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beautiful short animation created for the adobe ‘see what’s possible‘ contest produced by ‘The Action Cats’. The animation consist of live action elements mixed with stop motion and stills shot on a light table. via CGtalk

Brand New School continues to impress … check out three of their latest spots :

Cellular South : “What if everything you did on your cellphone suddenly took over your apartment?”

Ritz : “…blink-of-an-eye vignettes of fantastical Ritz-induced fun.”

American Express : “This first spot showcasing Pinkberry is just one of a two part campaign. Stay tuned for our second spot starring Music Direct.”

(thnx Rob!)

Great spot for UK gov’s free adult Math & English courses.

New ‘08 reel for Italian motion studio Tax Free (via 3D Total).

The Age of Persuasion Hosted by Terry O’Reilly.

Great inspiration from French designer/artist Zamak. Check out his blog as well.

Promo for Stefan Sagmeister’s new book : Things I have learned in my life so far. ” The book is comprised of 15 unbound signatures. Music courtesy of Eric Nyffeler and Esau” (via Cpluv).

Gorgeous new desktop from the blog at Zurich29. Down 1680×1050 or 1280×1024.

Viral campaign for Mike Myer’s latest movie The Love Guru; Guru Pitka’s four laws of happiness, as outlined in his book “If you’re happy and you know it, think again.” Hilarious.

Lots of new characters and illustrations up by super talented, T.O based artist and illustrator Stephen Crowhurst: hellohello.name, who will be speaking at FITC Toronto next month.

Check out some of the amazing work by Toronto based Cypher Audio lately: Panda Panther’s MTV Tres, Cartoon Network re-design with Shilo, Opening for the World Cyber Games on Spike with Syndrome Studio, Fuel ID’s with Buck … thats just a small taste … John Black is the man!

New site and work by music video, commerical director Adam Levite: associatesinscience.com.

Imaginary Forces; new site and reel for ‘08. Their Experience Design section has great examples of broadcast signage and architecture, especially inspired by their 745 7th Avenue project, creating a “living, branded surface that spans a full New York City block in Times Square.” Is it only a matter of time before this living media enters residential space?

Undo titles for Smilefaucet from Impactist. “And if that’s not enough, here’s some additional info straight from Impactist (including a crytology key to solve the anagrams)” Nice! Via FEED.

New intro tutorial to 3ds Max and After Effects up at videocopilot.net; a great online resource for those starting to learn After Effects.

Laurent Chanez of Identity directs this inspirational Nike project for TV and web out of Wieden + Kennedy, Tokyo. Shot in three countries, the premise is simple… everyone is on equal ground no matter the level of expertise. The days of running in solitude are obsolete with the newest product to hit the market, Nike+. A device that tracks your runs through distance, time and calories burned, Nike+ is made to fit into the sole of Nike shoes and transmit information to an iPod Nano. From Identity Director Laurent Chanez: “This project was interesting in that there were a lot of different things to shoot around the world that would let the viewer know time and place without being too obvious about location. I didn’t want to show where we were by using a monument, or other obvious choice. The viewer knows the athletes are in different places based on the film color and look of each distinct scene which adds to the richness of the spot. Each athlete had to fit within that particular moment, and everyone had to be connected to the same line, on the same level.”

more projects from Laurent.

Back again, with a new site, new works and new reel for 2008; Syndrome Studio.

Nexus Production’s Simon Robson does Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares for Channel4.

Awesome new trailer from Animal Logic of PSP’s God of War : Chains of Olympus (our work > commercials). Also check out Animal Logic’s Mobil 1 Meta morphosis spot.

Glue Society’s latest spot for Pangea Day: inspiring world peace through the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future; a program of short films, visionary speakers and music, live events on every continent connected by satellite, distributed through TV, internet, digital cinemas and mobile phones on May 10, 2008 – at sites in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro — linked live. Check out the trailer and a few other videos.

A new ave for getting issue release notices and monthly high-lights, etc … our new Newsletter is facebook … sign up, bring a coffee, get inspired.