Julia Pott is packing up and heading to Austin, TX to paint a mural on the side of a wall...sounds interesting, right? Her mural will be part of a public art space for artists to showcase their work each month. If you are in Texas, be sure to give Julia a proper howdy! Here is a clip from last month's artist to give you an idea of what will be taking place. 

Hornet is pleased to announce the signing of Swiss director Denise Hauser. Be sure to check out her most recent short film project Return To Sender, as well as her other work for an up-close and personal introduction!

Yves Geleyn wins Gold at the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival for Snow Angels, a holiday animation for Chobani Yogurt.

We are proud to announce Gabe Askew's latest short film, Goat and Aaron. You will be able to see it at a festival near you soon…but in the meantime here is a sneak peak.

Hornet’s newest director, Julia Pott, will be sharing some of her insight on animation at the CutOut Festival held in Querétaro, México.

Art of the Title interviews director Guilherme Marcondes about his recent work on Guy Moshe’s Bunraku title sequence. A great dissection and discussion of the process, which you can read here. 

Our friends over at Shots get personal with our new director, Julia Pott. Head over to Hornet's press section for the full length interview she did with them. Also, be sure and watch this short video interview she recently did with Little Scraps of Paper about her creative process, where she gets inspiration and the importance of always keeping her scrapbooks together.

As promised, another hilarious Dan & Jason Blip...Exercising! With Lemon Lime. 

We are proud to announce that Ben&Julia have been selected as one of the speakers for the upcoming Pictoplasma Conference held in NYC.

Hornet is pleased to announce the signing of Julia Pott for global representation. 

A New Yorker illustration done in color…not black and white? Yup, it's true. This month’s crop of The New Yorker magazines features two of Jason Patterson’s very funny illustrations…one in full color. We look forward to seeing more of Jason in a variety of colors, we think it suits him! 

Dan & Jason release a new Dan & Jason Blip as a part of their short films series. This one includes several squirrels and some serious dance moves! To check out these dance steps click here. Next up is a short that involves exercise and cocktail garnishes…oh my.  

Mother London, in collaboration with Bijules (aka Jules Kim) and directing team Santa Maria, create a new interactive piece for Beck’s Green Box Project.  For the Green Box Project, Beck’s commissions art pieces from a pool of independent and innovative talent from around the world to be shown using their Green Box app. Take a look at the final video and some behind the scenes here.

Mixtape Club’s Hello I Like You piece got a lot of love in The Atlantic this month with a writeup in the Life section and an interview with the directors in the Video section.

Directing team PetPunk were busy bees this summer! The duo created several new designs for Visual Editions’ August newsletter about, well, PetPunk. Continuing their mask/headpiece exploration, they made a new piece for their personal collection, that is a ferociously toothy bear head crossed with a flower. 

Ben&Julia will be giving an artist talk at this years Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival which takes place October 5-7 in The Netherlands.

The Internet holds many hidden treasures (i.e. cats eating spaghetti)…recently unearthed:

a making of video for The Decemberists Hazards of Love concert with visuals by Hornet directors Gui, Peter & Santa Maria. Enjoy this little blast from the past!

Peter Sluszka and Michel Gondry collaborate on a new music video for Björk's track Crystalline off her latest album Biophilia.  Additional behind the scenes can be found over at Hornet Workshop.

Hornet's Internship Program for Fall 2011 is now accepting applicants. You can read all about our program and find additional information here.

Congratulations Mixtape Club! Their film Hello I Like You has been selected for this year's Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Join our friends at Pilobolus for their current season at the Joyce Theater. Hornet directors Dan & Jason and Peter Sluszka have done animations for several of their past projects. On Tuesday, July 26th Dan & Jason with Art Spiegelman will be on hand for a discussion about working on Hapless Hooligan immediately following that day's performance. Here is a link to the summer schedule and speakers! 

Hornet signs Ben&Julia, a directing team based out of Berlin, for U.S. representation. We look forward to working with them!

Yes, our site has changed.  Hope you like the new update.

Mixtape Club and our good friends at the Google Creative Lab collaborate on the launch of the new Google+ project. Check out all the films here.

Peter Sluszka's Claynation Interview for Land Rover wins Bronze at the 2011 Cannes Lions Festival. Congratulations Peter! See the full list of the winners here.

Director Guilherme Marcondes creates an epic CG film of miniature proportions for LEGO. A Spartacus moment, sans rippling muscles, with all the ferocity a sweet LEGO toy can muster...check out the director’s cut here.

