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Animation: Joseph Mann's slightly NSFW sexy celebration of summer

Date
25 June 2013

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So London has welcomed at last a bit of belated summer sunshine today and what better way to celebrate than with this beach-tastic animation from Joseph Mann? Sandy is a stop-frame piece which took eight months to create – “a lot of sand and hours of moulding anatomically correct private parts to create the film and its handmade set, complete with a bubble wrap sea and miniature rubber dinghy.”

I don’t want to give too much away but suffice to say it’s a love story with a difference (and some wonderful wobbly bits). Top work Joseph!

Two clay figures kiss in a close-up. One figure wears a blue headband and a red beaded necklace, while the other has a small tuft of brown hair.
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Joseph Mann: Sandy (still)

Two hyper-realistic sculptures of people with protruding bellies sit side by side on a mat. They wear small briefs and one wears a gold chain around their neck.
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Joseph Mann: Sandy (still)

A close-up of two figures in orange swimwear, seen from behind. The figures appear to be made from a smooth, matte material like clay or plastic.
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Joseph Mann: Sandy (still)

A 3D render of a child with curly hair and freckles looking at a sandcastle. A seagull stands to the left, facing the child.
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Joseph Mann: Sandy (still)

Two figures lie side by side on a beach. One is a smooth, sculpted figure with curly brown hair and a blue T-shirt, while the other is a figure made of sand with seaweed for hair.
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Joseph Mann: Sandy (still)

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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