retro

The Vikings: Weedol “B-Movie”

The Vikings (Rokkit) direct a campy B-movie advert for Weedol and agency DLKW.

TELEPHONEME by MK12

MK12 has just released another in-house project, a short film called TELEPHONEME. It brings the idea of “language working as a double-agent, carrying a hidden… Read more

Travelodge “Meet The Shellbys”

Travelodge “Meet The Shellbys”: excellent design and animation in these spots directed by Labour. Animation by Tiny Inventions and Music and Sound Design by Antfood.… Read more

Monstrous Wildlife by Frank Robnik

Monstrous Wildlife by Frank Robnik

Sweetheart by Ben Reed

Sweetheart by Ben Reed

Strike Anywhere’s Ponzi Scheme

Strike Anywhere’s Ponzi Scheme – a bonus feature for Ocean’s 13

Digital Kitchen for “Funny or Die”

Digital Kitchen piles on the retro references in the show packaging for HBO’s “Funny or Die.” (Check the classic Maurice Binder Charade titles for some… Read more

Pocko / Magma Title Sequence by We Are Captive

Pocko / Magma Title Sequence by We Are Captive

Royal Gregory – Holy Fuck

Retro gaming-esq fun music video for Holy F**k – Royal Gregory. Created by Mina Song / Mirrorshade.

Slick retro video for Beat Assailant by Nassim Maoui and Christophe Mentz

Slick retro video for Beat Assailant by Nassim Maoui and Christophe Mentz

2veinte Updates

Argentian studio 2veinte updates with some colorful, retro-tinged work.

Flairs – Truckers Delight

I wouldn’t exactly label this as highbrow, more like highfun! It’s pretty crazy and leans heavily on the raunchier side of life. Directed by Jérémie… Read more

Eyeball: Centric Network

Eyeball launches Viacom’s new Centric Network with retro-inspired type, crisp lines and earthy palettes. UPDATED: new video with behind-the-scenes footage.

Tata Docomo’s Cat

It isn’t often that we see purely graphic animations like these spots for Tata Docomo, part of a new branding effort by Wolff Olins for… Read more

Buck Scanimates White Gold

Buck Scanimates White Gold. More on their process at the Scanimate site here.

The Ad-O-Matic: Why hire an ad agency to do your creative work when you can take care of all your advertising needs in house!?

The Ad-O-Matic: Why hire an ad agency to do your creative work when you can take care of all your advertising needs in house!?

Dominoes

Dominoes by Wyld Stallyons is great new short film for the World Wildlife Fund that aims to encourage people to become activists for environmental change.… Read more

Freestyle Collective: Go Jetsetter

Freestyle Collective: Go Jetsetter

MK12: Beatles Rock Band

MK12 crafts some lovely chapter animations for the new Beatles Rock Band game. (Thanks, @ShawnMoreVis!)

Cocoe: “La nueva Yma Sumac” and Micropoemas II

Cocoe updates with two fantastically illustrated retro works: A music video for La Casa Azul’s “La nueva Yma Suma” and Micropoemas II

Jurjen Bosklopper: Streetlight Manifesto “Would You Be Impressed?”

Jurjen Bosklopper’s ironically campy visuals create great contrast for the ultra-violent animal uprising in this music video for Streetlight Manifesto’s “Would You Be Impressed?”

Challenge Your World: Mainframe

Mainframe’s “One Day…” is the latest film in the Challenge Your World 20/20 series, brought to you by Motionographer and Challenge Your World. What’s Challenge… Read more

The Nature Between Us

Back in 2007, as students at the Savannah College of Art and Design, William Campbell teamed up with Anh Vu to create The Lemon Tree,… Read more

Passion Pictures’ Pete Candeland welcomes The Beatles to Rock Band

It was no surprise when I learned the new spot for The Beatles: Rockband was directed by Pete Candeland of Passion Pictures, director of The… Read more