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Stefan Sagmeister Headlines D&AD Festival, May 19-20

Six months after D&AD asked the question: is creativity dead or alive?, they have annouced the full program for D&AD Festival 2026, bringing together the most provocative voices in global creativity on May 19-20 at London’s South Bank. [Watch]

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Filmograph Reveals the Fear (and Fun) Under the Fantasy in “IT: Welcome to Derry” Titles

Following their 2025 Emmy-nom for The Penguin titles, CD Aaron Becker and the motion crew at Filmograph reteam with HBO but shift to a campy mid-century illustration style in this open for supernatural horror series It: Welcome to Derry. [Watch]

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Scholar Names Kev Jones as Executive Producer

From the release: Scholar congratulates former Senior Producer Kev Jones on his new role as Executive Producer in the Los Angeles Studio. Starting as a production assistant in 2014, Kev has internally risen through the ranks at Scholar as a Coordinator, Producer, and Senior Producer. [Watch]

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Jon Lerner Joins Versus as Head of Experiential

From the release: Versus is expanding its capabilities across physical and immersive brand experiences with the appointment of Jon Lerner as Head of Experiential. [Watch]

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Art&Graft Set Off “In The Pursuit of Magic” in New Short Film

If the purpose of an in-house motion project is to truly let loose with ideas and techniques, the team at Art&Graft in London may have just set a new bar for audacity and sheer variety with their short film In The Pursuit of Magic . [Watch]

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Scale & Spectacle: OFFF Barcelona 2026 Main Titles Celebrate “Rebellious DNA”

Projected onto the 110-meter-long façade of the DHub venue, and directed with style and abandon by ECD/co-founder of Laundry Studios, PJ Richardson – the main titles for the 2026 edition of OFFF Barcelona were impossible to miss. [Watch]