{"id":11220,"date":"2019-09-27T11:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=11220"},"modified":"2019-09-27T11:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:34:57","slug":"simple-bright-beautiful-the-work-of-kurzgesagt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2019\/09\/27\/simple-bright-beautiful-the-work-of-kurzgesagt\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple, Bright, Beautiful: The Work of Kurzgesagt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I may be fairly late to the game, but a couple months ago I discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/kurzgesagt.org\/\">Kurzgesagt<\/a>, a Munich-based animation studio that makes informative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q\">YouTube videos<\/a> and brilliant artwork. The studio&#8217;s signature style is based off of rounded shapes and vibrant colors, and means &#8220;in a nutshell.&#8221; Their beautiful videos showcase their dedication to knowledge, producing impressive animations about scientific subjects such as space, technology, and biology. At first, I thought it was a single artist behind the amazing creations, but discovered it is in fact a stacked team of art directors, illustrators, and producers working behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to producing popular YouTube videos, the group also works as a creative design agency, creating illustrations, branding, merchandise, and graphic design solutions for clients (notably the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation!).<\/p>\n<p>There is something simply mesmerizing about the studio&#8217;s simplistic style&#8211;its rich use of color and boldness. I have noticed many illustrators borrowing Kurzsegagt&#8217;s artistic style, but the original agency stands out for its consistency and passion for education. Be sure to check out Kurzgesagt&#8217;s beautiful work on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q\">channel<\/a> and below!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 501px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net\/project_modules\/1400\/82610778839263.5cb063f369c3f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"508\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">What if We Detonated All the Bombs at Once?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 583px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kurzgesagt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inanutshell-kurzgesagt-optimistic-nihilism-05.png\" alt=\"Image result for kurzgesagt\" width=\"573\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Optimistic Nihilism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 585px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kurzgesagt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/inanutshell-kurzgesagt-the-great-filter-06.png\" alt=\"Image result for kurzgesagt\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The Great Filter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may be fairly late to the game, but a couple months ago I discovered Kurzgesagt, a Munich-based animation studio that makes informative YouTube videos and brilliant artwork. The studio&#8217;s signature style is based off of rounded shapes and vibrant colors, and means &#8220;in a nutshell.&#8221; Their beautiful videos showcase their dedication to knowledge, producing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2191,"featured_media":11224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1347,396],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11223,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11220\/revisions\/11223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}