Found’s 2024 has been a year of bold creativity, groundbreaking innovations, and unforgettable collaborations. Our End of Year Reel highlights our team’s work across the last twelve months, pushing boundaries in sensorial experiences, technical advancements and creative storytelling. Thank you to our amazing clients and collaborators for inspiring us to keep pushing boundaries. Here’s to a transformative year ahead! 🌟

Keys & Curves spotlights Found for our ‘different kind’ of creativity within the Coca-Cola family, highlighting its innovative motion design system. Named a stand-out project for its fresh approach, we delivered a clean and less controversial take on branding through dynamic motion elements that bring the Coca-Cola family of drinks to life.

Check out Creative Review’s article on Loop Earplugs‘ attitude to ear protection and how their product ranges have been ‘designed to be seen’. The article features a selection of our hero product visuals created in collaboration with the Loop team.

We’re thrilled to announce that Channel 4’s Brand Refresh has won the Gold Award for Best Branding Refresh at the Creative Circle Awards and the Silver Award for Best Rebrand 2023 at the Promax UK Awards. This recognition highlights the creative collaboration and design innovation that went into reimagining one of the UK’s most iconic broadcasters.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve taken home three prestigious awards at the Collision Awards 2024! INVISIBLE, a Gold Winner in Experiential for Experimental, L’Oréal, a Silver Winner in Marketing & Communications for Best 3D/CG Animation and Toblerone, a Silver Winner in Marketing & Communications for Food & Drink

In celebration of London Craft Week’s 10th anniversary, we’re thrilled to announce our latest exhibition, VESSEL, in partnership with TM and Fedrigoni. A fusion of craft and digital innovation, this exhibition unveils an ambitious edition of 1000 artworks created for this year’s visual campaign. Join us as we explore the future of digital craft.

We are excited to share that Clayton Welham has been asked to join the Founding Jury for the inaugural Collision Award. This new initiative is dedicated to showcasing exceptional talent, creativity, and innovation in Animation and Motion Design across the world. If you have something to share, submit your work here.

The OFFF 2023 trailer has not only been featured in  The Stash Permanent Collection issue 159 but has now been listed as one of the best event films of Stash 2023.

Working closely with Pentagram and 4creative, Channel 4’s master brand was featured in one of the most read and top 25 graphic design lists for 2023. Capturing the attention of It’s Nice That readers across the board as their one best-performing stories of the year. Read full article here.

Reflecting on a year of creativity, innovation, and unforgettable moments, our 2023 showreel is a visual journey through the extraordinary projects that defined this year for us. Over the past twelve months, we’ve pushed ourselves conceptually, technically and scientifically. From thought-provoking experiences and visualising emotions to liquid technologies and game-changing broadcasters, our work has covered some serious (and not so serious) ground. 

Thats a Wrap! As we close the doors on INVISIBLE, after an extraordinary ten days at London Design Festival 2023, which saw 672 tickets sold we’d like to say thank you to all who joined us, new faces and old. We hope you enjoyed a glimpse inside our creative process and approach. Stay tuned as we continue to explore the intangible.

Our accompanying article to the opening of INVISIBLE is now live on Creative Review, ‘See the invisible’. In it we discuss how CG animation brings the intangible world to life; from hyper-reality to sensory immersion we explore how 3D design can help build engagement and form stronger connections.

Clayton and Jack headed down to Central Saint Martins to review 2023’s BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design final year portfolios and offer industry support and insights as they open this year’s degree show.

Our Creative Lead Ryan attended Creative Lives in Progress’ latest ‘How to get into Advertising’ portfolio review event. He joined a panel of designers offering advice and tips on portfolios and presentations to the next generation of creative talent.

Clayton will be joining sustainable manufacturer Tarkett in discussion with Franklin Till at Clerkenwell Design Week next Tuesday. They’ll be discussing our recent collaboration and unveiling the project for the first time. Reserve your space here.

