Design is the intermediary between information and understanding.
– Hans Hoffmann, painter
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Approach
Clarity and vision, in motion.
What makes creative work captivating? What makes a user journey delightful? What makes a product intuitive?
Motion design is a multidisciplinary field with deep connections to graphic design, filmmaking, storytelling, psychology, and hard sciences such as physics, mathematics, and logic.
It's the visual, spatial, and color theories of the plastic arts joined with the experiential, rhythmic, and ephemeral qualities of durational media such as music, theater, or film.
It's the visual effects in your latest blockbuster film, and it's the pleasing confirmation screens on your mobile app.
Motion design is timing, attention to detail, and—perhaps most importantly—enduring and meaningful connections with a rich diversity of users and viewers.
We believe successful motion design has the power to add context, continuity, and voice to products and media; to be the bridge between what is simply seen and what is experienced.
Experiences and relationships that scale.
Often, it starts with a single video, an ad, or a product enhancement. Or maybe it's a graphics package, a short film, or a presentation.
Some of our most enduring and productive client partnerships have begun with a simple ask or a one-off project. And often that simple ask—once in the wild—becomes the framework for something bigger and more ambitious.
We believe in designing and building with scalable and flexible structures, so work can adapt and expand as missions emerge and evolve.
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Our process
Question
What is the problem? Who is affected? What solutions exist in the market now? What do we like, what do we hate? How can we do better?
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Strategize
Visualize the end goal. Forge pathways of possibility. Articulate a plan of attack.
02.
Play
Dive in. Become immersed. Experiment and iterate. Riff and review. Have fun. Any creative endeavor is—at its core—one of collaborative improvisation and playfulness.
03.
Execute
Shepherd the vision from moodboard to sounding board. Curate a bespoke team, with specialists in the areas that matter. Keep costs low and efficiency high.
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Analyze and Iterate
Collect data, review metrics, parse feedback, quantify successes and challenges. Adapt when appropriate.
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We use motion to generate attention for brands, to clarify and articulate messages, to streamline products, to inform, delight, entertain, and to build and maintain meaningful connections with audiences and users.
Story
Founded and led by New York-based motion designer Anthony Kraus, Noisy Neighbor is an agile studio with a global reach.
With deep expertise in commercial motion design, broadcast, film, social media, product design and UX, and experiential design, Noisy Neighbor works alongside brand design teams, and as a standalone studio.
Testimonials
Thank you for helping to make our forum such a success. You went above and beyond to accommodate many last minute requests, and the videos were an engaging and informative part of our program. Many thanks again for your time and hard work.
Michael Bloomberg
Founder, Bloomberg
A huge thank you for all of your excellent and hard work to help us achieve such a great series! From the word go you were a fantastic collaborator and came along for what ended up becoming an ever-evolving creative ride. To top it off you handled the constant curveballs with grace and ease. Thank you for that!
Bengt Anderson
Executive Producer, National Geographic
Anthony -
...thank you very much for helping out with the project. All Best and again, thank you!
Keanu Reeves
Executive Producer, Side By Side
Thank you for helping to make our forum such a success. You went above and beyond to accommodate many last minute requests, and the videos were an engaging and informative part of our program. Many thanks again for your time and hard work.
Michael Bloomberg
Founder, Bloomberg
A huge thank you for all of your excellent and hard work to help us achieve such a great series! From the word go you were a fantastic collaborator and came along for what ended up becoming an ever-evolving creative ride. To top it off you handled the constant curveballs with grace and ease. Thank you for that!
Bengt Anderson
Executive Producer, National Geographic
Anthony -
...thank you very much for helping out with the project. All Best and again, thank you!
Keanu Reeves
Executive Producer, Side By Side