May 24, 2013

design companies



film, motion + video
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Piloto Cine TV

Piloto Cine TVPiloto are obviously the rockstars of the motion design industry in Brazil and they have a spanking new portfolio site to prove it! These specialists create interstitial ads for the likes of MTV and Nickelodeon that are mostly visual, with rich illustrations and video clips that use very few words. Developed by GRAFIKONSTRUCT (another Brazilian firm specializing in web and Flash) the site exemplifies this visual nature and blends nicely with their existing style. On the one hand, we wanted this site to be a webdesign pick, but they fit very nicely under designcompanies. Enjoy the eye candy, kids!... Read more

Piloto Cine TV

dixonbaxi

dixonbaxiIt's always a bit of a shame when an über talented design firm has a live website that does little justice to their work. But sometimes it's just a fact that they crank out so much outstanding work in their other mediums, they have zero free time to spend on their web presence and all they can do is post jpegs of their projects! Such is the case at dixonbaxi, a London based design and directing team formed by two award winning directors. If you've ever turned on a TV, you've seen their work, which has included such wonders as "helping MTV find its balls again" to the onscreen graphics of Formula 1 racing sports. Truly, not enough can be said about the work of this duo, and perhaps enough has already been said. Check out the work, and let the images do the talking.... Read more

Also posted under branding + advertising, United Kingdom.

dixonbaxi


B-Reel

B-ReelB-Reel is a Swedish full motion and interactive design company that puts the activity in creativity. As implied by their name, they do motion design, commercials and on-air promos, but they also have been in the business of crafting cutting-edge web experiences since 1999. Much of their work is for home-based Swedish clients, but rest assured, even if you don't know the language or the clients, it all shines with top-notch multimedia interactivity.... Read more

Also posted under best of breed, international firms, multimedia, Sweden.

B-Reel

We are A2/17

Hmmm... A2/17. Not exactly the most descriptive name (sounds more like my flight and gate number). So, where to take off and describe this collective of 4 German multimedia artists? Well, they are composed of 4 different types of directors, animators, stop-motion, 2D and 3D artists. So, any visit to A2/17 means you have to visit the sites of: Hendrik Niefeld (concept, direction and animation), Egmont Mayer (3D stop motion artist), Frederik Ring (direction, animation and illustration), and Stefan Schomerus. They are directors. They are designers. They are animators. They are 3D. They are 2D. They are stop motion. Now we understand! They are A2/17... flight boarding now.... Read more

Also posted under multimedia, Germany.

We are A2/17


Studio Dialog

Studio DialogThe Studio Dialog website is a great showcase of motion and design work using dynamic movement, yet tempered by practical interaction. Representing their portfolio in this format reflects a passion for design and embodies the multidisciplinary frame of mind of this studio. We really liked was the ease of navigation, and the full-screen "drawing board" style presentations of the projects. Very professional display that exudes firm control over their projects and how they present them online. Quite impressive, and dynamic motion work overall.... Read more

Studio Dialog

Friend of a Friend

Friend of a Friend Down-right dirty, but right to the point, this is a portfolio site that takes a back-yard approach. Wheel in the pick-up truck of links on this single page wonder, and you'll basically get direct project URLs, a bunch of motion videos, shorts, and a reel of their work. Simple and sans information, this dusty minimal approach gets high marks for originality, verve, and kudos for just not giving a damn (but underneath it all, showing they really do). Brilliant.... Read more

Also posted under usa based portfolios.

Friend of a Friend


Milky Elephant

Milky ElephantMilky Elephant is a professional collective of three unique design artists based in New York. This collective consists of Karl Ackermann, Eun-Ha Paek and Mumbleboy (a.k.a. Kinya Hanada), who together make installations, games, illustrations, music videos, animated series, and artistically inspired designs. They work on an eclectic variety of funky projects spanning from toy design to viral interactive e-postcards that you've probably helped spread. Very quirky, often miniture and cute, it seems like they have a niche around being silly and youthful, which also shows in the variety of mediums they like to craft their projects (everything from coin purses to TV interstitials). Also check out The Milky Shop, the cool pink retro nav (that we really like) and the sites of the three design artists.... Read more

Also posted under usa based portfolios, multimedia, illustration.

Milky Elephant

Modernista!

