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Macau Light Festival 2019 TVC TV Commercial

Macau Light Festival 2019 TVC

Macau Light Festival 2019 TVC is a television commercial created to promote the Macao Light Festival. The film follows Mak Mak, the Macao tourism mascot, as local and visiting spectators explore four lighting routes and the changing cityscape of Macao. The commercial combines live action shooting, visual effects, motion graphics and three-dimensional animation. Local features are shown as installation art. The festival is presented as a giant birthday cake, marking the twentieth anniversary of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

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Iconic Designs Television Series

Iconic Designs

Iconic Designs is a short format television series dedicated to the analysis of form. Each episode focuses on a single emblematic object, examining its origin, structure, and impact on everyday life. Through a controlled cinematic approach and minimalist staging, the series reveals design as a discipline of precision. By articulating historical context with formal reading, it transforms perception into understanding, making design accessible without simplification. Each sequence isolates essential lines, proportions, and functions, offering a clear reading of the object.

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Capture the Moment Animation

Capture the Moment

Capture the Moment is a short animated film about the importance of timing in photography. The film shows individual shapes that move and slowly morph into new forms, building one perfect moment. The work is a cell animation, drawn frame by frame for fluid and organic movement. Style frames were first designed in Adobe Illustrator. Each frame was then animated with the timeline feature in Adobe Photoshop. Compiling, adjustment and finishing were carried out in Adobe After Effects. The result is a video of 1920 by 1080 pixels, viewed without any interaction.

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SLV Group Promo Animation

SLV Group Promo

SLV Group Promo Video is an animation created for a manufacturer of building scaffolding. The animation presents each stage of production in an abstract form. Casting of metal pipes, galvanizing, welding, quenching and drying are shown in sequence. The separate elements gradually join and form the body of the company logotype. The scenario was based on direct observation of the production process at the company headquarters. The film was made with three-dimensional modelling and rendering software, and was shown at company presentations and construction fairs.

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Flora Multifunctional Sofa

Flora

Flora is a computer generated animated film created to present a multifunctional sofa inspired by blooming flowers. The film shows the design elements, functional features, craftsmanship and materials of the sofa. Artistic deconstruction, picture composition, lighting and theme design are used to present the product from many angles and to convey its aesthetic value. All elements are modeled in three dimensions, animated in Cinema 4D and rendered with Redshift, while the final composition is made in Adobe After Effects. The film is delivered in Full HD at 25 frames per second.

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134340 Music Video Motion Graphic Design

134340 Music Video

134340 is a fan-made music video created with motion graphics for a song by the Korean pop group BTS. The song title refers to the asteroid number of the dwarf planet Pluto. The video shows Pluto as a white ball that moves through several dimensions in space, surrounded by colorful three-dimensional shapes. The speed and movement of each shape follow the rhythm of the music. All materials use a flat, cartoon-like shading style. The animation was made entirely in Cinema 4D and runs for one minute and fifteen seconds.

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Design Idea of the Day

Innovative Concepts and Creative Ideas.

Every great design starts with a great idea. Everyday, we feature a highly innovative design idea or creative concept that shows original thinking and practical solutions. Explore award-winning concepts, inventive approaches and inspiring visions from designers, artists, architects and innovators worldwide. Visit us everyday to get your daily dose of creative inspiration.

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