We've just completed a lovely little project for Nokia.
A short film commissioned to show the benefits of 'Near Field Communication'. We commissioned 7 fresh upcoming illustrators to illustrate a script (written by Nicola Place & Nick Asbury) based on the potentials of NFC technology.
Design & Art Direction by Build.
Editing & Production by Build.
Contributing illustrators: Nina Cosford/Tom Edwards/Sam Falconer/Pete Gamlen/Sam Hawkins/Joe Luxton/Hannah Rowlands + Aaron Vohra.
Cat portraits by Jason Tozer.
Original music by J-VEN.
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Illustrators:

Nina Cosford.
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Tom Edwards.
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Sam Falconer.
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Pete Gamlen.
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Sam Hawkins.
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Hannah Rowlands.
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Aaron Vohra.
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As part of the project we produced a short film called 'ImageMakers' which is a sort of behind-the-scenes look at the illustrators we work with on the project. With additional commentary by me (Michael) & Amanda Moorby (D&AD) & Patrick Burgoyne (editor, Creative Review).
Watch 'ImageMakers' here.
Watch 'Nokia-NFC' here.

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4 months in the making.
4 trips to Finland.
9 hours of footage edited down to 4m38s.
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Nokia N9 Journey.
Watch: (Long) / (Short).
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A short film commissioned by Nokia to be shown at Nokia World and a special event at The Design Museum. Documenting the design and the people behind the new Nokia N9 smartphone. Interviews conducted at Nokia HQ in Finland with the Nokia N9 design team. Factory scenes shot at their assembly plant in Salo, Finland.
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A Build Production
in Association with ShootMedia
Storyboard and Art Direction by Nicola & Michael C. Place
Directed and Edited by Elliott Cranmer
Direction of Photography by Adam Clitheroe
Camera by Alex Agopian
Post Production and Editing Aivaras Seduika
Original Music by J-VEN
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Stills photography (below) by Nicola Place/Build.
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Last night saw the launch of the new Nokia typeface 'Pure' created by Dalton Maag. To celebrate Nokia invited 13 design studios and illustrators to design a poster using the new typeface. We were honoured to be one of the invited studios. Each poster is a ltd-edition of 20 only and all the proceeds are to be donated to the British Dyslexia Association. All the posters are available to buy, priced at £50. If you are interested in buying ours, or any of the other posters contact Design Studio via this email. Our design focuses around an original poem by our very own Nicky Place and features a beautiful mirrored foil-blocked QR-code. The code is linked to an animated version of the full poem entitled 'Pure Imagination'.
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As part of an ongoing project we are doing with Nokia we also produced a short film called 'PureReversal'. From digital to analogue we commissioned a woodblock version of the typeface, highlighting the craft of Matt McKenzie of the Paekakariki Press. Filmed on location at his workshop in Walthamstow, London. A ltd-edition print was produced and printed on his original 1959 Heidleberg KS Cylinder 38 x 52 Press.
The short film 'PureReversal' can be viewed here.
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‘Pure’ typeface by Dalton Maag
Film produced & directed by Build
Letterform production by Matt McKenzie
Letterpress by Paekakariki Press
Film & editing by ShootMedia
Original music by J—VEN
All © 2011 Nokia
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Nottingham Trent University students got in touch to show us a short film to promote the emergence of the 111 graphic design students graduating from NTU in the summer (the 111 logo is made from 111 dots, each representing one student). Here it is...

Sonar, a rhythmic cycle w/abstract animation, using basic keyframe animation using flash, without scripting by Renaud Hallée.

Found by Emil Olsson.

By Mr Doob / 100 consecutive pulses from the pulsar CP 1919 / By Mr Saville.