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SILQ Steelcase | Product Launch

Every now and then a product comes along that moves design forward in a way that's unprecedented. Steelcase just delivered one of those products with SILQ – the office chair of the future that you didn't know you wanted.

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emotion studios | our demo reel

Enjoy an eclectic sampling of the projects that make us tick – our demo reel.

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Mighty Oak Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Portrait

The team at Mighty Oak not only creates breathtaking handmade animations, but understand and reflect the importance of diversity on all levels. Check out some of their jaw-dropping work.

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3D Design: Adidas + Pop Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Portrait

The photo world and design world are blending, and 3D design is right in the sweet spot – just ask the the designers at POP.

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Janet Echelman Adobe Systems | Customer Profile

Janet Echelman is fascinated with the large, empty spaces between things. Her goal is not only to make us notice them, but for them to make us feel something different.

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Source Han Serif Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Product Launch

When it comes to typefaces, Ryoko Nishizuka and the Typeface Design team work hard to deliver typefaces that feel real, hand-written, and are easy for end users to utilize. Source Han Serif was a collaboration between Adobe and Google to make an open source Pan-Asian font available to the world. Check out the story of everything that went into it.

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Sustainability Hewlett-Packard | Customer Profile

Take, Make, Reuse. Sustainability is one of HP's founding principles, and they're using it to help create a circular economy. Hear from some key members of the HP Board of Directors on how they're pushing to deliver great products that are also good for the planet.

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Visa / Seven | Travel

Seven Designs is right across the parking lot from emotion studios. It turns out we have a lot more in common than geography. This project for Visa's new Travel Notification Service was a blast to do together taking us to multiple locations while making great new friends.

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HP | Social Paper Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

HP Inc has got to be one of the most fun clients to work with because they keep coming up with these super fun new products like Social Paper. We really enjoyed developing and telling this launch story. Now we're all able to one-touch mobile print from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, and more.

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Goodby + Adobe Stock | Stolen Masterpieces Adobe Systems | Portrait Product Launch

It's really cool when fun work creates lasting relationships. emotion studios, Adobe, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, and artist Ankur Singh Patar all came together in New Delhi, India to make this gorgeous piece. Can you tell which is the Masterpiece and which is made using Adobe Stock images? Named AdWeek's Ad of the Day, we are really proud of this work and are looking forward to the next series together.

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Collabria Care Collabria Care | Portrait

Dementia has impaired some of Judy's brain functions, but it can't diminish the love her and her husband have for each other. Napa Valley Hospice and Adult Day Services creates a haven for people to continue creating memories with their loved ones.

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HP | Instant Ink – Real Estate Hewlett-Packard | Portrait

In an industry that has long been dependent on print, it helps to know that you'll never run out of ink. Colin uses HP Instant Ink to ensure that all of his print materials leave as good an impression as the properties he shows his clients.

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Microsoft for Creative Cloud Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Product Launch

The design team for Microsoft Surface collect assets from wherever they are on a given day. Creative Cloud mobile tools allow them to synchronize and share these assets with their team members from anywhere.

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Uber for Creative Cloud Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Product Launch

How does an international crowd-sourced transportation company create an efficient work flow and unique brand experience across 62 countries globally? With Adobe Creative Cloud. Learn more about the deal that's given Uber the creative tools that it needs.

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Sony Playstation for Creative Cloud Adobe Systems | Customer Profile Product Launch

Ever wonder how the characters and creatures in your favorite video games got to look as amazing as they do? The answer is Creative Cloud. Watch how designers for Sony Playstation use CC tools to bring games to life.

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HP | Instant Ink – Family Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

Here's a :30-second version of another real-person shoot we did for HP's Instant Ink. Never worry about running out of ink again. HP Instant Ink is a service that allows users to have ink delivered to their door before they even run out, all while saving up to 50% on normal ink costs. The perfect tool for every super-mom helping the kids with a last minute project.

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HP | Instant Ink – Student Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

We were asked to highlight the product launch of HP's Instant Ink - So, we gave the product to real people to try out and came away with this great story: Like every other college student, Truett knows she has to be prepared to print things at a moment's notice, all while staying on a strict budget. With Instant Ink, she will never have to worry about running out of ink or budget again.

