The Collectors

Rotofugi, one of our favorite designer toy stores, has made an brilliant little animation advertisement, The Collectors, which showcases some of the coolest and our most favorite toys of all time, animated and collecting… HUMANS!

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Amautalab has teamed up with National Geographic to spread the word about taking care of our earth...in a way that appeals to the younger set.

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A Conversation with Paul Rand

A conversation with one of my favorite designers, Paul Rand. A short film by Preston McLanahan interviewing Paul Rand, the great American Modernist designer. Filmed in 1996, shortly before his death he talks about his process, art, aesthetics, and design in general.

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An Eye For Annai

WOW!! This is such a beauty!! Great illustration work! This film was done by Jon Klassen and Dan Rodrigues in their third year at Sheridan College's Classical Animation Program. Everything is hand drawn and animated. They coloured the animation digitally, and the backgrounds are a mix of traditional and digital. Klassen played the recorder for the soundtrack, and the jazz music near the middle is from Louis Armstrong's "Jeepers Creepers". The whole film comes in at just under 5 minutes long, and it's totally amazing.

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Things We Think About Before Sleep

Jacob Trollback asked his designers to create a personal piece illustrating their last thoughts before sleeping. Watch it. Absolutely amazing.

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Paul Rand - Animated Video

A work of art is realized when form and content are indistinguishable. When form predominates, meaning is blunted; but when content predominates, interest flags. But the genius comes in when both of these things fuse.” - Paul Rand

Wise words from a design genius. The Paul Rand video above is filled with nice little quotes like this. The video also brings to life some of his well known logos and illustrations. Who wouldn’t want to see Sparkle and Spin animated? nuff said

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