You win some, you lose some. That grandfatherly “buck up, kid” cliche is little relief to the creative souls who pour themselves into an ambitious project bid only to hear that they didn’t win the job. 90’s graphics team recently encountered this situation, hitting a home run on a pitch and being kicked off the […]

  We’re excited to introduce motion designer Tom Jurgensen as the newest member of the 90 team!  Tom has built a respected, award-winning career collaborating with the top motion studios in Chicago and beyond. Tom brings a diverse set of skills that make him equally comfortable with design, animation and compositing.  He plays in both […]

  (We are proud of our guys and the passion that led them to this Vimeo staff pick. Here’s motion designer Alex Deaton’s story of how it all came together.) *** At the design conference FITC Toronto (Future. Innovation. Technology. Creativity.) in 2015, I attended a panel with artists Ash Thorp and David O’Reilly. O’Reilly is known […]

  90 has been privileged to have Hieu Vu as a motion graphics intern this summer! He’s produced amazing work with great artistic and commercial value! Sad to say tomorrow is his last day. Hieu, THANK YOU so much for your contributions to our work and culture. You’ve become a great friend. Hope to collaborate with […]

  Congrats to the 90 Degrees West team on earning a Vimeo staff pick for “The Climb,” released this week. The passion project was created by motion design and 3D artists Preston Gibson, Alex Deaton and Jim Roberson with an assist from intern Hieu Vu Duc. Completing the piece is the epic original score and sound […]

  The 90 Degrees West team is always on the lookout for new ways to express our creativity and every once in a while we find something that truly excites us. Enter the brave new world of code-based animation. Previously, developers who wanted to incorporate animation into their UIs had to do so by writing […]