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Heart – HP Discover Austria Hewlett-Packard | Live Event

HP asked us to head to Austria to cover 2011 Discover. Our goal was to capture the feeling of attending this super-sized, content-rich, IT-orama. BTW, that's a tall order, since matching the feeling of an in-person experience is super difficult. But, with a little creativity, a small team, and some guerilla tactics we got in and found the essence of what it means to attend Discover: True connections, deep knowledge, and a sharing of goals and successes by folks who are looking to take their business to the next level.

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Illustrator Yuko Shimizu Adobe Systems | Portrait

We were so excited when we got the chance to profile Yuko Shimizu in New York for Adobe. Her work is simply one of a kind and combines American pop art with a traditional Japanese sense. The result is a perfect blending of art and message that both tells an incredible story and is incredibly pleasing to the eye. Can you tell that we are huge fans?

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Oculus Touch Oculus | Product Launch

Oculus Touch is bringing the sense of touch to Virtual Reality. We got to visit, play with, and see how important design is in implementing this game-changing feature. Palmer Luckey and team let us experience Touch and how it's going to propel VR into the future and beyond.

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Adobe Revel – Catdog Adobe Systems | Motion Graphics

Taking a fresh approach to Whiteboard-style storytelling, this piece for Adobe is intended to reach a new audience for Adobe's Revel software. The style of animation was used to be warm, fun, accessible, and appropriate for the story while helping people understand how easy and powerful it is to use Revel. We enjoyed these so much that we did a full series of motion graphics in this style. We feel like they are much more visually appealing than traditional Whiteboard productions too.

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Takehiro Tobinaga, Japan Goodby, Silverstein & Partners | Portrait Adobe Systems | Portrait

Adobe's Creative Cloud and Photoshop are pretty fantastic when simply working at your desk. Imagine getting out on Kumano Kodo Trail in Japan to use these tools in real time. Getting to shoot this with Goodby, Silverstein for Adobe was a one-of-a-kind experience with an amazing, but wet, crew.

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David Mascha, Berlin Goodby, Silverstein & Partners | Portrait Adobe Systems | Portrait

What do you get when you let artist David Mascha loose in an abandoned brewery in Berlin? Some stunning shots, a little fire, and an amazing piece of art. Find inspiration among urban decay in part two of the 2015 Adobe Creative Cloud series we produced with Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

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Oculus Story Studio Oculus | Product Launch

The future of storytelling is here. Oculus Story Studio is focused on unleashing the potential of virtual reality within the movie world. We paid a visit to the amazing minds there to learn about "Henry", their upcoming virtual reality film and potentially the most important movie of 2015.

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Morgan Motors Hewlett-Packard | Customer Profile

On the centenary of its introduction, the Morgan 3-wheeler returned. We got to watch the design and manufacturing of these beautiful and iconic British sports cars, done these days with the help of HP and Autodesk.

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Kelli Anderson Adobe Systems | Portrait

Kelli Anderson is one talented individual – from identity design, to printmaking, to interactive paper creations, everything she makes will capture your attention and your imagination. In this Adobe piece, she gave us some insight on how the Creative Suite tools are vital to her creative process.

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Stanford LGBT Resource Center Stanford University | Customer Profile

There are some projects that mean more to us beyond work. The Stanford LGBT Resource Center is designed to be a haven for students of various sexual orientations and/or gender identities. The individuals we met along the way are some of the brightest and most amazing people we've had the pleasure of doing work for in a long time, and we are proud to have been able to help spread their message.

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New Era Hewlett-Packard | Keynote

This project drew visuals from a wide range of projects that we’d produced for HP. When properly visualized, the breadth and scope of the influence of HP in the world is astounding and permeates all human activity. It was rewarding to work with the team at HP to bring this video to life.

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Obscura Adobe Systems | Customer Profile

Light is a powerful tool. The visionaries at Obscura are some of the best at harnessing its capabilities. From the Sydney Opera House, to the UN Building, to the Empire State Building – these guys have created powerful and compelling experiences to canvas some of the world's most iconic structures. Watch their story here as they describe how important Adobe tools are to their process.

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Sagmeister + Walsh Adobe Systems | Customer Profile

Stefan and Jessica have created a unique and remarkable refuge for creative talent. Their approach to the creative process and dedication to excellence in their craft was truly inspiring. We shot them during record breaking sizzling July days which added a certain feverish quality to the interviews....

