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Whaletone Grand Hybrid Piano Musical Instrument

Robert Majkut Musical Instrument Musical Instrument Friday, 9 October 2026

Whaletone Grand Hybrid Piano

Whaletone Grand Hybrid is a hybrid grand piano made for stage and home use. The instrument is a smaller version of the Royal model, so it needs less space and is easier to transport, while its acoustic qualities remain unchanged. The character, proportions and slender line of the larger model are retained. A new play mechanism joins a classical hammer action with digital sound technology, so the touch stays close to that of an acoustic piano. A Moving Keys function plays back recorded music with visible key movement.

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Pop Up Magazine Opening Title

Rafael de Araujo Opening Title Movie Thursday, 8 October 2026

Pop Up Magazine

The project was a journey to explore the Escape issues (theme for 2019) abstractly and fluidly, showing the changes, new things and consequences from that. All the visuals are clean and comfortable to watch, contrasting with the uncomfortable reality from the act of escape. The design is constantly changing and the morphing shapes in the animation represent the act of readaptation, caused by some sort of situation. Escape has different meanings, interpretations and the point of view varies from playful to serious.

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Maritime Glow Exhibition Events

Kaohsiung City Government Exhibition Events Performing Arts Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Maritime Glow

Maritime Glow is a large-scale outdoor performing arts production created for a lantern festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The Love River acts as the stage and the open sky serves as the curtain. Projection technology transforms the stage into a boat, and 400 lights present 381 meters of visual images. Local opera, Taiwanese rock, Hakka music, indigenous songs, musical theatre, traditional martial arts and dance are combined in one show. More than 600 performers from eleven groups and two schools take part. The story presents the past, present and future of Kaohsiung.

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Simplest Happiness Commercial Animation

Yen C Chen Commercial Animation Movie Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Simplest Happiness

The Chinese zodiac in that year is the pig, so Yen C designed the sliced pig, and it's a pun in "many hot movies" in Chinese. The characters are very happy, just in line with the channel's image has always wanted to give the audience the feeling. And combine four movies elements into the video. Children who are playing can best show pure happiness, and hope that the audience will have the same feeling when watching the movie.

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Nunn Bush 3D Product Animation

Mateus Morgan 3D Product Animation Movie Monday, 5 October 2026

Nunn Bush

The project was made to show all the features of the product in a fun way by being informative but without being annoying. The purpose was to show the construction of the shoe. The inspiration came through the research about elements that could represent the product, like nature with all the colors and moods. The shoe was modeled using photographs as a reference and hard surface 3D modeling techniques. For modeling, designers used the software C4D. All the textures were made using leather texture and some photoshop brushes. Vray was used for rendering and Houdini for Simulations.

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Thorn Metamorphosis Product Animation

QZENS Furniture - Art - Design Product Animation Movie Sunday, 4 October 2026

Thorn Metamorphosis

Thorn Lighting transforms nature's sharpest form, the thorn, into a modern design object that embodies the balance between hard and soft, light and shadow. Inspired by nature's metamorphosis, this lighting symbolizes strength, resilience and spiritual growth through adversity. The design blends raw, organic edges with industrial lines, reflecting the beauty and hope found in challenges. A cinematic experience was created using Houdini, Redshift, and advanced simulation techniques to visually represent this transformation, blending the wild spirit of nature with modern aesthetics.

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Designer Highlight of the Day

Designer Highlight of the DaySpecial CoverageFriday, 2 October 2026

Leading Designers, Star Architects and Top Innovators.

Every great design begins with a remarkable creative mind. Everyday, we put the spotlight on an exceptional designer, star architect, creative leader or innovator whose work stands out. Explore award-winning portfolios, notable projects and career achievements of leading creators worldwide. Visit us daily to discover talented people and get inspired by their original works.

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