Congratulations to the team who created Logorama, for winning the best animated short film. Directed by Nicolas Schmerkin (Autor de Minuit). The film is clever and funny and takes place in a world entirely populated by logos.

I love this movie for many reasons, two of them being a) I’m a logo designer so the nerd in me gets very excited by seeing lots of well-known logos, and b) I love the animation and bright colours in this film.

The movie is hilarious but has serious undertones about how corporations are taking over the world – look out for Ronald McDonald holding a child hostage. Sheer brilliance.

The movie is just over 16 minutes long and is well worth your time. Here it is in two parts.

Congratulations also to the team from Brown Bag Films for the wonderful achievement of receiving a nomination for the brilliant Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty. This is their second Oscar nomination having previously received one for “Give Up Your Oul Sins”.

Saw this on TV last night and absolutely loved it. It’s the new promo from BBC for their coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Co-designed by John Klassen and directed by Marc Craste, it’s a gorgeous black and white animation cleverly integrating some of the winter sports to be seen. You can read all about it on the Studio AKA site.

I just love the whole look and feel of this animation. It’s beautiful to look at and I find the colour schemes to be really inspirational. Narrated by Nick Cave and based on poem, it’s winning awards left, right and centre . More info here, on The Cat Piano blog. You can watch the whole film below.

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