PetPunk participates in Spring: Icograda Design Week in Vilnius 2011. For this event PetPunk premiered two new masks pieces and installation works. See their project page for pictures from the exhibition. 

Skyline is a new short film directed by Guilherme Marcondes. In this short, Marcondes stars as the creator of this stop motion world as he brings together and transforms everyday objects into a vibrant cityscape. Stop by our Hornet Workshop  site to catch some behind the scenes shots!

Santa Maria directs a new music video for artist Roberto Carlos Lange’s project Helado Negro. The song 2° Dia features the singer prominently, floating over cityscapes and into outer space, for a cosmic and meditative journey.

Mixtape Club was commissioned to make a piece about happiness for this year's F5 (happy) festival. The resulting short, Hello, I Like You, is a visual rumination on the simple things that can bring happiness.

Yves Geleyn's film Snow Angels for Chobani Yogurt is selected for the 15th annual Webby Awards as an Official Honoree in the Online Film & Video category. Snow Angels is also chosen as an Art/Technique contender in this year's New York Festivals International Advertising Awards to be held on May 4th & 5th.

Hornet signs Happycamper for U.S. representation. This Stockholm, Sweden based duo is comprised of Robert Rosén and Andrés Rosas Hott. They bring with them a rich background in CGI production and a keen eye for character design. We look forward to working with this talented team!

Santa Maria delivers a hypnotic meditation on stillness in motion for Old Time Stars by Epstein (a Roberto Carlos Lange project). The music video is a track off the new album Sealess-See and is featured in Impose Magazine.

Director Peter Sluszka creates the opening sequence for Austrian visionary André Heller’s latest European show Magnifico. The opening animation features the dance company Pilobolus as they use their bodies to create elaborate landscapes made up of just their silhouettes.

Yves Geleyn's piece for Parisian cultural space La Gaîté Lyrique is chosen as one of Stash’s “Best of Stash 2010” in the Corporate Video section. 

Mixtape Club's latest spot Surprise Party, for Google Mobile, highlights Google's on-the-go mobile search as an indispensable tool for tackling life's everyday obstacles. 

Director Jason Patterson was featured in this months The New Yorker. Be sure to take a look at his illustration here! 

Peter Sluszka kicks off the new year with a spot for Citroën C3. Check out Hornet's Workshop site for some behind the scenes shots and detailed information on how the spot was made.

Add @hornetinc to your Twitter feed to find out all the latest news and exciting projects that we are working on. Follow along at http://twitter.com/#!/HornetInc. 

Just in time for the holidays...director Yves Geleyn finishes Snow Angels. Happy holidays from all of us at Hornet!

Mixtape Club and Huma-Huma are proud to present Music Box, an eccentric, audiovisual experiment commissioned by the Showtime Networks. The piece is part of Showtime's SHOrt Stories, a series of short films where artists can explore their own visions with as much creative latitude as possible. Be sure to check it out here. 

Hornet celebrates the holidays with a cookie bake-off. See some of the entries and find out who won on Hornet’s Facebook page.

Congratulations to Peter Sluszka on winning Best Stop Motion Animation for Land Rover's Claynation at the inaugural Ciclope’s International Advertising Craft Festival Awards. More information on the festival can be found here.

Director's Mixtape Club & Yves Geleyn finish Pursue Knowing, their campiagn for St. Louis Children's Hospital. From hand cut snowflakes to a ride through outer space, you won't want to miss seeing what these first time collaborators have been busy creating.

Aaron Stewart is one of several contributing designers for this year's one night event, CAKED UP NYC, a night where designers create cakes for a cause. Be sure to get a taste of this event!

Hornet's Decemberists' project will be opening the San Fransisco International Animation Festival. With animations by Hornet director's Guilherme Marcondes, Peter Sluszka & Santa Maria, director Guilherme Marcondes will be in attendance and speaking at the festival. More information can be found  here.

Pictoplasma is coming to NYC! See Peter de Sève and Aaron Stewart speak at a free event on Saturday, November 13th at Parsons. For more information, please go to the Pictoplasma website here.

Hornet Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Workshop, a division of Hornet for all things handmade. Workshop is designed to focus on work that highlights the artistry and physical craft of our directors, most of which has been created at our fully operational 6500-square foot stage and art department in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Please visit Workshop to see the craftier side of Hornet’s directors.

Hornet's very own Aaron Stewart has published his first book, Little Aaron: Me and My Friends. Be on the lookout for it at a store near you!

In the October 25th issue of The New Yorker, Jason Patterson showcases not one, but two, of his illustrations! View them here.

