Planet Nutshell

08/26/2026

Our short film, "La Frontière" is coming in 2027.

08/19/2026

We're proud to have been the film and animation partner for Dear Dreamer, an online program that teaches entrepreneurship skills by helping young people develop their own business idea. Check it out at deardreamer.org.

07/16/2026

A man, a dog, and the borderlands between the past and possible future. Our summer newsletter is all about the personal backstory that led to our upcoming short film.

If you haven't heard, we're hard at work on a new animated short film that, for now, we're calling "Frontière." Why a French title? The film is set in a community in Quebec and Vermont that's divided by the US-Canada border. You may have seen the village that inspired this setting in the news rec...

07/07/2026

Working title alert! Our upcoming animated short film, set in Quebec, is provisionally titled "Frontíere" That's French for "Border." Enjoy a few storyboard panels.

06/24/2026

It's not easy boiling down the complexities of the US health insurance system, but we recently helped Banner Health do exactly that.

06/09/2026

Who is alone here? Concept art from our upcoming animated short film.

05/12/2026

Spies, intrigue, and wily machinations! It's all part of the story of Kentucky's road to statehood, which we recently told with the help of our friends at KET - Kentucky Educational Television.

Kentucky Historical Society

04/29/2026

We were just doing our thing -- shooting footage for , a new program from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship , when this creepy panda decided to show up. Oh well, at least kids everywhere can soon learn how to build a business by actually building one.

04/21/2026

And... it's showtime! We just wrapped "Make It, Save it, Share it, Spend it" -- the latest episode for Ms. Money's Classroom, a financial literacy resource created by Rockland Trust. Feel free to dance and sing along; we guarantee you'll pick up the lyrics pretty quickly. 🕺

04/01/2026

Recently, I was giving a talk to young college students. I happened to mention some work we did for PBS affiliate Thirteen WNET New York that animated an interview of Gloria Steinem. In it, Steinem talks about the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe. To my surprise, no one in the class knew who Gloria Steinem was, much less Marilyn Monroe. This feels like a loss...