For our second Creative Lives in Progress event of the year, our Creative Lead Laurence joined the ‘How to get into Animation’ Meet & Greet event. Alongside a panel of industry experts, she offered support and advice for those looking for a step into the world of animation.

The whole team have just come back from the amazing OFFF Festival. We had a brilliant time speaking to a packed-out Roots stage on Thursday and caught our friends Vasava presenting their take on CUBE, amongst other mind-bending presentations across the weekend. Huge thanks OFFF for having us, and see you soon Barcelona!

Our Senior Designer Olly recently headed to his alma mater Ravensbourne to talk about his journey into motion design and provide some insights into our Google work, before giving feedback on some of the student’s ongoing projects. This is the first of a big week of talks – OFFF Barcelona up next! See you there.

Our Head of Production, Felix, recently participated in Creative Lives In Progress’ Meet & Greet for aspiring project managers. During the session, he spoke to people from various backgrounds and levels of experience, offering advice on how to get into the industry, including self-funding early projects. Stay tuned for more of our events with Creative Lives in Progress soon.

As we kick off 2023, we’re proud to announce that we’re now part of 1% for the Planet, which means we donate 1% of our revenue to supporting environmental causes locally and globally. We’ve also continued our partnership with Ecologi, offsetting our studio’s carbon footprint by funding climate-positive projects around the world.

Great to see our work on the big screens at F37’s Britain Collection launch last week. We created a series of quirky animated idents that bring their new fonts to life – check them out here.

Dan and Clayton travelled up to Manchester for Motion North’s latest showcase last week. Talking alongside Blue Zoo at a packed-out Band on the Wall, they chatted about the behind-the-scenes of our studio and our processes. Thanks to everyone that came down and engaged with our projects and the conversation around our experiments with AI. We’ll be sharing more about this topic very soon, keep your eyes peeled!

Last week, our team headed out to this year’s London Design Festival. We visited fellow motion design studio XK at Netil House, and caught some impressive exhibitions over the weekend. Standouts include Craft Council’s exposition of the history of cotton, and the Travel Things Museum’s interactive installation comparing everyday objects from around the world.

We’re delighted to be speaking alongside Blue Zoo at Motion North’s Showcase at Band on the Wall in Manchester next month. Early bird tickets are on sale now.

We recently undertook Great Place to Work’s detailed company-wide survey, seeing it as an opportunity for us to learn and take on feedback. We’re very happy to say we not only passed but hugely exceeded the industry average in the areas we value most – integrity, engagement and innovation. We couldn’t be prouder of the feedback we’ve got from this and see it as a great demonstration of the investment we’ve put into our team over the past two years.

Further research for our ongoing project with FranklinTill. Clayton and Ryan headed to their Our Time on Earth symposium at Barbican Centre yesterday, finding invaluable insights into the worlds of materials, technologies and circularity. Keep your eyes peeled for our future collaborations.

We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be presenting at OFFF Festival Barcelona next March. We had a great time at this year’s event and are delighted to be returning as speakers in 2023. Dan and Clayton will be joining some incredible guests on stage including Universal Everything, Rizon Parein, Mr Bingo, Brian Collins and many more to be announced. Stay tuned for more info.

We’ve just come back from a team trip to Barcelona for OFFF’s 21st edition. Always one of the highlights of the season, this year we caught up with old and new friends, and watched some thought-provoking talks from Pentagram‘s Matt Willey and Paula Scher, Tendril, GMUNK and more.

Dan and Clayton joined Mourad on the Mountain Collective podcast to chat about the metaverse’s effect on our industry, what makes work meaningful, and much more. Check it out here.

We’re proud to be a carbon-neutral studio, having partnered with Ecologi since 2021. In the past year we’ve helped to plant 2,213 trees and counting, reducing our carbon footprint in an effort to preserve our climate. Our work is often informed by the movements and textures of the natural world and to mark this Earth Day, our Senior Designer Will has been experimenting with Haeckel-inspired forms.