Director Aaron Stewart and McCann Erickson are one of the first to contribute to the up and coming iAd world, Apple's latest platform to connect rich media ads with IPhone & IPhone touch users. Check out the ad created for Unilver food brands here.

Two of Hornet's directors in one issue of The New Yorker: Peter de Sève's cover and Jason Patterson's llustration appear in the September 13th editon.

Check out Guilherme Marcondes' Call Back, the most recent addition to the universe he has created for British Gas' Planet Home campaign. This spot is unique in its journey outside the planet homes we have grown accustomed to. We humorously zip through a gas station, take a whirlwind rollercoaster ride, stop off at a tasty doughnut shop, and head home on a double decker bus.

Peter Sluszka animates sequences for Miguel Arteta's film Youth in Revolt. Along with the release of the DVD, some deleted scenes and a few of Peter's director's cut can be seen here. 

Mixtape Club delivers another Google Search On spot just in time for Father's Day. Set to Paul Simon's Father and Daughter, Mixtape Club tells the sweet story of a father's relationship with his daughter, through the Google interface.

Hornet partner Michael Feder and Emmy award-winning illustrator Peter de Sève are currently in Annecy. Michael Feder will be representing Santa Maria and Guilherme Marcondes at the festival. Both Santa Maria's Dentyne Blog Smog and Guilherme Marcondes' British Gas Switching have both been accepted into this year's festival. Peter de Sève is at the festival as one of the three jurors for student films. 

Peter de Sève blogs about his trip to the 50th anniversary of the Annecy Animation Festival.

Congratulations Peter de Sève! de Sève just won his first Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Achievment on an Animated Television Series. The award is for character design for a show within a show on Sesame Street, called Abby's Flying Fairy School. Read more about it on his blog here. 

As we drive back from Connecticut, the excitement builds for the premiere of the collaboration between Hornet directing team Dan & Jason and the creative forces of Art Spiegelman and the Pilobolus dance company. Pilobolus' newest piece premieres during the sold out weekend of June 24th at Dartmouth, followed by a New York City premiere two weeks later at the Joyce Theater. 

If you are in Paris, or just looking for a reason to visit....Hornet director Yves Geleyn will be speaking at the Carrousel du Louvre Apple Store as part of the ADC Young Guns speaker series. Yves is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009. 

Santa Maria was approached by Ad Council, through DDB New York, to participate in an important PSA campaign for teen suicide prevention.

Yves Geleyn's project for La Gaite Lyrique has won an FWA for site of the day today, April 06 2010. Check it out on their website here. 

Check out the premiere of Gabe Askew's new music video for Bluebrain's Ten by Ten. 

PetPunk's first campaign, after signing with Hornet, launches. Building upon the iconography of the beloved Monopoly board, PetPunk developed CG characters and a glittering and vibrant CG world for McDonald's via Leo Burnett UK. 

Hornet is proud to announce the premiere of Gabe Askew's new music video. Gabe's official music video for Bluebrain's Ten by Ten will premiere Tuesday March 30th. Be sure to check back.

Annecy has announced its Official Selection for 2010, and Hornet directors Guilherme Marcondes and Santa Maria have been selected for their work last year. Marcondes' British Gas spot Switching and Santa Maria's Dentyne Blog Smog are among this year's nominees.

Hornet is excited to announce that we are now representing the talented emerging new artist, Gabe Askew, who has taken our industry by surprise with his unofficial music video for Grizzly Bear's Two Weeks.

Computer Arts Magazine's current issue focuses on The New Wave of Animation and the way new artists are revolutionizing the creation of moving images. Hornet directing team PetPunk, comprised of Gediminas Šiaulys and Andrius Kirvela, was chosen as one of their emerging directors to watch in animation.

Guilherme Marcondes wraps up his title sequence for the film Bunraku starring Josh Hartnett and Demi Moore.

A reminder that Peter de Sève will be speaking at this years Pictoplasma Conference

in Berlin next month. 

Yves Geleyn will be speaking at the Paris Apple Store as an ADC Young Gun on April 26, 2010.

Mixtape Club's music video for Passion Pit's To Kingdom Come has been selected for SXSW 2010. Congrats MTC!

Yves Geleyn completes his new short film, Pirates.  

Peter de Sève will be speaking at the upcoming Pictoplasma Conference in Berlin.

Pictoplasma will take place April 9 & 10 in Berlin.  More information is here.

PetPunk arrives from Lithuania to direct their first TV campaign with Hornet. 

Directing team Dan & Jason begin their collaboration with Art Spiegelman for an upcoming Pilobolus project.

Mixtape Club speaks at the Apple Store Soho about their music videos. More here.

