Dinosaurs. Automatic win. A sweet little memory trip animated by Christian Robinson to a poem by Daria Tessler.

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No words. Should’ve sent a poet. Some vintage-tinged graphic kick ass from U.K. designer Anthony Burrill.

Wow. This is two years old, but I had to post it. Commissioned by Denmark’s Ei’Kon, More Soon’s ‘Tales Of The Unexpected” is simply one of the best pieces of motion design I’ve ever seen. Ever.

Ok, so first off, holy fuck! Secondly, this is really not very subtle. I’m not sure when polar bears became the sole animal mascot for global warming (I get it, ice caps melting and all, they’re relatively close to panda bears, but still…) Thirdly, the connection between the carbon footprint of your flight equating to the weight of a polar bear is a little tenuous for me and the message isn’t insightful, just shocking and heavy-handed. But, back to my original thought, which was… holy fuck! It affected me enough to post it, so there must be something going on. Or maybe I’m just stressed out now. Holy fuck.

No holds barred work for the Plane Stupid campaign from Mother London, directed by Daniel Kleinman and produced by Rattling Stick.

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Very cool micro/macro exploration from Rhett Dashwood.

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Grainy, twitchy, glitchy, water-coloury, brown-papery goodness from Benjamin Ducroz’s abstract animation “PRESS +.”

Described by creator Phantomcolor as being “interpreted visually as a succession of fluids one drinks at a lazy saturday morning breakfast”, “Squint” is a long, languid visualization set to the L’Ascenseur’s song of the same name. I have no idea where the breakfast thing comes in, but I don’t really care.

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So wrong it’s right. Jérémie Périn’s video for Flairs’ “Truckers Delight” manages to pull of being radiant in its vulgarity and basically just awesomely fucked up. I’m not sure what else to say but: a) it’s 8-bit, it’s my kyrptonite, I can’t not blog it, and b) totally NSFW. Unless you work in porn.

My fascination with colour theory has led me into studying not just the science of colours but also their associated anomalies: colour blindness, synesthesia, and to total blindness itself. Make no mistake: blind people see… just not with their eyes.

“Eros” is an incredible short by Tom Geraedts that explores this idea. Our senses are all indelibly connected to our thoughts, emotions, feelings, and all over senses. The lack of one actually augments all the others. So what does a blind person see through their mind’s eye when their brain starts to feel; the part of the brain that creates “sight” is still active, it’s the connection to the eyes that’s decided not to co-operate. With its normal route cut off, where does it detour to to visualize the world that’s being sensed around it?

I’m always into exploring the sort of cruel paradox of hiding brutal life lessons inside the guise of children’s things. There’s always a witch heating up an oven just around the corner…

Directed by Ian Stevenson and Luke Seomore, with audio by Graffiti 6, “Stare Into The Sun” delicately walks the fine line between absurdist children’s animation and inside joke. There’s just something about the hero character’s face that lets you know that, unicorn riding and rainbow hoping aside, this shit ain’t gonna end well. Be sure to watch it to the very end.