SOPA is a bill being considered by US congress that will effectively allow corporations to censor internet content, placing the burden of proof on the content uploader. This means you could to jail for 5 years for uploading a video to youtube of yourself singing a song. It also means that ANY website’s domain could [...]
Combining the best aspects of video and illustration, almost anything can be explained in a clear and engaging way using this medium.
We are pleased to announce that two of our projects, Bernard the Gurnard and Explanimation.net are finalists in the 2011 Herts Green Business Awards.
Bernard the Gurnard, mascot of The Wildlife Trusts marine campaigns – is back and, this time, he talks!
We launched what is probably the world’s first subscription-based explanimation service aimed at suppliers of renewable energy technology.
This short explanimation walks you through the basic concept of a solar heating installation.
Sometimes life can be very cruel. It took me almost 35 years of being alive before I eventually discovered the divine pleasures of Japanese cuisine. To be fair, I had a long way to go: I ate nothing but Marmite sandwiches until my late teens, and it was another 10 years before I could comfortably [...]
Organisations love awards, don’t they? It doesn’t seem to matter whether the award is the result of a scrupulous assessment by the leading lights in the field…
Although legal quotas theoretically protect fish stocks, huge quantities of fish are caught illegally by ‘pirate’ fishing vessels. A new website brings together 5 years’ of data into a master list of suspect vessels, tracking their movements around the world.
Following a commission by international conservation group The Shark Alliance, we have created campaign materials for European Shark Week including printed booklets and a short animated film, in 7 different languages.
Despite issuing a report this week detailing how its work has saved the UK Government £60-70 million per year at a cost of just £3 million, funding for the organisation has been axed. Part of the rationalisation is that sustainable approaches should be absorbed into everyday government work, not advised upon by an external body. [...]
We were commissioned by the Ocean2012 Coalition to create a series of animations for European Fish Week 2010.
Archipelago has been commissioned to review 40South Energy’s branding across their materials and tune-up their website for maximum performance.
This is a great demonstration of how we can explain processes and mechanisms with as few words as possible. We’ve made a few improvements:
We’ve just heard that our Randy Pandas Earth Hour promo will be screened at the Earth Hour event in Melbourne’s Federation Square. Let’s hope they.. um.. go down well.
We’re pleased to be supporting the Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership at Oceanology 2010 at ExCel (London, UK). We’ve created an eye-catching animated sequence for their spherical display system…
Following their launch in Australia earlier this month, the climate change animations commissioned by GBRMPA (and produced by Archipelago) are now available online.
Whether in the media or in the pub, there are some real hurdles in communicating environmental issues
