Motionographer

Free party tickets for Motionographer's 20th at Mamacita went fast, but general admission is still open on Dice and at the door. Motion Plus Design New York takes the stage at Roulette from 1 pm, and a few seats remain. Then the whole room moves to Deluxx Fluxx, doors at 10.

AI didn’t arrive yesterday. Clients didn’t wake up this morning and decide they could do more themselves, and the value of creative work didn’t change overnight. But it is easy to get comfortable with where the work has always come from, what clients have always paid for, and what studios have always been hired to... Read more »

This is the film Motion Plus Design opens with on Saturday, September 26, at Roulette in Brooklyn: the speakers, one by one, and the people standing behind the day. Mehdi Hadi, Saad Moosajee, Bhakti Patel, Danaé Gosset, Brian Yoo, Rachel Brickel and Vallée Duhamel, with Spenser Dickerson of Render Network and Áron Filkey of Runway.... Read more »

Twenty years of championing Motion Design deserve a celebration. Motionographer marks its 20th anniversary with Motion Plus Design New York and “20 Seats for 20 Years,” celebrating the creative community at the heart of it all.

Twenty-five years after Bridget Jones's Diary, Sharon Maguire and Renée Zellweger sat down at the Tribeca Festival to talk about big pants, tabloids, and why the most specific details are the ones that travel. A lesson for anyone building a character or a world.

Twenty years, twenty days. To mark Motionographer's 20th anniversary, job postings on Motionographer Jobs are free from September 10 through September 29, every submission personally reviewed, every approved listing live for 30 days.

MAKE, the creative studio known for impactful animation and original storytelling, has officially opened applications for the 2026 MAKE Animation Thesis Grant. The annual program offers senior animation students funding, production resources, and promotional visibility to help bring their thesis films to life exactly as envisioned. Launched in 2024, the grant was created to champion... Read more »

Forever, the global creative group behind FutureDeluxe, Tendril, Builders Club, Found, and Trizz, has announced the appointment of Chris Bahry as Chief Executive Officer. Bahry co-founded Tendril and built it from a boutique creative lab into one of the most recognised studios in motion and design, trusted by brands including Apple, IBM, and Hublot. Tendril... Read more »

FIFA retires its mascots after one summer; the smartest brands never do. In his first Motionographer column, Pickbrain founder Federico Masini makes the case for characters as brand infrastructure, armed with fresh data, a fan-elected thermos, and a lemon that went to the World Cup.

The Motion Awards X reopens for Motionographer's 20th anniversary, combining 2025 and 2026 work in one edition for the first time. Our birthday gift: every submission through September 30 includes one extra, free. Final deadline: January 15, 2027. Happy Birthday Motionographers!

Studio VAS turns twenty the same year we do. Martín Schurmann on falling dreams, backups on CD, and finding a new name hidden inside the old one.