Founded in 2000, Modernista! is an accomplished ad agency that focuses on what they call "the big ideas". What is a big idea? Well, you may have seen their H3 Hummer ads running on a certain small sports show called the Superbowl, or perhaps on the streets of NYC in the form of oversized black and white outdoor posters for Napster. Eitherway, one can tell from their successful projects that Modernista! injects a bit of art into each of their endeavours... Therefore contrary to common advertising ideas, they look beyond the staus quo to help change your mind, intead of just trying to please it. M! is a truly progressive brand and ad agency, who also happen to update their online presence each year. One to watch.... Read more

Also posted under branding + advertising.

Modernista!


Tavo Ponce

Hailing "hola" from Spain, Tavo Ponce is a superb motion graphics and print designer... and while his portfolio site is just a simple, white, one page scroller - as is common among many motion designers - pretty much all of the projects are rich, unique, colorful and very beautiful to behold. The contrast is quite striking, and the work, from print, to motion, to web spans several different styles - from street/urban to minimal - and each are of top notch quality and masterfully refined. Holla!... Read more

Also posted under international portfolios, Spain.

Tavo Ponce

The Rock Collection

The Rock CollectionYou know you're a talented graphic designer when you create a 3-page website, plaster in a bunch of huge jpeg samples of your work, and don't even bother to put in a back button. It's like... who needs a website with navigation when the work speaks for itself... and your browser has a 'back' button embedded in it anyway? Well, this is one of those special occasions where it truly doesn't matter, because in the personal portfolio of Philippe Richardson, the illustration work and stills of broadcast commercials (some with Quicktime movies) will blow you away, and you won't even notice you're sitting at your desk anymore, much less which direction you want to navigate (besides simply scrolling up and down... over and over and over again).... Read more

Also posted under usa based portfolios, illustration.

The Rock Collection


Atslopes

AtslopesWestchester County's finest is none other than independent brand, motion, interactive and graphic designer Andrew Thompson. This self-proclaimed portfolio of "trendy stuff" shows us that Andrew has a solid understanding of the design game and knows where and how to kiss some serious butt. Yes... it's all in the irreverance, isn't it? As long as it sells, kids... as long as it sells! And that's why this great motion graphics designer with a BFA in design is looking for full time work? Please, someone snap him up quick.... Read more

Also posted under usa based portfolios.

Atslopes

EatPES

EatPESHome of the twisted films of PES, this is an amazing catalog of fantastic short films by video artist PES (and company). Mostly using everyday objects, and stop-motion "filmography" with outstanding editing, PES turns the everyday into the extraordinary. Imagination is at a premium here. Explore and be delighted!... Read more

EatPES


studio aka

studio akaConstruction paper cutouts and ‘primitive’ pen marks run rampant at the studio aka site. Some nice illustrations, but after perusing the sample pages, we have to say, um, "been there, done that." Sure, they've won awards, but if the London based production company doesn’t inject a little variety (and reach out from the UK), their days may be numbered. That being said, they can probably use the ‘singular style’ style for identity recognition, aka "branding."... Read more

Also posted under illustration, branding + advertising, United Kingdom.

studio aka

Trollback and Company

Trollback and CompanyEmmy-winning title sequences, as well as some of the most effective print work we’ve seen, move through T + Co.’s very fine website. The Nike Butterfly ad does make us want to buy the shoes. More impressively, however, The Lifetime Channel branding makes us wish we actually watched. Conclusion: this company works miracles.... Read more

Also posted under branding + advertising.

Trollback and Company


Conclave Obscurum

Conclave ObscurumPhotographic fantasmagoria at its finest. A prelude to a newly-redesigned website offers enough weird eye candy and interactive video vignettes to keep the most discerning surrealist smiling -– albeit in a twitchy, mentally-deranged sort of way. Simply put: these folks offer fine examples of twisted art. We can only hope the Slipknot CDs and prints of René Magritte (yes, there is an alternative to Dali) can keep us tweaking until Conclave Obscurum III comes along.... Read more

Also posted under illustration, Russian Federation.

