Designer, animator and art director Mike
Slane has made the move to creative studio Exopolis, where he will oversee
both broadcast and interactive campaigns for the multidisciplinary shop.
His first project upon joining the company is co-managing a creative team
on a project for Delta Airlines.
"We're so excited to have Mike on board," said Exopolis Partner Daniel
Arcana. "His experience at Motion Theory leading teams on high concept 3D
projects will be a great addition to our core capabilities, and Mike will
be a key asset as we move into developing live-action projects."

Mike Slane's portfolio, culled from a four-year career as a designer and
animator at LA production company Motion Theory, spans such award-winning
work as the HP "Hands" campaign via Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Nike
spots through Wieden + Kennedy, Beck's Mad Magazine fold-in inspired music
video for the track "Girl," the commercial "Wrapshear" for Reebok via
mcgarrybowen, and spotwork for Emerald Nuts, Cadillac and Budweiser.

Slane was featured in an article entitled "Field Guide to Design Talent
2006" that ran in Step Inside Design magazine, and in 2004, he helped bring
artist duo KozynDan's illustrations to life for the opening title sequence
for that year's Resfest. Slane was recruited by Motion Theory fresh after
graduating from California College of Arts with a BFA in Graphic Design.
His entrà©e into motion graphics came by way of photography, a discipline
that continues to inform the motion work he touches.

"What attracted me to Exopolis was how the studio has one foot in broadcast
and one foot in web, as well as the content possibilities that I could
produce with that kind of specialty. I also liked that during one of my
first interviews with Exopolis, someone referred to the studio as an 'idea
lab,' and since coming on board, I've seen those words put into action. At
Exopolis, every project is treated as it if has a meaning and purpose.
It's not just about selling something-although the studio does that
incredibly well-it's about bringing as much art into a project as it
possibly can."

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