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HP Collaboration

HP offers an array of accessories designed to make collaboration a breeze for businesses... even when life hands you distractions.

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Project Soane Hewlett-Packard | Customer Profile

Sir John Soane's Bank of England was destroyed about a century ago. Now, with the help of HP and Nvidia, it's being brought back to life by a large team that wants to see a national treasure restored. Check out more on Project Soane at projectsoane.com.

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Shawna X, White Sands Goodby, Silverstein & Partners | Portrait

We followed artist Shawna X into the desert as she creates something beautiful in the first installment of a whirlwind three part series for the 2015 Adobe Creative Cloud release. We teamed up with superstar creative agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners to tell the story of how artists can draw inspiration from any kind of landscape.

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HP Gadget Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

HP's comprehensive family of accessories gives you a gadget for every occasion, so you can make your PC your own.

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Michael Daube Hewlett-Packard | Portrait

We are often humbled by the people we meet and film. Even so, Michael Daube is in a class of his own. Our friend, DP and director David Driver had just finished "Way of Life", wayoflifefilm.com/ a seven year long documentary project with Michael when we were awarded the opportunity to do a series on extraordinary people for HP. Through Citta, the non-profit that Michael founded, he has started hospitals, women's centers and clinics all over the world. Michael was an easy choice to profile for the series and soon David was on a flight to Tibet to film him at work on his various non-profits. Support Michael's work here:cittainc.org/.

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Mighty, Ink and Slide Adobe Systems | Product Launch

As creative people, we use Adobe software every single day. We love our tools and feel very lucky to have the amazing capabilities they enable. In that context, it was really wonderful to have the opportunity to experience the birth of Adobe's new first ever hardware products and participate in their epic rollout. Our client, dear friend and collaborator on this was Dan Cowles from Adobe. Dan really drove the vision and imagery on this and it was a blast to help him bring it to life.

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Home Caregiving Swirl | Portrait

Many of our friends and families at emotion are challenged with taking care of our aging parents and helping them to have independence and good quality of life. This is part of a project with the longterm goal of helping people who are struggling, have limited means and very few places to turn for help. Deb and her mom Lib graciously let us into their lives and we are grateful to them and their family for sharing their experiences with us.

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Photoshop Fix Adobe Systems | Product Launch

Need to retouch that photo on the fly? Photoshop Fix from Adobe allows just that, by bringing the same editing abilities that you have on your laptop or workstation to iOS.

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Run Scribe | Motion Scribe Labs | Motion Graphics Product Launch

Scribe Labs is developing a sensor for runners to wear that analyzes their stride and footfalls to determine the best shoes for stability and injury reduction, as well as to dramatically improve their running performance. We are frequently working to launch groundbreaking new products like Run Scribe, and get to see them develop and evolve over time. Tom Gooden from Good Dog Design reached out to us to produce this video that they had art directed and conceived. It turned out to be a great collaboration and they were wonderful to work with. This Kickstarter video is a big part of the product launch and we were excited to produce it with Scribe and Good Dog Design.

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3D Systems | Prosthetic

What if you could size custom prosthetic limbs for developing nations in the cloud and then 3D print them for the recipient? That's what 3D Systems is doing. emotion studios is proud to help let the world know about this amazing technology - happening now.

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NetGear | Arlo Netgear | Product Launch

Arlo, Netgear's HD home security system, provides something all families can get behind – piece of mind. No cords. No wires. No worries.

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Dolby | Infinite Dolby Laboratories | Keynote

Dolby has a deep-rooted history with audio. For this reason, they are always on the cutting edge of technological changes in the industry, creating new ways for movie-goers to experience the most realistic sound possible. Stuart Bowling, Dolby's Worldwide Marketing Manager for Cinema, takes us through the history of how this technology has evolved and the direction its headed in the near future.

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HP Noise Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

It's hard to have a productive business call when you're in a less-than-ideal environment. Noises and distractions come in from every direction. Thankfully, HP's new noise reduction software takes care of that, ensuring that you and your colleague can hear each other crystal clear with no interference.

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HP Mobility Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

HP has an entire family of accessories made for you to make the most of your work on the road. Increase your mobility with HP accessories and stay productive even when you're away from the office.

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Instant Ink for Social Hewlett-Packard | Product Launch

"Go ahead...print the chicken photo." Our favorite printer tagline ever. This was a section of a different shoot that we transformed into a social video for a campaign for HP Instant Ink.

