Pause : 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics

A history of motion graphics provides an examination of current trends, technological advances, and examples by top video designers in the fields of music videos, animation, and 3-D. Original.

Julie Hirschfeld worked as a senior designer of on-air graphics for VH1, New York from 1997 and is now a freelance designer of motion graphics in New York City. Recently she has completed projects for MTV, VH1 and Showtime. Awards for her work include four Broadcast Design Awards silvers in 1998 and 1999 and the Type Director's Club 1998.

Stefanie Barth is a freelance graphic designer based in Frankfurt, Germany. She has designed numerous projects for print including magazines; vinyl covers; corporate designs; film titles and web pages; as well as on-air design for VH1, New York.

Peter Hall is senior writer at I.D. Magazine in New York. He wrote and co-edited the book Tibor: Perverse Optimist (1998) and has contributed essays to the upcoming titles Architecture and Film and Sex and Design. He also writes about design for The Guardian, Print, AIGA Journal and Creative Review.

Andrea Codrington is a New York-based critic and writer specializing in design and visual culture and a frequent contributor to such publications as the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, I.D. Magazine and Metropolitan Home. Codrington is also creative producer of a television series about design and architecture that is currently in development.