Stash is celebrating its 30th issue this month with 70 minutes of animation, vfx, motion design, behind the scenes extras and music downloads. Watch the issue trailer here.

You are not the intended audience for this PSA via ACLC Toronto. The intended audience is the illiterate and moderately literate. It uses visual imagargy to show how people can get "stuck" in life. A simple message presented in a strong visual style. ACLC creatives are Tony Miller, Jason Locey and Rodger Eyre.

Back in January I expected that Kia would get into trouble with this ad featuring a female cop making out with a guy she pulled over. Sure enough, controversy ensued. Well, on Sunday night during the Oscars, I saw the new revised "non offensive" version of this spot. See it here, read the story on the change here. Hats off to Kia & Publicis Toronto for taking such a wonderful, not to mention creative, stand.

I love when clients let agencies do great creative for rather boring products, like this spot for Shera Flexy Board ceiling tiles. Agency is Publicis Thailand.

Reginald Pike director Christopher Hutsul has created Big City Feelings, a coming-of-age tale meets soap opera told featuring a cadre of characters drawn from Japanese monster movies, anime and pop culture. It premiers on Showcase.ca on March 12th. You can watch the trailer here. You can watch Hutsul's commercial reel here.

I love PES and I love this new spot for Sneaux sneakers which uses the age old art of pixilation. Read the full story on the creation of this spot in shots.

Reginald Pike director Lena Beug brings across an important message, with some great art direction, in this campaign for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The agency is Cactus Marketing Communications, Denver, editorial by Owen Plotkin at the now corporation & visual FX by my friends at Click 3X.

PandaPanther is a new NYC-based design & animation studio launched by Jonathin Garin and Naomi Nishimura. I found a link to their great website on Motionographer. Be sure to watch their new showreel -- great work set to really fun music.

The first time I saw the new Pepsi Pinball commercial, I knew the music sampled Jet Boy, Jet Girl by new wave band Elton Motello.I did a bit of googling and validated my theory. The song in the commercial is The Presidents of the United States of America's version of Plastic Bertand's Ça Plane Pur Moi (the latter version featured the musicians from Motello's original). But what is interesting, and the entire point of this post, is the lyrics to the original song (which go through my head each time I see the spot). I wonder if Pepsi wants people to think about these lyrics, with key words like blood, penetrate & head, while they are enjoying a Pepsi. What do you think?