Animation Archives - Design Work Life https://designworklife.com/tag/animation/ Design inspiration & how-tos for your everyday work and life. Thu, 08 May 2014 05:48:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://designworklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-dwl-icon-32x32.png Animation Archives - Design Work Life https://designworklife.com/tag/animation/ 32 32 Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas https://designworklife.com/alliteration-inspiration-universe-umbrellas/ Thu, 08 May 2014 13:00:49 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=79258 Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s thematic combo: universe & umbrellas. Universe While scientists debate whether or not the universe is infinite, there’s no debate that the possibilities of your brain certainly fit that description. Suit up, creative cosmonaut, and […]

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]]> Grey, Singapore: Multinational Typeface https://designworklife.com/grey-singapore-multinational-typeface/ Mon, 05 May 2014 17:00:37 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=80071 The team at Grey Advertising‘s Singapore office designed a fascinating modular Multinational Typeface, using colors and composition representative of the flags of all 106 countries in which the company does business. I love the duality of feelings that this series evokes — while the diversity of color and variation in form celebrate each country’s individuality, the […]

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]]> Young & Laramore: “Time is Measured in Tomorrows” https://designworklife.com/young-laramore-time-is-measured-in-tomorrows/ Mon, 05 May 2014 15:00:09 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=80070 Building Tomorrow, a nonprofit dedicated to building schools in East Africa, worked with Young & Laramore to produce “Time is Measured in Tomorrows,” a wonderfully simple animated video illustrated by Brian Rea. Brian’s illustration style fits together perfectly with the video’s message and Building Tomorrow’s mission as they aim to build 60 schools (14 of […]

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]]> Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs https://designworklife.com/dimas-forchetti-personal-project-gifs/ Thu, 01 May 2014 15:00:29 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=79825 I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creation and animation. Sometimes it’s nice to let your brain go for a walk and see where it takes you, and as you’ll see in the Dimas’ GIFs below, it can take you to some […]

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]]> Nicolas Ménard: ARTV https://designworklife.com/nicolas-menard-artv/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:00:11 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=78469 I’m really digging the adventure and whimsy in Nicolas Menard‘s cosmic animation work for ARTV. Watch Nicolas’ animation below, and be sure to scroll further for delightful screen shots of the piece and oh-so-entertaining animated GIFs! From Nicolas’ Behance gallery: ARTV, a francophone art oriented TV channel, asks artists to reinterpret their logo for their […]

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]]> Alliteration Inspiration: Jelly & Journeying https://designworklife.com/alliteration-inspiration-jelly-journeying/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:00:23 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=79254 Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s thematic combo: jelly & journeying. Jelly Do you think you’re ready for this jelly? How about multiplied by TEN? Are you ready for that? Okay, you’re right. I think you’re ready for that […]

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]]> Leta Sobierajski: Branding & Collateral https://designworklife.com/leta-sobierajski-branding-collateral/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:00:25 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=78978 You may be familiar with Leta Sobierajski from her personal brand identity system featured on DWL last year, but you’ll want to familiarize yourself with some of her incredible branding work below. She combines excellent layout, typography, illustration and color choices into some truly special work. Quietman Quietman, founded in 1995 by award-winning Creative Director Johnnie Semerad, is […]

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]]> Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime https://designworklife.com/adam-turnbull-ten-cent-dime/ https://designworklife.com/adam-turnbull-ten-cent-dime/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:00:50 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=77530 While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a project for Adam to “illustrate my response to daily life, situations and people I come across here in New York,” alongside enjoyable written commentary. The project is in its second year […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/adam-turnbull-ten-cent-dime/feed/ 1 Eric Chow: Learning Disabilities GIF Series https://designworklife.com/eric-chow-learning-disabilities/ https://designworklife.com/eric-chow-learning-disabilities/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:00:50 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=75013 Illustrator Eric Chow created a series of GIFs symbolically depicting the feeling behind several common learning disabilities. Each one offers a fascinating look into a complex problem through colors, symbols and motion.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/eric-chow-learning-disabilities/feed/ 1 Tyler Dale and Nuno Leites: GIF(T)S FOR FUN https://designworklife.com/tyler-dale-and-nuno-leites-gifts-for-fun/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:00:12 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=73394 GIF(T)S FOR FUN is a collaborative series of holiday-themed animated gifs featuring illustration by Tyler Dale and animation by Nune Leites.

