Myriad Media tapped us to create a :90 customer reference video about how IBM’s client, Pearson, is using AI to transform how education will look in the future. The idea was straightforward—use an audio interview of a Pearson employee to tell the story. The execution, however, was not straightforward. We used a variety of techniques, starting with2D illustration and animation as a baseline. We then used Cinema 4D to create robot invaders in the alien invasion scene, a floating cell in the classroom scene, and morphing planets in space into splitting mitochondria. All while keeping the 2D painterly look that was used throughout. As part of our inclusive design approach, we wanted to

highlight the fact that Gutenberg did not invent the printing press.

It was actually invented by Bi Sheng in China, hundreds of years earlier.

It’s astonishing that this isn’t common knowledge in the Western world—let’s change that narrative, starting today.

Our Role
Visual concepting, design, illustration, 2D, 3D, and cel animation

Project Timeline
7 weeks

Project Style
Customer Reference

Client: IBM

Agency: Myriad Media

Agency Creative Director: Daniel Cook
Agency Executive Producer: Chris Young
Agency Senior Producer: Drew Grimes

Custom Music Score: Daniel Cook
Sound Design: Daniel Cook

Motion Design Studio: BIEN
Creative Director: Hung Le
Executive Producer: Ricardo Roberts

Art Director: Carlos Alegria
Illustration: Carlos Alegria
2D Animators: Carlos Alegria, Rocio Cogno, Mac Wojcik, Sianey
Montes de Oca, Hung Le
3D Modeling + Animation: Hung Le
Cel Animation: Dennis Wardzala