Conclave Obscurum

Bang Bang

Bang Bang is still quite new, and already the client list is a who's who of big names in the entertainment industry. Most of their work is in motion graphics -- lots of nifty little films, all at their site for your viewing enjoyment. They have, however, branched out into print -- and they seem especially proud of their design for a magazine called TEASE, which they have excerpted online. The title is appropriate. 18 and over, please. We're glad we are.... Read more

Bang Bang


Charlie Company

Creating a brand imprint for a product is one thing, but for a TV show? That's like creating history, and we suppose that's what Charlie Company does, since they've created intros for such shows as...Celebrity Mole and Joe Schmoe. (Okay, so it's not exactly the opening credits to M*A*S*H.) Charlie takes design, applies it to branding, adds some motion, stirs it all up, and produces 'conceptually motivated ideas with contemporary and progressive design.' In other words, nifty commercials that stick in your head.... Read more

Charlie Company

Post Panic

Say you're an advertising exec in charge of a new commercial campaign. Say your deadline is approaching and you haven't accomplished anything yet. Say you panic. After that, you might do well to turn to Post Panic. You check out their website, are impressed by their showreel of films and commercials made for clients like Nike and Nikon. The firm's in Amsterdam, but this is the Cyber Age, after all. Say you get a raise. Go you!... Read more

Also posted under Netherlands.

Post Panic


Mashinima

MashinimaWe're not quite sure what Mashinma does; we can assume that Grupo Audiovisual means that they're a firm which works in multimedia; Illustracion means they do Illustration; Print and Web mean, well, print and web. So apparently Mashinima does everything, and to prove it they have a site with no English but plenty of eerie imagery -- stone cherubs that change colors, futuristic citsycapes, flowers that bloom out of nowhere. It's one of the loveliest sites we've seen. But, um, we're still not too clear on what they're all about.... Read more

Also posted under graphic design.

Mashinima

Addikt

Addikt, based out of Amsterdam, provides 2D and 3D animation and motion graphics for websites, film, and video. They specialize in 3D mapping of environments, which results in some pretty exciting territorial animations. You can see them all on their website. They cleerly sidestep that peksy language barrier by letting the work speak for itself.... Read more

Addikt


TwoThousandStrong

Lights! Camera! Action! 2D, 3D, music, visuals, voice overs, and sound-- they do it all! While TwoThousandStrong has the strength to pump up movies, theater, song, dance, sports, and television series, their themes run slightly on the side of the macabre (quiet images, reverse lighting, dark and light contrasts) -- perfect for those National Geographic specials about lost ancient artifacts. Their packages are quite impressive. Their commercials talk. Literally.... Read more

TwoThousandStrong

Stay Honest

The easy going folks at Stay Honest cover it all. They've got their print ads and web sites, which are all fine and good, but what is really exciting are their short films and commercials, commissioned by the likes of Diesel, Nike, the band "The Gorillaz," and more. What happens when graphic design sensibilities are transposed into short works of cinema? Try downloading a few, and we think you'll agree that the results are awesome. Honest.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms, usa based portfolios, graphic design, multimedia.

Stay Honest


Cisma

CismaCisma bridges the gap between fine art and commerce with a refreshing emphasis on the former. Their concise web site employs an elegant and nearly impenetrable font. And we wish they'd lend us that giant Hammer & Tongs-ish stuffed tooth that adorns their site's illustration gallery -- that thing is freakin' cute.... Read more

Also posted under international portfolios, illustration, Brazil.

Cisma

Xururu

XururuXururu must mean: Impressive. Simple, yet bold. Jusging from their client portfolio, this company does a lot more than just deliver the goods. This company, simply put, ROCKS.... Read more

Also posted under international portfolios, graphic design.

Xururu


Hello, Logan

A production company founded by Alexei Tylevich and Ben Conrad, Logan adopts the singular pseudonym in a guise similar to the various hip hop/dance music acts they identify and work steadily with. With several top notch music acts (no need to namedrop, ), their roster list is deep but their reel only allows a few tasty samples...with their flash patterns and 80’s flair. Just like the music biz they work with.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms.

Hello, Logan

Blind

Are you blind? If so, my apologies (and how are you reading this?) If not, treat your eyes to a delectable visual feast. Their unseen influence is wielded in TV commercials (Nike’s “Rocketman”) as well as music videos (Jet’s astonishing “Be My Girl”). Providing a peek into their studio might relay a glimmer of inspiration for a visionary firm.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms.

Blind


Beehive

Since 1994, the buzz about Beehive is the work produced is as sweet as honey, and just as alluring...so much so that upcoming nest.tv has become another hive of symbiotic activity. Their silhouette style pops with the bright inquisitive colors that would attract both person and inspecting insects alike. Interactions include their silhouette profile page and a sophisticated reel that belies the cutting edge of the company. Expect the reverberations of this heightened hive to increase to swarming levels when unleashed the ad market.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms.

