Red Bull Music Academy comes

alive across all

video platforms

Description +

The Red Bull Music Academy was founded in 1998 as a workshop and lecture series for aspiring music-makers. Home to Red Bull Radio and makers of Red Bull Music Festival.

We partnered with RBMA on a year long overhaul of their motion toolkits used across all properties. We created comprehensive graphic packages in nearly every imaginable format to create a cohesive brand presence no matter the platform. This graphic package could be customized for the academy, radio or master brand. In addition to this we worked on one-off series, ads and on stage visuals.

Services


Motion Design, Social Media, Event Design

Year


2018

Credits


RBMA Creative Director: Justin Thomas Kay
Design & Animation: Draeger Gillespie

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