As part of our ongoing student outreach, Clayton and Felix will be chatting to London Metropolitan University’s Visual Communications students this Friday. They’ll be introducing the studio and our work, as well as discussing the importance of collaboration in multi-disciplinary fields.

Supported by Creative Lives in Progress, our design team recently met with 15 entry-level designers from around Europe to review their impressive range of portfolios from the worlds of CG, animation and illustration. Offering advice on portfolio formats, presentation skills and career paths, we provided feedback to this talented group of designers and artists, helping us kick off our studio mentoring scheme in style.

We’ll be expanding this scheme with our wider team this year, offering workshops across Production, Marketing and more in an attempt to demystify the CG industry. Keep your eyes peeled for future updates.

At OFFF Seville 2021, on the back of our Main Stage talk and CGI workshop, we chatted with Spanish newspaper, El País. The team visited us at our studio in Farringdon at the start of this year and we’re excited to finally share the profile featuring team members Clayton and Ryan – check it out here.

Photos by Pedro Alvarez.

We’re excited to be offering 15 entry-level designers 1:1 portfolios reviews. Supported by Creative Lives in Progress, five of our core design team and our Creative Director will be offering an introduction to CG and an insight into what makes a stand-out portfolio. Find out more and apply here.

We’re delighted to announce that La Manufacture will be representing us in France. We join a talented roster of 3D artists working across both film and print.

After two years of virtual and in-person collaborations, the team at Forward Festival asked us to round off 2021 with a playlist for their Press Forward series, which our team had fun diving into. Taking you through funky house to hypnotic trip-hop and a huge electronic collection, this is a good one to pop on in the background – check it out.

Our Managing Director Dan Moore and Creative Director Clayton Welham joined Right Aligned Events for their ‘In Conversation With’ series. Chatting all things motion design, the team talked about the future of the creative industry and the story behind Found. Catch up here.

We’ve hit 10k followers on Instagram! Thanks for the support – it’s been our most exciting year to date, with even bigger and better projects on the way. If you don’t already, follow us on Instagram and stay tuned with what’s to come.

Last week, our Creative Director Clayton Welham and Creative Lead Dan Kennington spoke to the students at Sheffield Hallam University about their journey from studying graphic design, to working at Found with some of the world’s biggest brands. It was a delight to hear from up & coming talent, and answer some of their insightful questions about the future of the industry.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Creative Lives In Progress, who provide invaluable free educational resources for entry-level creatives. We’ll be providing mentoring to up & coming designers in the CG and 3D industry, and are preparing talks and workshops for the near future – stay tuned!

When motion design becomes reality, and vice versa… Our Creative Director Clayton has been behind the camera to capture lenses and light behaviour as part of our continued R&D practice. Hear more about these studio processes at OFFF Sevilla this October.

Thanks to Visuelle for featuring our work in their latest print issue, Edition 5ive. Grab yourself a copy here.

Our Creative Director, Clayton, will be joining Creativepool as a guest judge for the 2021 Awards in the Animation category.

Incoming! Fresh merch landed this week, featuring our brand new logo, and is currently en route to the Found team and friends.

We’re delighted to announce that we are now a climate positive studio. We’ve signed up to Ecologi, which means we’ll be offsetting carbon emissions from our energy usage and funding planet-saving projects, like tree planting in Madagascar.

We are pleased to announce that B&A is now representing us for the UK along with the US. We’re excited to be growing our partnership with these standout reps.

It was a real pleasure to contribute to our favourite sound studio Echoic’s idents project. Check out the whole collection here.

It’s been a pleasure donating work to the NYC SALT holiday print sale this year, alongside so many of B&A’s talented artists. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit NYC SALT’s programming and mission to ensure that young artists of colour have the necessary opportunities and platforms to share their voice.

This year we made a call to donate our Christmas client spend to The Felix Project, an organisation committed to getting nutritious food to London’s most vulnerable people.