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  Baby

  Devendra Banhart gets friends like the strokes' Fabrizio Moretti, MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden, and GZA to guest star in his latest music video, directed by Ron Winter. Check out our latest work in Devendra Banhart's "Baby"

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  The Drop

  The Drop was a collaborative piece between Dirt Empire and artist Michelle Mayer. It was conceived as a microcosmic journey through a moss, verdant forest. Designed specifically for the video wall in the lobby of IAC center in New York City, it was shot at an incredibly high resolution, 12,000 x 1200 pixels to fit across the 120 foot video wall. We deliberately shot the piece with hi-resolution still cameras and macro lenses to generate a lush, larger-than life visual experience. It was created in conjunction with the ITP design program at NYU.

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  Think Before You Write

  This piece was commissioned by DBA, a New York based design company founded with the goal of developing unique beautifully designed, sustainable, consumer products. Dirt Empire, designed and directed “Think Before You Write” as a promotional piece discussing DBA's first product, the DBA 98 Pen. The commercial was intended to visually parallel the pen's mission statement: to demonstrate “an alternative to the wasteful and often toxic pens we use almost every day”. It was drawn and rendered entirely in 3D with a style that reflected the simplicity of a hand drawn line.

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  Wonderbread

  Contact-DI did a great job with the Wonderbread spot. We had a blast working with them. The 50's boy was shot with a green back drop and then the footage was sent to us to work our magic. Oddly, everyone wanted a piece of the roto work on the sandwiches.