Motion Graphics
Word as Image
Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Rule: use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts Bran Dougherty-Johnson brings Ji Lee’s wordplay book to clean and playful motion graphical life in the Word as Image promo. Word as Image (by Ji Lee) [...]
Mon Rêve
Vincenzo Lodigiani’s Mon Rêve explores the theme of insomnia, and how sleep becomes an obsession to those deprived of it: “There is a kind of cult in the world, made of men and women of all social backgrounds, of all ages, races and religions. It’s the sect of the sleepless. I am part of it. [...]
Motion plus Design: What is Motion Design?
We’re massive fans of motion design here at DN, but when the question, What is Motion Design? comes up I tend to grope at title sequence examples – Have you seen Se7en? – instead of providing a coherent answer. Motion plus Design have put together a video that provides an answer through the use of [...]
Vincenzo Lodigiani’s Logo Shorts
What are the creative limits of manipulating a ▵●● logo? After working my way through Milan based motion designer Vincenzo Lodigiani’s Logo Shorts I’m beginning to think the answer is endless. Here are some of my favourites. 3PILLS from cento lodigiani on Vimeo. INFINITE SADNESS from cento lodigiani on Vimeo. SNAKECHARMER from cento lodigiani on [...]
A History of the Title Sequence
If ever there’s a design documentary that absolutely needs to exist, it’s on the art and craft of the title sequence and those pioneers who took it from straight text on a black screen, to the creative medium we have today. Alas, as the film studios continue to make it impossible for a decent book [...]
Vattenkraft
Dennie van Dijk’s short motion about power and balance. Vattenkraft from dennievandijk on Vimeo.
Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus
Watch Patrick Clair’s excellent explaination of the Stuxnet virus and tell me that the marriage of motion graphics and data visualisation isn’t damn cool? Perhaps if news channels did more of this and stopped arsing about with holographic presenters and swing-o-meters we’d get a bit more issue engagement going on. Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer [...]
Oil’d
A year ago, a massive oil spill began in the Gulf. The entire country was glued to the news until the well was capped, and then we forgot about it. As the year anniversary was fast approaching I became curious, just how much oil was that exactly? Where would it have gone? What I found [...]
Square
Square is Bryan Andrew Lee’s “narration of my life in geometric form,” and a beautifully restrained piece of graphical play. Square. from bryan andrew lee on Vimeo.
Seth Godin: Linchpin Sessions
“If you win the race to the bottom, that’s where you’re stuck!” Seth Godin – Linchpin Sessions Animation from Eskimo on Vimeo.
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