The bright, light-hearted animation and illustration work coming out of South American studio Le Cube has drawn clients from Vodafone to Cartoon Network to Nescafé and recently landed a commission from MTV. Split between Buenos Aires and São Paulo, the studio was commissioned to create seven gif-style animations for the TV network which poke fun at some of the biggest names in pop music. The resulting Pop Icons series, which sees Nicki Minaj’s backside bouncing on washing machine, Justin Bieber melting his own face with a hair dryer, and Kanye West kissing himself, was unfortunately deemed too inflammatory to air and was scrapped by the MTV legal team. When all that was said and done, Le Cube decided to go ahead and finish the project regardless. “If you want to sue something, sue boredom,” writes the studio.
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Experimental graphics from recent Yale graduate Houman Momtazian
Iranian-born graphic designer Houman Momtazian cut his teeth at Central St Martin’s before transferring across the Atlantic to complete an MFA in graphic design at Yale. As with most Yale students his output is experimental in form, concerned predominately with cultural, architectural and fine art-based content; a mixture of bold supergraphics, exhibition design, artist books and theoretical essays – a plethora of diverse projects! While living in London he made quite an impression on the creative scene, producing work for the Architectural Association, the roaming Auto Italia South East and The Royal College of Art. Now he’s just graduated Yale and looking for new projects in Brooklyn, where we’re expecting him to make a similar impact on the cultural landscape.
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