their latest in-house studio ID, the crew at Lobster Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, teamed up with illustrator/animator Vincent Tsui and composer/sound designer David Kamp for a one-minute slice of the surreal. [Watch]
The 2023 edition of creative tech fest FITC hit Toronto this week with these glitchy and dramatic titles by local studios Worship (visuals) and Cypher (audio) opening the outstanding two-day slate of speakers, panels, and workshops. [Watch]
After dropping this stunner for Purple back in 2020, the design and animation team at ManvsMachine return to the CG mattress wars with a cool and sophisticated product film for Tuft & Needle. [Watch]
Trajectoire Studio and CD/motion designer Michel Naufal create stylish tennis and golf films as part of a dedicated immersive experience space in the Lacoste flagship store on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. [Watch]
Turin studio Illo builds out a welcoming world of abstracted architectural elements for this film designed to increase brand awareness and lead generation for the European property investment platform Walliance. [Watch]
LA motion designer (and former monk) Champ Panupong Techawongthawon and his animation team set out to dazzle viewers with this blast of geometry and intricate transitions for the cloud-based observability platform Mezmo. [Watch]
Andrew Milner, EP/partner at London motion design studio Alchemy: “After seeing some spec work we’d done, Urban Outfitters got in touch with us to help launch their New Balance 2002 sneaker collection.” [Watch]
Paris animation studio Parallel Studio teams with UK illustrator Jonathan Burton to bring the details of his intricate “Tea For Two” Hermès scarf to life. [Watch]
Tapping into vintage Soviet animated propaganda for inspiration, Misha Petrick and his Berlin-based crew spin up a fully unique in-game cinematic for Mundfish’s first-person shooter Atomic Heart. [Watch]
Working with ad agency Nunchi and their sister digital studio Hoy, Oh No Gravity crafts a clean and clever product film for the Spine seating system from Swedish office chair brand Savo. [Watch]
Dell’s Alienware x16 gaming laptop takes on mythical status in this no-holds-barred demonstration of fantasy world-building by the design and CG team at Trizz in Barcelona. [Watch]