A well-crafted sequence visualizing German designer Dieter Rams’ guiding principles for good product design. This clip, produced by Trollback & Co., is from the documentary Rams by Gary Hustwit. Although I’m not a fan of idolizing designers (the idea of “legendary” designers often leaves out minority groups), I thought this documentary was interesting from a non-product designer’s perspective.

Lovely animated holiday ad by Apple. Read more and see behind-the-scenes on Adweek.

This sneak peek of Photoshop’s revamped Content-Aware Fill tool looks very impressive. Content-Aware Fill is one of those tools I rarely get to use, but when I do it can be a fantastic time-saver.

I really admire the work of UK-based animator Hannah Jacobs. Her films always capture a sense of raw, human emotion and feel very personal and intimate. Before first seeing her work through The School of Life, I never imagined illustration could be brought to life in such a way. Above is her showreel of selected work.

Netflix just released Abstract: The Art of Design, and it looks very inspiring! The first episode features Berlin-based illustrator Christoph Niemann. I can’t wait to watch the entire season!

#trochumetrics

A video posted by Alex Trochut (@trochut) on Dec 8, 2016 at 11:35am PST

Alex Trochut is a designer I recently discovered on Instagram. I love his latest experimentations with animated patterns, especially the one you can see above. The colors and mood are incredibly beautiful. The Spanish designer (now Brooklyn-based) also does amazing work with typography and design. Check out his website here.

Alex Trochut on Instagram