Peter Sluszka's opening title sequence for Youth in Revolt  is selected as one of Creativity's Pick of the Day and Board's Top Spot. It is also chosen to be a contender in Shot's Contenders section. View the articles here.

Aaron Stewart creates the character designs for Spore Island, a new Facebook game. See more here at Creativity.

Hornet is extremely proud to announce that three of our directing teams have been awarded the ADC Young Guns title. Chosen from a selection of entries from over 80 countries, Mixtape Club, PetPunk and Yves Geleyn were honored last night at the Art Directors Club for their innovation, creativity and jeunesse. See more here.

Matt Lambert, of Motionographer, gives an account of the process that went into Here Comes The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized, Hornet's collaboration with the Decemberists and Flux. View the article here.

Photographer Marla Aufmuth has captured Here Comes The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized beautifully. Check out her photos here.

The music industry press is loving the Here Comes The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized event, Hornet's collaboration with the Decemberists and Flux. Check out the stories on Billboard, Variety, and Stereogum.

Shots.net writes a great article about Hornet's collaboration between Flux and the Decemberists and the unique performance that took place at UCLA's Royce Hall. Also, the directors are chosen as contenders in the online magazine's Contenders section.

The Los Angeles Times writes a great preview story for Here Comes The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized.

Hornet director Aaron Stewart has been asked to create a special piece for the limited engagement exhibition to launch MUNNYWORLD, Kidrobot's all-new-do-it-yourself line of vinyl toys. We are excited for Aaron to be a part of this project...so come to the opening of this exhibition if you can!

Check out the trailer for our project with The Decemberists. The show will take place on October 19th at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California. See the trailer here.

PetPunk launches Carousel, their first limited edition print project. The canvas prints can be viewed and purchased on PetPunk's website.

Hornet produces the visuals for the live concert event of the Decemberists' Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized. Presented in association with Flux, this is a collaboration between the band, Hornet director's Guilherme Marcondes, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria, along with a fourth director Julia Pott. Each director created an animation to accompany a section of the music. Stay tuned, more will be revealed....

Hornet welcomes PetPunk to its roster of directors. Hailing from Lithuania, PetPunk is the creative collaboration of Andrius Kirvela & Gediminas Šiaulys.

Guilherme Marcondes is interviewed for Line Boil by Dan Forgione. With Marcondes' British Gas spots being the impetus for this piece, they discuss topics ranging from his Brazilian origins to his design concepts.

Mixtape Club will be presenting at AENY (Adobe After Effects New York User Group) this Thursday at P.S. 41.

New Starbucks work for both Mixtape Club and Santa Maria is on view now!

Check out Peter Sluszka's projection piece for Pilobolus.

Welcome to Hornet Inc.'s new website! We are pleased to share our newest works with you, and hope you enjoy perusing the new site and its added features.

Guilherme Marcondes' exhibition, Geometry of Ruins with Andrezza Valentin at Flux Salon in LA.

Directing teams Dan & Jason and Santa Maria were invited to participate in Trident's campaign: A Little Piece of Happy.

Guilherme Marcondes to have his first exhibition and salon, Geometry of Ruin, in collaboration with Adrezza Valentin. Presented by Flux. 

Digup, an independent editorial project based in France, interviews Hornet's directing duo Santa Maria. Shot on location in picturesque Paris, Santa Maria chase pigeons and take in the sites as they tell the story of how they met and where they'd like to go as a directing team.

Santa Maria's Dentyne spot is Ad of the Day on Adweek.

Check out the video of Santa Maria working in their Dumbo studio.

Read about Santa Maria's viral for Dentyne in our latest newsletter.

Guilherme Marcondes is named as one of the 25 Emerging Talents in this month's issue of Step Inside Design.

Mixtape Club's My Morning Jacket video is highlighted in Shots Magazine.

Yves Geleyn makes a new holiday spot for Lexus. 

Mixtape Club's Yeasayer music video makes the list in Spins's 20 Best Music Videos of 2008.

Studio Daily profiles Hornet in their Hot House section.

Hornet signs directing team Santa Maria.

Mixtape Club is interviewed on Feed.

Yves Geleyn's Dandelions wins Best Motion Graphics at Lumen Eclipse Film Fest.

Check out Guilherme Marcondes full head of hair and then some in Flux's article on the director.

Mixtape Club's My Morning Jacket music video airs on MTV2 today.

Aaron Stewart's Pillow Pillow Pillow makes Oprah Magazine's The O List.

Mixtape Club reveals the cheekier side of Tudor life in Boards Magazine.