Racoon Studio Featured on Stash and Motionographer
Over the years, some of our work has found its way beyond our own channels and into places we have always looked to for inspiration.
We’re proud to have been featured by Stash and Motionographer, two international platforms that have long been part of the motion design conversation.
The two features came at very different moments in our journey and focused on very different projects — which makes them especially meaningful to us.
Mnemonica on Stash
In 2021, Stash featured our promotional film for Mnemonica, a platform designed for viewing and sharing content within the film industry.
The project was created to help Mnemonica communicate with an international audience and challenged us to develop a visual language that could speak clearly to film professionals across different countries and cultural backgrounds.
We combined traditional animation, 3D references, character design, and motion graphics, working within a deliberately limited colour palette to build a story that could feel immediate and universal.
Seeing the project published by Stash — a platform we have followed for years for its selection of animation, motion design, and visual experimentation — was an important moment for the studio.
TAO OF THE CITY on Motionographer
More recently, Motionographer featured TAO OF THE CITY, an experimental short film presented and powered by Racoon Studio.
Created by Pietro Polentes, the project started from street photography shot with a Ricoh GR III and explored the quiet, often overlooked spaces of the contemporary city. AI tools were then used to animate and extend those original photographs, creating a continuous visual narrative.
The aim was never to replace the original photographic process, but to use technology as a way of expanding an already personal visual point of view — exploring the relationship between observation, authorship, and new creative tools.
Having TAO OF THE CITY selected by Motionographer felt particularly rewarding because of the experimental and personal nature of the project.
Two Features, Two Different Sides of Racoon
Mnemonica and TAO OF THE CITY are very different projects.
One was created for a client and built around communication, storytelling, and character animation. The other began as a personal photographic exploration and evolved into an experiment with moving images and new technology.
Together, they represent two sides of what we enjoy doing at Racoon: solving creative challenges for our clients while continuing to explore, experiment, and make things simply because we are curious about where they might lead.
Being featured by Stash and Motionographer is something we’re genuinely proud of.
And it’s always a special feeling to find our work in the same places we go when we want to discover what’s happening next in motion design.