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Brazillian Motion Agency Molho does the kind of work that melts your brain. Recently they conceived a two minute free-from motion piece for Maxhaus. Maxhaus is a Brazillian brand that specializes in modular custom lofts.

Molho studio is based in Sao Paulo and led b creative director Marcelo Garcia. The studio aims to conceptualize and produce ideas across all mediums and in very possible format.

Have a gander at their work for Maxhaus and be patient because they will soon have a full and proper website where you can review the rest of their work.

written by Christopher | tags: Brasil, Brazil, Graphic Design, Molho, Motion Graphics

The super talented Chris Hewitt who goes by the name Dstrukt has just wrapped an impressive project for the Sci-Fi channel. The spot is very much in keeping with Hewitt’s kinetic style. The spot is a 60 second ident sequence for Sci-Fi Movies. Hewitt  used an array of techniques ranging from live action, CGI and traditional animation. The project involved a wild 2 day live action shoot at Jason Tozer studio in East London where everything from exploding mirrors to burning orchids was filmed.

You can watch the end result at the Dstrukt website.

written by Christopher | tags: Chris Hewitt, Dstrukt, Motion Graphics, Sci-Fi Channel

Art magazine ROJO, now has their own place on the web aptly named Rojo TV where you can both watch and submit your experimental motion graphics or videos. There is already some interesting content there. My only problem with the site is that you can’t embed the video. If you have a little time to kill and you need a little creative inspiration, there is some interesting content there to get you recharged.

written by Christopher | tags: Motion Graphics, Rojo Magazine, Rojo TV

London-based Up the Resolution have crafted some amazing creative in the form of commercials, music videos, and virals for clients both large and small. There is some really amazing work on their reel and there is also some great behind the scenes footage on their site.

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, London, Motion Graphics, Up The Resolution

Wow, crazy audiovisuals at Club Transmediale 2008 by Rishaug & Watz concert at Generator.x 2.0. It’s like my favorite classic 70’s graphic design come to life and set to music.

written by Christopher | tags: Generator.x 2.0: Audiovisual, Motion Graphics, Music, Rishaug & Watz

Radiohead has partnered with Aniboom and is currently holding a contest to create a 1 minute animated video using any of the songs off of Radiohead’s current album, In Rainbows. Robert Hodgin from Flight 404 decided to toss his hat in the ring with the beautiful bit of animation created with Processing above.

written by Christopher | tags: Aniboom, Flight 404, In Rainbows, Processing, Radiohead, Robert Hodgin

I saw Iron Man over the weekend and it was fantastic. It really was a great movie. Pure entertainment.

Something that jumped out at me was the closing credits. They were spectacularly designed and invoked memories of Tron from my youth. It was a testament to the amount of work put into the movie that they didn’t even stop at the credits.

The sequence was designed by Motionographer Danny Yount working for the really amazing motion firm Prologue. It’s a great sequence that makes you think future but calls on inspiration for the past. The combination of the two is what makes it classic.

You can watch it in high quality here.

Full Credits
Title designer: Danny Yount
Design & Animation: Ilya Abulhanov, Danny Yount, Alex Hansen, DongHo Lee, Dave Rinder
Compositing & Finishing: Anthony Mabin
Post Supervisor : Seth Kleinberg
Producer : Ellen Stafford
Executive Producer : Kyle Cooper

written by Christopher | tags: danny yount, Iron Man Credits, Motion Graphics, Prologue

The amazing and talented group known as National Television launch their new site. They’ve always had a knack for creating flash sites that aren’t annoying.

written by Aaron Ray | tags: Design, Motion Graphics, totally sweet

Help the Honey Bees is a collaborative project on the part of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for Häagen-Daz. Goodby contracted motion experts Psyop to animate a piece they call ‘Opera’, in order to raise awareness of the plight of the honey bee. It’s a wonderful project that encourages participation on actively working to solve the problem of the disappearing bees. A website was created along with the animation above. You can view the full credits on the project here and a higher resolution format of the video above on Psyop’s website. It’s nice to see a company like Häagen-Daz step forward to create a project like this.

Discovered via Computer Love

written by Christopher | tags: Häagen-Daz, Help the Honey Bees, Psyop, Silverstein & Partners

1st Ave Machine is an NYC based CGI VFX/Animation studio and production company specializing in advertising, music videos, broadcast and feature film. They are known for their hyper-realistic organic animation. The studio was founded by animation and live action director Arvind Palep and executive producer Serge Patzak.

The stills above are from a recent AT&T commercial. The realism of the graphics have to be seen to be believed. They are absolutely stunning. Amazing work.

written by Christopher | tags: 1st Ave Machine, Advertising, Broadcast, Direction, Motion Graphics

I just flew cross country this weekend, from LA to Miami, and although the 5 hour red-eye flight can be a bit tedious, having an iPhone loaded with some music and a movie or two definitely helps.

I loaded mine up with The Kingdom, a movie I had yet to see, and although reviews weren’t all that great, I enjoyed it.

