Fausto Montanari, director at Lobster in Genoa, Italy: “We really believe education is an important part of where our industry can make the difference, and when we have the chance we love to support initiatives such as TED-Ed. [Watch]
Animation director and illustrator Qian Shi in London: “I enjoyed the script a lot initially, not only because it is a topic I’m interested in, but also because it allows me to explore visual representation on the neuron science of sleeping.” [Watch]
Director/animator Cris Wiegandt and designer/illustrator Bárbara Fonseca in Berlin: “This project was done while we shared studio space and was inspired by a mutual curiosity in what a collaboration between us could result in as well as a need to get outside of comfort zones and expand artistic horizons. [Watch]
Thai motion designer Panupong Techawongthawon (aka Champ) in Los Angeles: “I had a lot of fun art directing, designing, and animating this piece. The vision I had on this came out beyond what I expected and I felt that I really pushed myself. [Watch]
South Korean director/animator Seoro Oh, whose short films have raised both sneezing and sleepiness to hilarious art forms, applies his relaxed and fluid style to the problems with popular personality tests in this explainer for TED-Ed. [Watch]
Director/animator Eoin Duffy in Vancouver: “In the early 1950s Noam Chomsky proposed a theory that the key to language versatility was grammar. In this film, writer Cameron Morin details Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar, specifically if the rules are hardwired into our brains or not.” [Watch]