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Tiffany Cruikshank Nike | Portrait

Tiffany is inspiring in every way. From her work as a yoga teacher to how she lives in the world, she embodies the very human desire to be in a state of continuous improvement. This video for Nike is meant to introduce Tiffany and promote her passion to make change in the world through enabling people to advance their yoga practice.

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Monochorionic Twins University of California, San Francisco | Motion Graphics

Dr. Larry Rand, and his colleague Dr. Michael Harrison are true heroes of ours. Over the years they've dedicated their lives to turning around devestating birth defects using surgery on fetuses BEFORE they are born! UCSF wanted to create a series of videos that would be shown to parents after they've recieved a diagnosis for their child, to explain the condition in as accurate, thoughtful and direct manner possible. The videos are meant to be watched over and over, shared with families and friends to take the mystery out of the situation and make it more clear. Additionally, they are designed to be translated into multiple languages, increasing their usefulness to a broad audience. This is the first of the series and our entire staff were very proud to be helping such amazing work.

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Futures Without Violence | Students Futures without Violence | Customer Profile

Five students.
One message.
In this piece for Futures Without Violence, we chatted with college students to highlight the importance of education around sexual assault, as well as the mission of the Circle of 6 app – to establish a network of loved ones that they can both trust and talk to about this difficult topic.

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Aaron Draplin Adobe Systems | Portrait

Aaron Draplin is Portland's tireless godfather of design. Relentless, exuberant and notably from Michigan, Aaron is a force of nature. We spent 3 days junking and sign hopping with him as he passionately promoted the lost heroes of design and his one man mission to bring them the respect they deserve. This was our first video to feature the term "unfuckwithability".

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Box Clever | Fade Lamp Box Clever | Product Launch

Light has the ability to affect one's mood and inspire creativity. The minds at Box Clever set out to design a versatile task light for just about anything, and the final product delivers exactly that. We also think it's pretty stunning.

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Adobe | Eames Chair Adobe Systems | Keynote

When Adobe wanted to pay tribute to Charles Eames on his birthday, they decided to send one of his iconic chairs to some artists to see what they would do with them. We travelled down to San Diego and back up to British Columbia with a few stops in between. The outcome was seriously a pleasure.
6 artists.
6 studios.
48 hours.
1 chair.
Go.

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Erik Johansson Adobe Systems | Portrait

Erik Johansson is one of the world's great Photoshop artists and he loves to confound people's expectations with his highly manipulated photography. This video captured him in Berlin and his home town in Sweden right before he achieved internet superstardom with his bus stop prank: youtube.com/watch?v=BRAM8MpqIeA (24 million and counting).

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Thinkwell Adobe Systems | Customer Profile

So who exactly designs the theme parks that we revere and lose ourselves in? They are the perpetual kids and dreamers at Thinkwell. Comprised of storytellers, designers, industrial engineers and a sea of other professions, these are the people who create magical experiences and allow you to lose yourself in immersive new worlds.

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Ice Cream | Google+ Toaster | Customer Profile

Google+ asked us to tell a story about how creativity and search work together. We teamed up with local San Francisco Chef Tiffany Friedman and the result was delicious.

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Nicole Jacek Adobe Systems | Portrait

German transplant Nicole Jacek has worked with some huge brands – Nike, Adobe, Beats by Dre, you name it. We had the pleasure of watching her in action as she tinkers with the cover of GOOD Magazine using her arsenal of Adobe Creative tools.

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Randi Beach Adobe Systems | Portrait

Award-winning photojournalist Randi Lynn Beach has had her photography featured in everything from Rolling Stone, to the Washington Post, to People Magazine, to the New York Times. We had the pleasure of watching her in action in this artist vignette we produced for Adobe.

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Deloitte Digital Deloitte | Keynote Motion Graphics

In this anthem video for Deloitte Digital, we got up close and personal with some of the brightest minds at the consulting giant to discuss everything from their mission, to their abilities, to how the Salesforce platform helps them operate more efficiently.

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Zturbo Hewlett-Packard | Customer Profile

Brain Farm is a collective of individuals with a passion for action sports filmmaking. Understandably, their work demands high speed performance for post production, a job perfectly suited for the HP ZTurbo drives.

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