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]]> HeyHey Apps https://designworklife.com/heyhey-apps/ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:00:04 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=73006 There’s some joyful noise, color and ideas coming out of Ghent, Belgium, where HeyHey Apps is making iOS a more creative space for children. HeyHey Apps, a three-man software studio based in Belgium, focuses on bringing creativity to children through clever, thoughtful design in their iOS apps. The characters, colors and feel of their apps […]

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]]> The Midnight Moment Project https://designworklife.com/the-midnight-moment-project/ https://designworklife.com/the-midnight-moment-project/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:00:54 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=70507 I’m late to the game in discovering the Midnight Moment project, an initiative by the Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts which coordinates all of the electronic billboards and kiosks in Time Square each night at 11:57 PM to display synchronized creative content. This month the New York AIGA invited a select […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/the-midnight-moment-project/feed/ 0 Eoin Duffy: On Departure https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-on-departure/ https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-on-departure/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:00:05 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=65870 Do yourself a favor this morning and take a few minutes to watch Eoin Duffy’s new animated short film, On Departure. Visually minimal yet emotionally powerful, this beautiful film attempts to express a personal journey centered around the loss of Eoin’s younger brother, Emmet. The film was funded by The Irish Film Board, premiered at the 2012 Galway […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-on-departure/feed/ 0 Rogier Wieland: Starbucks Coffee Perfection https://designworklife.com/rogier-wieland-starbucks-coffee-perfection/ https://designworklife.com/rogier-wieland-starbucks-coffee-perfection/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:35 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=65601 Check out this fun promotion that animator Rogier Wieland developed for Starbucks to illustrate the reversed story of how their coffee goes from bean to your cup. Creative Credits: Client: Starbucks Coffee Asia Pacific Ltd. Creative direction, animation and sound design: Rogier Wieland Ad agency: BBDO, Hongkong

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]]> https://designworklife.com/rogier-wieland-starbucks-coffee-perfection/feed/ 5 Merit Animation https://designworklife.com/merit-animation/ https://designworklife.com/merit-animation/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:06 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=65431 Jim Leszczynski sent over this great little animation that I’m happy to share with you this morning. The animation was developed for Merit, an online application that helps customers get attention for their schools and their students via social and local media. Merit Pages gives colleges tools to award students with achievements for grades, extra-circulars and more. The […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/merit-animation/feed/ 3 Eoin Duffy: Encounter Short Film https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-encounter-short-film/ https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-encounter-short-film/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:28 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=64508 Encounter is Eoin Duffy‘s short animated film which explores the territorial responses of varying North Atlantic species. The message, which he states in the Vimeo comments, is “Be Kind to Mythical Creatures.”

