Months in Motion

Cavalry has gone from a small Manchester-based motion tool to one of the most talked-about names in the industry, acquired by Canva in February and then made entirely free in April. This is the story straight from the founders. Adam Jenns and Chris Hardcastle, two of Cavalry's co-founders, join us to talk through the journey, what's changed since the Canva acquisition, why they made the en...

Laurence Stoffel spent 10 years leading the creative team at On, helping turn the Swiss running brand from a challenger into a category-defining name. In this conversation she shares what that decade actually taught her about brand, culture, and craft. We get into why she thinks brand guidelines are overrated, why brand culture can't be manufactured (the Liverpool story is a great one), and how th...

Kristian Shepherd (Sheps) was kicked out of school in Manchester, ended up at Turner Duckworth, his "Real Madrid of design," and is now a Senior Designer at Pearlfisher in New York. Alongside the day job, he's hosted 65+ episodes of the What Does Your Mum Think podcast, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu daily, and just been announced as a D&AD Shift mentor. This is a different kind of conversation....

When BBH did their first rebrand in 44 years, motion was at the centre of it. The man behind that motion is Oded Shein, newly appointed Design Director at BBH London and one of the most interesting voices in the industry right now. In this episode we get into the full picture: a non-linear career through Byte, Jellyfish, mental health tech, and the music industry, before landing at BBH. We talk Ca...

Kicked out of school and home at 17, he spent two years making bad decisions before finding his way into design. Now he advises Affinity, sits on Canva's Design Advisory Board, and works with brands like Disney, Nike and Liquid Death. This is how that happened. In this episode we get into the full story - the difficult upbringing, what creativity actually saved him from, his very loud opinions on...

What makes a product feel magical? It's rarely one big thing. It's the haptic buzz when your payment goes through. The animated rocket ship in a toast notification. The onboarding moment you skip but somehow still remember. That's brand experience design, and most people have never heard of it. Jon Howell is Principal Brand Experience Designer at Ramp, and before that, he shaped produc...

Motion should no longer be an afterthought, in the digital age, movement bleeds into a brands identity. In this month’s episode of Months in Motion, Jack and Jimmy sat down with Liza Enebeis and Wouter Dirks from the legendary Studio DUMBAR/DEPT to discuss how they approach brand design and integrate sound and motion. Working with the likes of OpenAI, Instagram and Google. Whether you're building...

What happens when type becomes the core of a brand’s voice - and not just its style? In this episode of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon and Jack Last sit down with Chris Nott and Will Richardson, co-founders of Studio DRAMA - a new wave type foundry building motion-ready, brand-first custom fonts. From collaborations with agencies like JKR, to working with global brands like Heinz and Mozilla, the...

Months in Motion returns with Sunny Bonnell - co-founder of Motto, best-selling author, and a force behind transformative branding for companies like Google, Disney, and Mastercard. In this episode, Sunny shares how to scale visionary leadership, embed values into remote-first teams, and embrace AI as a creative catalyst - all while celebrating Motto’s 20-year milestone. From culture-building to f...

What happens when a major brand rethinks everything - in just 3 months? In this episode of Months in Motion, Jasmine Sharpe (Creative Director, Grubhub) joins Jack to unpack how she led a motion-ready rebrand that reimagines photography, type, and storytelling across every channel. From subtle cheese pulls to expressive wordmarks, this is a masterclass in making food brands feel - emotionally and...

What does it mean to run a studio that feels like a person - not a product? In this episode of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon chats with Barrington Reeves, founder of Too Gallus, one of the UK’s most distinctive boutique studios. From working with Nike and Red Bull to building a Glasgow creative family, Baz shares how attitude, culture, and truth-telling turned Too Gallus into a brand of its own....

How do you design a brand that moves with culture? In this episode of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon sits down with Stu Tallis, Creative Director at Taxi Studio, to unpack the motion strategy behind FlowFest - the world’s biggest reggaeton festival - and how motion design brings brands to life emotionally, rhythmically, and globally. Stu shares behind-the-scenes insights from work on Coca-Cola, YO...

What happens when motion isn’t an afterthought, but a foundation? In this edition of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon and Jack Last sit down with Jan Stein and Paul Watmough-Halim from Hyperfocus, a Hamburg-based brand studio turning heads with emotionally rich, behavior-led design systems. The duo dive into how motion elevates storytelling, how studios can stand out in a sea of sameness, and why cr...

In this June edition of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon speaks with Cat How (CEO/ECD) and Eilidh (Senior Creative) from How&How - the branding studio behind award-winning projects like Wild Things and The Wombles. 🎥 Topics Covered: • Motion design as mood + narrative • Branding for environmental & social impact • Behind-the-scenes on Wild Things, Chester Zoo & more • Crafting future-fo...

Lisa Smith (Global ECD at JKR) breaks down the branding strategy behind the D&AD 2025 identity - from motion design to storytelling. In this conversation, we explore her creative process with Studio DRAMA and how world-class branding comes to life. From deep strategy to bold creative execution, Lisa shares how collaboration, character, and craft converge in her projects - focusing on their lat...

Motion is no longer an afterthought - it’s shaping the future of branding. In this episode, Jimmy Gordon sits down with Santiago Avila, Motion Director at Koto, to unpack how motion design transforms brand systems, from Amazon’s overhaul to Deezer’s soundwave identity and Microsoft’s voxel nostalgia. You’ll hear insights into the strategic role of motion, toolkit creation for global teams, and adv...

Motion is no longer an afterthought - it’s now the language of branding. In this kickoff episode of Months in Motion, Jimmy Gordon sits down with design legend Brian Collins (CCO & Co-Founder, COLLINS) to explore why motion design is becoming the craft of brand behavior - and how rhythm, story, and surprise make a brand move people. 🎥 In this episode: • The shift from static design to motion-...