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Are you a “bricklayer” or an art director? Chris Do explains.

Chris Do clarifies some of the controversial assertions he made in the "Rethinking Design Education" video that made the rounds…

8 years ago

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8 years ago

“An insulting pitch,” email from MK12 co-founder Ben Radatz

Recently, MK12 was asked to pitch just to be considered to pitch "for real' on a job for a large,…

8 years ago

Flip the Script: The Underwear Perception

aescripts+aeplugins is an essential marketplace for the contemporary motion designer. But how did it come to be? Who's the man…

8 years ago

It’s so Brill

8 years ago

Parallels in gaming and motion design: An interview with David Wolinsky of “Don’t Die”

As this Yussef Cole interview with David Wolinsky reveals, the worlds of gaming and motion design have a lot in…

8 years ago

How to hustle: From animation to apps, Justin McClure Creative is the new model for small shops

"If your food source is becoming scarce, you need to adapt, migrate or find other means for survival." In an…

8 years ago

Zulu Alpha Kilo: Spec

This video is making the rounds on social media, and for good reason. It's funny, smart and spot on. Just…

8 years ago

Poland rising: Juice studio explains why we’ll be seeing more Polish talent soon

Poland is bristling with CG talent, and our interview with Juice studio explains why. We also dig into the technical…

8 years ago

Aardman Nathan Love is born

If you've been following the infectious teasers released earlier this month from Nathan Love, you know that they've been holding back…

9 years ago

The long journey to “Lostopolis,” an interview with PandaPanther

While many commercial animation shops dream of developing feature length films — and building valuable intellectual property in the process…

9 years ago

Interview: The Lessons Behind We Are Royale’s Manifesto

Surviving eight years as a motion design studio is no easy feat. In addition to riding the unpredictable ebb and flow…

9 years ago

How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul

When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to…

9 years ago

Entertainment lawyer Jeffrey Rose on The Collective

https://soundcloud.com/the-collective-podcast/ep-101-jeffrey-rose The Collective Podcast hosted entertainment lawyer Jeffrey Rose to cover a number of issues important to anyone interested in the business of design,…

9 years ago

30 Weeks Admissions Open

If you're a designer with an entrepreneurial itch, you might be a good fit for 30 Weeks, a 15-week startup bootcamp…

9 years ago

Motion design education: MoGraph Mentor

My recent op-ed post, "6 Problems with Motion Design Education," looked at challenges facing students and educators through the lens of brick-and-mortar design schools.…

9 years ago

Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape

Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to…

9 years ago

The 7 Steps to Animation

No more clueless clients, please. Thanks to Cub Studio's "7 Steps to Animation," the process from brief to delivery can be…

9 years ago

Hybrid by birth: Getting to know Animade

I first became aware of London-based Animade via their iOS game Ready Steady Bang, a twitchy dueler packed with charming animation.…

9 years ago

VR storytelling wars begin, but will anyone be watching?

As predicted in my earth-shattering post, "6 Motion Design Industry Predictions for 2015," augmented reality (AR) platforms like Magic Leap…

9 years ago

Pep Rally is born

PepRally has quietly launched. The studio is part of a growing trend of director/designer/animators creating new opportunities for work that fall outside…

9 years ago

6 motion design industry predictions for 2015

Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some…

9 years ago

[NYC] Digital Labor Conference

This weekend in New York, the New School's Department of Culture & Media is hosting a conference entitled DIGITAL LABOR:…

9 years ago

Learn the business of design (and the design of business) from The Skool

If you're at all interested in the business of design, add The Skool to your radar. Their YouTube channel features…

9 years ago