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. See the full spot here.
Check out Peter Sluszka's animated sequences from Miguel Arteta's Youth in Revolt. Along with the release of the DVD come a few of Sluszka's director's cut animated sequences 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 Seve are currently in Annecy. Michael Feder will be representing Santa Maria and Guilherme Marcondes at the festival as Santa Maria's Dentyne Blog Smog and Guilherme Marcondes' British Gas Switching have both been accepted into this year's festival. Peter de Seve is at the festival as one of the three jurors for student films.
Check out Peter de Seve's blog for his most recent set of images from Annecy!
Congratulations Peter de Seve! He just won his first Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Achievment on an Animated Television Series. He won for the character design he created for a show within a show on Sesame Street, called Abby's Flying Fairy School. Check out 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 to the sold out weekend of June 24th in Dartmouth followed by the New York premiere two weeks later at the Joyce.
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.
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 wraps up his title sequence for the film Bunraku. More to come.
A reminder that Peter de Seve will be speaking at this years Pictoplasma Conference
in Berlin next month. Tickets and information is available here.
Yves Geleyn will be speaking at the Paris Apple Store as an ADC Young Gun on April 26, 2010. More to follow, but check out this link here.
Mixtape Club's music video for Passion Pit's To Kingdom Come has been selected for SXSW 2010. Congrats MTC!
Yves completes his new short film, Pirates.
Peter de Seve will be speaking at the upcoming Pictoplasma Conference in Berlin.
Pictoplasma will take place April 9 & 10 in Berlin. More Here.
PETPUNK arrives from Lithuania to direct their first TV campaign with us.
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.
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 trailer here: http://hornetinc.com/site/newsletter.php?id_newsletter=7.
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's Guilherme Marcondes, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria along with a fourth director Julia Pott-- each of whom have 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 to have his first exhibition and salon, Geometry of Ruin, in collaboration with Adrezza Valentin. Presented by Flux.
Digup (digup.tv), 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 newsletter.
Guilherme 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 Spin'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.