Beehive

Elro

Elro provides cutting edge media content, from the simplest Flash animation to Jurassic Park-style dinosaurs. Well, maybe not that cutting edge -- but Elro's site does emphasize their 360ok design department, which provides 3D models for pretty much any sort of application your heart may desire. Want an interactive automobile model in three dimensions to grace your homepage? They can probably provide it. Want as awesome Flash-based movie promoting Legos? You're in luck, because they've already provided it. It's called Brickolizer, and it's the bees knees -- check it out, along with the rest of their swell portfolio.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms, multimedia.

Elro


Sakebomb

Ridiculous, sexy, thrasher types with a soundtrack for everything (or so they would have you believe), Sakebomb had the honor of crafting the Jackass the Movie web site. Mean Girls, too. They keep online journals and post them as portfolio pieces. They exaggerate. They are foul-mouthed. They consort with Angelina Jolie and tint all their graphics red. They put things in motion, especially skateboard punks and BMX bikers. The highlighted "original work" will have you playing the "Pornstar or Meteorologist" game (just invent a name and rotate hairstyles every five years).... Read more

Sakebomb

Zoecom

Specializing in 3-D animation, video, and interactive works, Zoecom also has tendencies towards web design for fashionistas. Their style tends towards the techno-futuristic, tempered by the occasional cartoon and lots of gradient color. The online portfolio, while sometimes prone to error messages, shows off work for some interesting clients like "Hercules the TV Series" and Hanna Barbara/UNICEF.... Read more

Zoecom


REZN8

Founded in 1987, REZN8 was an early-comer to the digital revolution, and is on a mission to create "emotion and wonder in the mind of the beholder." The Harvey Entertainment's Looney Tunes web site will surely do that, as well as Landmark Entertainment's "Prehistoric Chicago 3-D Ride Simulation Film" (complete with dinosaurs). REZN8 covers the gamut of broadcast, TV commercials, large-screen trailers, and web sites. We felt like kids in a...cartoon store. Mom! Oh Wow! Lookit THIS! AWEsome!... Read more

REZN8

Rolito Land

From the devilish mind of Rolito comes a series of skewed animated clips worthy of their own independent film channel. With alien saucer sombreros and dogs with visible bladders, the fun on the site is superb and worthy of a call to Tim Burton. Sadly, said figures make navigation somewhat cumbersome and inconsistent, making us wonder if we actually got to see all the “delicious vectorial poisions” Rolito claims to be brewing.... Read more

Also posted under illustration.

Rolito Land


Shynola

Here we go…another shy introvert trying to change the world. Based out of the UK, Shynola’s concentration of material stems from mostly video and music accompaniment. These visionaries demonstrate an utter lack of fearlessness reminiscent of their shyness-implying handle. Far from cautious, they represent an intriguing portrait of confrontational, hard-pressing brushstrokes that is the shining beacon for the art/media merger movement.... Read more

Also posted under international firms, United Kingdom.

Shynola

PSYOP

While we're at it... why not go all the way with the flat illustrated style and use it in video motion? Surely, this fantastic design organization, "Psychological Operations", can light the way. We especially liked 'Come Brazil'.... Read more

PSYOP


Project Film and TV

Project Film & TV is a high-end production studio focused on broadcast film and video, and their site reflects a specific design theme as a single part of a comprehensive marketing communications program designed by Dept3.... Read more

Project Film and TV

Acrylick

From Madrid -- hot, sweaty, sexy, slow long looks through a thick fringe of dark eyelashes. The barest hint of smile is offered, till YOU smile -- then --!! The flash of sharp white teeth. That's Acrylick. You can spend hours on their website; it weaves childlike and phallic images without apology. Amazing use of color and iconography. Some annoying typos and English language glitches (fair warning for the NARROW-MINDED), but absolutely nothing is lost in the translation. Very, very cool. And, ah, did we mention hot and sweaty? And sexsexsexy? Go now. Sweat.... Read more

Also posted under international firms, Spain.

Acrylick


Filmtecknarna

Filmtecknarna is a Stockholm animation group that wows Europe regularly with its award-winning commercials and music videos. Many of these are on the web site, so you can see for yourself. Very MTV influenced, very bold, in-your-face stuff. Great animation, too. In a few years, these guys will be appearing in the nightmares of the major executives at Disney and Dreamworks. In fact, considering how many nightmares those people must have, Filmtecknarna is probably already there.... Read more

Also posted under international firms, Sweden.

Filmtecknarna

Designgraphik

These two heavy hitters have been merged into one with some new ideas and paradigms added to keep the projects flowing. And are now doing broadcast and commercial work.... Read more

Also posted under usa based firms.

Designgraphik and Submethod


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