Kandle Design is a creative production studio in London who operate as art directors but also as a creative team specializing in motion graphics and typographic animation.
Above are a few stills taken from the stop motion they created for Orange "Good Things Never End".
Most people are probably familar with the T4 idents featuring model figures and food and the company behind these is Manvsmachine. They have also done work for MTV such as the example above but check out their website to see the variety of animation and graphics projects which they take on.
We were lucky enough to have Emma FItzgerald on placement here at Tigerprint a few weeks ago. We were all really impressed with the stop motion animation which Emma showed us and which you can check out on her blog here.
P.s Good luck with the MA Emma!
Computer love is a good place to look most days for a mix of the latest online portfolios and design related eye candy. But I thought I'd point this animation out.
"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation."
Zune is a place where people upload and share thier work with each other. Have a look around it, there's some great animations with mixes of styles and techniques.
In response to Neil's earlier post about Kozyndan, I bring you some interesting news regarding the new Sony Bravia bunny advert.....
Kozyndan have suggested that perhaps the idea for the advert isn’t quite as original as you’d think. Speaking of the above illustration, they say, “ It’s hard to think that people at Passion Pictures did not have this early panoramic in mind when they created this new spot for the Sony bravia line.”
They blame advertising agency Fallon who previously asked to see samples of their work. (Fallon by the way have a super cool website check it out here)
It certainly brings up the debate of the ownership of ideas, stealing ideas within design, etc which some people say is unavoidable these days. What do you think?
On a more positive note, the advert, which is the world’s largest stop-frame animation, is bloody brilliant. You can see it here
For those looking to add an international flavour to their portfolios, a website called Graphic Competitions is a directory of various worldwide design competitions. It was created and is currently managed by Francesco Natali from Italy. There are competitions for every creative discipline & are sorted into categories & also by deadline.
The most current design contest is for the Film Sokolov 07 film festival based in the Czech Republic. The brief is to submit a piece of work containing or describing a scam but there is no constraint on the technique. Full details can be reached through the link on the Graphic Competitions website.
All competitions offer some sort of prize, money or free stuff, & most are open to everyone, irrespective of country, so if you want to chance your arm, have a look. Worth submitting our own Tigerprint competitions for increased global awareness.
