Animated by Remus & Kiki and narrated by Adrian Dannatt, Alex Gendler’s Ted-Ed lesson explores the origins of a game dating back to 7th century India.
Maybe ever earlier. I’d have to check, mate.
Category Archives: Animation
An hypnotic, slightly alarming study in digital technology by Morgan Powell of Seed Animation Studio.
Digital technology.
Never mind.
Director Hideki Inaba’s animated music video for ‘Tape’ by Swedish electronic group Canigou (Emma and Richard Lindström) – a mesmerising otherworldly environment in which fish, jellies and bubbles float and weave.
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An enamel pin business born of a love of architecture – some of the world’s most iconic building façades recreated in pleasing minimalist 2D pin brooches.
Above: Geisel Library, California; Pagoda House, Tel Aviv; Eames House, California; Pantheon, Italy; Villa Savoye, France; clockwise from top left: Guaranty Building, Buffalo NY; VitraHaus, Germany; Notre Dame, Paris; house on Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv and Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo.
Currently crowdfunding and accepting advance orders (Busáras, the Casino at Marino, Supemac’s in Moate and so forth) for the façades of your choice
German educational design channel Kurzgesagt applies its trademark blend of pop science and animation to the last great frontier of the planet – the deep sea and its shadowy denizens.
Previously: The Egg
A short by Rune Spaans based on the brilliantly weird comic series ‘Weasel’ by Canadian artist Dave Cooper. David Cronenberg is a huge fan.
There’s abstracted boobies, wing-wangs and hoo-hahs galore. You’ll see.
What if your worst fear and your greatest love turn out to be the same thing? Lost in a dark forest, Eddy Table stumbles upon a mysterious girl and dangerous parasites. He should escape, but something keeps him from leaving.
An award-winning 2017 stop motion short by Canadian animator Eva Cvijanović based on a children’s book of the same name by Serbian novelist Branko Ćopić.
Come for the charming needle-felt aesthetic (reminiscent of Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’), stay for the classic storytelling.
There’s no place like home.
An adorable short by Emily Brundige in which a giant girl (voiced by Charlyne Yi) feels out of scale in her colourful little town, only to realise she takes up just the right amount of space.
Soon to be an animated series.
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A very cute award-winning short by Tsuneo Goda about a Bigfoot, a small raccoon, a bountiful island and the transformative power of food.