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]]> https://designworklife.com/eoin-duffy-encounter-short-film/feed/ 0 Animography https://designworklife.com/animography/ https://designworklife.com/animography/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:30 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=63646 Animography is a side project by Netherlands-based designer Jeroen Krielaars. The site is essentially a type foundry that produces and distributes exclusively animated typefaces. The collection is small but growing, and they’re developing a lot of exciting plans for the future, including new typefaces from a collection of talented animators and designers. Jeroen has also set up […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/animography/feed/ 1 Adam Wells: The Circle Line https://designworklife.com/adam-wells-the-circle-line/ https://designworklife.com/adam-wells-the-circle-line/#respond Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:05 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=63714 I don’t post a lot of animation work around here, but every so often one really catches my eye. And Adam Wells‘s beautiful black and white piece, The Circle Line, did just that. The animation was born from a larger festival piece created earlier this year, Risehigh, and utilizes really interesting animation techniques. Be sure to […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/adam-wells-the-circle-line/feed/ 0 Squat Design: Embark Animation https://designworklife.com/embark-on-behance/ https://designworklife.com/embark-on-behance/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:00:49 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=60454 Embark, a recruiting and staffing company, recently commissioned NYC studio Squat Design to develop this fun little animated video, for the purpose of attracting more customers interested in career advancement, placement or professional coaching. Get a closer look right here.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/embark-on-behance/feed/ 1 Ben Geier: Culture 22 Identity and Graphics https://designworklife.com/ben-geier-culture-22-identity-and-graphics/ https://designworklife.com/ben-geier-culture-22-identity-and-graphics/#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:17 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=42307 Ben Geier is a Chicago-based designer and photographer with a decidedly impressive portfolio. What caught my eye in particular was the work he did for Culture 22, where he is currently employed, including the design of their identity and opener for the 2010 motion graphics reel. To see a whole lot more from Ben, be sure to check […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/ben-geier-culture-22-identity-and-graphics/feed/ 0 Curtis Baigent: Subway Campaign https://designworklife.com/curtis-baigent-subway-campaign/ https://designworklife.com/curtis-baigent-subway-campaign/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:57 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=35909 Current ADC Young Gun Curtis Baigent created this super fun illustrative spot for Subway.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/curtis-baigent-subway-campaign/feed/ 2 Chris Harmon: Oil’d https://designworklife.com/chris-harmon-oild/ https://designworklife.com/chris-harmon-oild/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:00:29 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=29400 A year ago yesterday, the massive Gulf oil spill began. In recent months though, chatter about the disastrous event has all but disappeared. The impending anniversary caused Chris Harmon to wonder what real impact the spill actually had. So he did some digging, and in order to catalog the information he found, he created this […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/chris-harmon-oild/feed/ 1 Erin Jang: Make it Beautiful https://designworklife.com/erin-jang-make-it-beautiful/ https://designworklife.com/erin-jang-make-it-beautiful/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:00:27 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=29405 Check out this lovely, stop motion video by Erin Jang. Talk about a labor of love! Photography by Johnny Miller and video editing by Philip Leaman.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/erin-jang-make-it-beautiful/feed/ 3 Words https://designworklife.com/youtube-radiolab-and-npr-present-words/ https://designworklife.com/youtube-radiolab-and-npr-present-words/#respond Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:03 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=17091 I mentioned this on Twitter on Friday, but I still can’t get over the beauty of this video. Created by Everynone, with an original score by Keith Kaniff, the video accompanies Radiolab’s Words episode, which is also very much worth a listen.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/youtube-radiolab-and-npr-present-words/feed/ 0 New from Nice Type https://designworklife.com/new-from-nice-type/ https://designworklife.com/new-from-nice-type/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:09 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=9599 Awhile back I posted about Nice Type, the Vimeo channel created by Matthew Buchanan. And since I’d last checked some really great videos have been added, a few of which you can see below. They’ve also expanded their reach to Tumblr and Twitter, so you can keep up with new videos and updates.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/new-from-nice-type/feed/ 0 Labour: Opium https://designworklife.com/labour/ https://designworklife.com/labour/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:30:23 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=5176 Opium is a short animated film about the international opium/heroin system with a focus on Afghanistan, created by Labour. Love the graphics and color palette.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/labour/feed/ 2 Nice Type https://designworklife.com/nice-type/ https://designworklife.com/nice-type/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:30:31 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=4684 The Nice Type channel on Vimeo was created by Matthew Buchanan and features “sturdy typography, motion and kinetic type explorations, and other typographical niceness.”

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]]> https://designworklife.com/nice-type/feed/ 1 Served https://designworklife.com/served/ https://designworklife.com/served/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:30:04 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=2441 Another project from the genius that is Bēhance, Served is network of sites that aim to bring you “fresh works from creative professionals” in specific categories. I’m most excited about the Typography curation, but they are also serving Fashion, Industrial Design, Photography and Motion Graphics. Pretty awesome, if you ask me.

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