For those of you who attended my Promax|BDA State of Design presentation last week, I hope it was worth your time and that you had as much fun as I did celebrating inspiring work from around the world. As promised, I made a page (finally) for all the work I showed during the show. Enjoy!

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Cable, a short film by Remi Gamiette

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Beautiful imagery in this sport+ montage from View

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Wobblyland Music is too damn cute I can’t stand it! (via drawn)

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Back in April, when Adobe and Cut&Paste announced the winners of the See What’s Possible Challenge, one entry really stood out to me. "The Experiment" was created by a mysterious group called The Action Cats, who I later learned were actually an in-house group of designers and animators at ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

That piqued my curiosity. An agency made this?! So I called them up and we chatted for almost an hour.

Read the interview here

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Looks like our fellow German mographers have been keeping busy! Following our latest Deutsch features, this two minute Lexus Hybrid Drive short by Frankfurt-based Barbecue Design is nothing but jaw-dropping elegance.

Created for auto shows promoting Lexus’ new Hybrid cars, the film tells a beautiful and poetic tale of synergy, love and transformation. It is filled with engaging, mysterious moments, backed up by an amazing soundtrack that gave me goose bumps.

Make sure to check out the rest of Barbecue’s work. Some top notch stuff in there!

UPDATE: One of our readers found a quick little behind-the-scenes at the Trapcode Gallery page, apparently the only 3D generated image is the reveal of the drivetrain and the packshot of the cars, the rest was entirely done in After Effects 2.5D using Trapcode Particular and Shine, WTF?! (Thanks, Lex!)

Client: Lexus - Lexus Hybrid Drive
Agency: Deri Design
Directorial Studio: Barbecue design
Music: Michael Kadelbach

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In partnership with the Executive Producer of OFFF NY, I’m pleased to announce F5, a two-day festival of creativity taking place in New York City. Although the event won’t be until the spring of 2009, I want to put it on your radars now and encourage you to subscribe for updates on the F5 site. In addition to getting F5 news before everyone else, subscribers will get advanced access to ticket sales, which will be limited.

I’m not going to say anything more about the event right now, except that it’s going to be amazing. F5 goes beyond just motion graphics into the fields of filmmaking, photography, graphic design, art, music, interactive design, advertising and experience design. The goal of F5 is to change the way you look at creativity, and in so doing, change the way you look at your work and your life.

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RE:VOLVE 2008, a mind boggling (and long) Kite Surfing video. Make sure to watch the whole thing, you won’t regret it! (Thanks Thierry)

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What on Earth is Going On? (Filmaka/MSN Film Competition)

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Metal Gear Solid 4 video game intro written, produced & directed by Logan.

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