Even more than the movie itself, the best part was the opening credits, and even if you have no desire to see the movie, the beginning is worth watching.

While looking for the link to the clip, I came across dy/dan, a blog that sums it up best.

The Kingdom’s opening credits are just oh-man jaw-droppingly forehead-smackingly good.

We’re talking a four-minute blend of motion graphics and archival footage so fine it’s tough to tell where one ends and the other begins. The mad geniuses at PIC Agency tossed ‘em both in a blender, hit purée, and the result is an even-handed, sober narration of Saudi Arabia’s entire existence.

The opening credits thoroughly and carefully examines the history of U.S. involvement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the history of oil, the power involved, and the consumption of it.

Check it out for yourself over on Yahoo! Movies.

written by Adam Lorber | tags: dy/dan, PIC Agency, The Kingdom

I saw this a while back and forgot to post it. The wildly-talented Wyld Stallyons recently teamed up with doodler-extraordinaire, Jon Burgerman. They created an animation utilizing Jon’s unique characters to promote the release of his new book. It’s interesting to see his characters animated. We contracted Burgerman at Cactus, to cover the Own Your C ride vehicle with his characters. He was very easy to work with and is a really talented guy. Check out the animation and look into picking up a copy of his book.

You can view the animation at Wyld Stallyons website.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Jon Burgerman, Motion Graphics, Wyld Stallyons

Dreamers Ink Aesthetics is one of those websites that just loads everything up front and kind of slams your compute with data. Be ready for it when you click the link. Also be ready for a lot of really great work created for the likes of Shilo and Brand New School. The work, which consists primarily of motion boards, comes from the mind of a talented designer by the name of Mitchel Paone who hails out of Brooklyn, NYC.

written by Christopher | tags: Dreamers Ink Aesthetics, Graphic Design, Motion Graphic, Mtichel Poane

Shilo launched a new site this morning that appears to be their blog. It offers up an RSS feed of their latest work. The site is titled, ‘We Make It Good‘, which isn’t off the mark if you are familiar with Shilo’s work. Shilo is led by directors Jose Gomez and Andre Stringer.

They have been riding the bleeding edge of motion design for several years now and Jose is a very down to Earth all around nice guy. You can’t go wrong working with them from what I have heard from industry insiders. They are an Emmy award winning studio with offices now in New York, New York, and Del Mar, California.

written by Christopher | tags: Motion Graphics, Shilo, We Make It Good

Psyop has finished a follow up spot to their ground breaking Happiness Factory commercial from more than a year back. The original spot won almost every industry award imaginable. How they could even attempt to follow such an impactful spot with another that is equal in quality really warrants merit. The new spot is every bit as good as the first and is really incredible when considering how much work must have gone into it’s creation. I can’t think of many other television commercials that have been responsible for creating such a rich 3d environment.

You can watch the new spot here and even download an HD version.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Coca-cola, Coke, Happiness Factory, Motion Graphics, Psyop

For those of you who have seen “What Barry Says,” enjoy it again. For those of you who haven’t seen it, peep it here. “What Barry Says” was a short film produced in 2003 right after Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Both the narration and motion graphics are solid and it is amazing how well this piece holds up 5 years after the beginning of the botched occupation. “What Barry Says” is written by Barry McNamara and won ‘Best Animation’ at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and Portobello Film Festival. Peep it.

written by Jeff Siebert | tags: bush, Iraq War, Knife Party, what barry says

Here is some of John Whitney’s 1961 showreel entitled “Catalog.” John worked on films of numerous categories and collaborated with some pivotal players in the film & design industry, including Saul Bass on Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” title sequence. It might not look like much to us now, but 40 & 50 years back this was a pretty big step in the direction of what most of us refer to as motion graphics or oscilloscopy. John had a pretty unique sense of creativity, not only in his output, but in his production techniques as well. He used a mechanical analogue computer that he invented to do most of these animations. It’s kind of amazing to really see where these sort of things start up and gain their momentum. I constantly try to remind myself of the importance of somethings original meaning and how people can come together because of it. These combined endeavors can affect, not only each person’s ambition, but the industry’s as a whole. These rare collaborations between artists and designer go unseen and nearly unrewarded for most. When I find little pieces of history like this, it makes me feel like the world is a giant place and there is truly no limit to information and creativity.

written by Lifter Baron | tags: , 1961, John Whitney, Motion Graphics, Oscilloscopy, Saul Bass, Vertigo

Dvein has been making some design headlines as of late and now they have a website online. Dvein is a motion and interactive studio based out of a city I am dreaming of one day residing in, Barcelona. They provide art direction, design and animation for cinema, broadcast and music videos. They are also capable of storyboarding and co-developing at the conceptual phase. They consider themselves an open minded studio in an open minded city and are down to get in on at the proposal level as well. There work shows some amazing talent and their website is also very intuitively designed.

written by Christopher | tags: Barcelona, Dvein, Interactive, Motion Graphics