Luxo Sr.

June 26, 2009 on 8:25 pm | In Uncategorized |

The Norwegian lamp-manufacturer, Luxo asked Storm Studios to do an homage to Pixar’s classic short Luxo Jr. (which is actually an homage to the original Luxo lamps). The story was to be a meeting between the old lamp and Luxo’s brand new desk light “Ninety”. They wanted it to be a short film, not an ad. I directed it, fleshed out the story, did the animatic and the design. It was cool to work with Daniel Flehner Heen who is an amazingly dedicated animator. I think he did wonders with those lamps within the very limited time he had available. Dancing the tango with stiff metal objects is not easy! El. Tango premiered in a packed DogA at Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 10 in Oslo May 28. You get to see it here.

Sadly, Luxo is now suing Pixar for using their lamp-design in merchandising. Hope they can come to an agreement…