Reinvention and evolution: Inside the design of Spotify Wrapped …
Dec 4, 2024 · INT: Initially, how did you hope to convey the theme in the overall art direction for this year’s campaign? RW: The themes of reinvention, evolution and merging genres come to life in many different ways, beginning with an art direction that loops, transforms, and celebrates the energy of this unique moment in time. This includes vibrant colour combinations, playful …
How Wallace & Gromit found a place in our living rooms, and in …
Dec 16, 2024 · 35 years ago, a plasticine man donning a sweater vest and slippers, and his mute yet expressive plasticine dog walked onto our TV screens. Wallace & Gromit’s arrival struck a chord with audiences of the late 80s, with its handmade touch and careful blend of humour, charm and wit.It was novel yet nostalgic, posing new possibilities for the world of animation with a …
It's Nice That
16 years since the duo’s last onscreen adventure, Wallace & Gromit will be back on our TVs this Christmas. Here, we speak to its creator and director Nick Park, co-director Merlin Crossingham and supervising animator Will Becher to take a look at the legacy of the adored animation.
Hark! The Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared website is a hub for all its ...
Dec 9, 2024 · The hit multimedia puppet show Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (DHMIS) from Blinkink, and directors Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling has come full circle with a new website – published some 13 years after Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared was first launched on YouTube. “We wanted a place for people outside of the UK to see the Channel 4 show and for reasons we simply …
A chat with New York Nico, the filmmaker documenting New …
Nov 20, 2024 · If you want an honest depiction of New York City – one beyond the expensive, high end and high fashion one that’s so often served to us on TV and in glossy magazines – the New York Nico Instagram page is a good place to start. For over ten years, the filmmaker Nicolas Heller (who also runs his own film company Heller Films) has been interviewing and striking up …
Why weird works: How Jessica Walsh is breaking down bland
Nov 11, 2024 · Jessica Walsh, celebrated for her unapologetically bold approach at &Walsh, has long believed that a brand’s quirks are its greatest strengths. Through a process she calls “brand therapy”, Jessica helps her clients uncover the “weird” that sets them apart. “We believe every brand has something weird or different about them, and that’s their most valuable asset,” she …
Illustration - It's Nice That
From comics to editorial spots, hand-drawn to digital, 2D to 3D, here we showcase fantastic illustrators and their inspiring work...
When perfectionism makes you a better creative, and when it …
Oct 17, 2024 · Hands up if this sounds familiar. In the 2023 film BlackBerry, the creator of the eponymous smartphone technology Mike Lazairidis is painstakingly developing the first prototype, adamant it should be absolutely perfect before shown to any potential investors – despite imminent financial ruin.His CEO (more of a numbers guy than a creative) tells him “perfect is …
Inside Flacido Placido’s soft, naive and joyful plasticine playground
Oct 29, 2024 · Inside the warm and fuzzy animated world of Juan R Lage; NERD Productions on navigating the double-edged sword of animation’s tech boom; The Met Office partners with Giphy to bring a bit more character to our weather reports
“Like squishy, tactile pixels”: Rosie Clements prints her …
Sep 23, 2024 · Drawn to the way the technique renders images legible from afar, but completely abstract up close, the photographer has found the kind of photographs that work with this inventive process are always the more simple compositions: …