Hello! I’m Nicola Gastaldi, motion designer and animation director at Google Creative Lab, London.
With more than 10 years experience, I’ve been lucky to work with some great people and friends at JWT, Saatchi, Anomaly, DDB, Innocean, Jack Morton, MPC, Ogilvy, Universal Everything, Mother Design, Smoke & Mirrors.
I’m also a lecturer at UAL and mentor at Created.
Projects
- Chrome x McLaren x Sphere @ Las VegasFrom November 13th to 18th, the world witnessed a dazzling collaboration between Chrome and McLaren on the Sphere, the largest spherical screen in existence. I was fortunate to be part of the creative and motion design team at Google Creative Lab that brought this project to life. My role wasn’t just about finding the optimal workflow for wrapping a video onto the Sphere’s unique surface. I also had the opportunity to create a full 360-degree animation in Houdini, utilizing an impressive 2 mill
- Don't be afraidIn March 2020, the whole world stopped. We locked ourselves in our homes and tried to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. We had many worries and difficult moments. As parents, we also experienced a new relationship with our children. We feared for their health, not knowing that they were the ones keeping us alive and safe. Don't be afraid is a film about how we, as parents, we cope with the fear and the worries of the pandemic and how sometimes we can find solace in simple acts of joy comi
- Google Earth Timelapse27 million satellite images from the past 37 years, 2 million hours of rendering done inside Google’s carbon neutral data centers, the new Google Earth Timelapse features time as the 4th dimension to explore our planet. Done entirely at Creative Lab London, I was responsible of setting the correct pipeline between Google Earth Studio, enabled with experimental features and After Effects. I then animated 3d cameras in Google Earth Studio, rendering on multiple machines, 4k imagery that has been
- Marcus Grimm - WildFollow the light. A new world awaits. Wild is the debut single from the instrumental artist Marcus Grimm. Recorded in the suggestive Teatro delle Voci in Treviso and mastered at the Abbey Road studios in London. The video, a journey into a dreamy world fully created in CGI, is directed and animated by Gasta, awarded London-based visual artist. Done in C4D, Arnold, After Effects. Premiered on Our Culture Mag.
- Dive in - An illustrated storyDive in - An illustrated story is an underwater journey for children and grown ups, a voyage through revolving landscapes and unexpected monsters, a world of breathing caves and valleys, tiny fishes and huge, hiding whales. My latest personal project took inspiration from my favourite designers of all time, Fortunato Depero, Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, trying to create, like them, an uncommon product for children and grown ups. With a set of 33 square looping gifs, I wrote the story and designed an
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Projects credited in
- —Radical Luxury at SelfridgesAn immersive interacticve installation at Selfridges London, which invited the public to visualise their luxury. The user selects from an array of images representing places, experiences and moments. After confirming your selection, a unique backdrop was created with the imagery. As the backdrop develops, your vision of luxury appears and this is captured by the Google Pixel 2 in a single lasting image. An individual portrait of what luxury means to you. Composed of a series of mirrored glass ri
- Fail Better x London College of FashionEvent on 3/3/19 Speaker line-up: Matthew Young Mathieu Triay Nicola Gastaldi Photography by Amber Muir1
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Work history
Motion DesignerGoogle Creative Lab
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Lead Motion DesignerJack Morton
London, United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
- 3D Computer Animation
- Film
- TV
- Art Direction
- Compositing
- Music Videos
- Commercials
- Bumpers
- Live Action Design
- Promos
- Title Sequence
- Animation
- Motion Editing
- Object Animation
- Particle Effects
- Storyboard
- Motion Design
- After Effects
- Cinema 4D
- Final Cut Pro
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Soundtrack Pro
- Projection Mapping
- Animated Gif
- Art Installation
Education
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Master’s Degree cum Laude in TV, Cinema and MultimediaIULM University of Milan
- Milan, Italy
Awards
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Vimeo Staff PickVimeo Staff Pick
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Gastaloops
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