Pleix

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Pleix
Website	http://www.pleix.net
Location	Paris, France
# of employees	6
Year founded	2001
Clients	Adidas, Audi, Bacardi, Deutsche Bank, Infiniti, ITV, LG, MTV, Orange, Pontiac, Siemens, Sony, Sony Ericsson
Mograph.net thread	Pleix at mograph.net

Pleix (48.8532646, 2.3480335Latitude: 48°51′11.753″N Longitude: 2°20′52.921″E) 6 Place du Parvis de Notre Dame Ile-de-France 75018

Latitude: 48°51′11.753″N
Longitude: 2°20′52.921″E

Pleix is a group of digital artists based in Paris, France. The group was founded in 2001, when 6 of the members left Kuntzel & Deygas. Pleix consists of both graphic artists and musicians, who create surreal, post-modern imagery. They are best known for the music videos they've created for artists such as Vitalic, Basement Jaxx and Plaid.

Pleix works with the production companies Chased by Cowboys, Colonel Blimp, Blink Productions, Blinink, and Furlined.

Contents 1 Pleix members 2 Filmography 2.1 Music Videos 2.2 Short Films 3 Commercial work 4 Exibitions 5 Awards 6 External Links

Pleix members

• Genevieve Gauckler (graphic art direction)
• Erwin Charrier (3D)
• Olivier Lipski (graphic designer)
• Michel Metenier (3D)
• Eric Augier (special effects designer)
• Laetitia Rouxel (project manager/art advisory)
• Jean-Philippe Deslandes aka Bleip (music)

Filmography

Most of Pleix's videos can be seen at Pleix.net.

Music Videos

• "Get Down" - Groove Armada (2007)
• "Cish Cash" - Basement Jaxx feat. Siouxsie Sioux (2004)
• "El Salvador" - Athlete (2003)
• "Pride's Paranoia" - Futureshock (2003)
• "Itsu" - Plaid (2002) for the Warp / Creative Review animation competition
• "Clicks" - Bleip (2002)
• "More" - Bleip (2002)
• "No" - Bleip (2001)

Short Films

If no artist is listed, the music was created by Pleix's resident-musician - Bleip.

• "Jellovution" (2004) for Getty Images' "The Big Idea"
• "Birds" (2006) — Vitalic - "Poney Part 1"
• "Netlag" (2004) — Bliss (= Henrik José) - "Do You Remember How It Felt?"
• "Sometimes" (2003) — Kid606 - "Sometimes"
• "e-baby" (2003)
• "Simone" (2002)
• "Beauty Kit" (2001)

Commercial work

Pleix has also done commercial work in order to fund their short films and music videos.

• Nissan (2008)
• Nokia "Harmony" (2008)
• Bacardi "Sun" (2008)
• Orange / Sony Ericsson W580i "Red" (2007)
• Orange / Sony Ericsson W580i "Pink" (2007)
• ITV1 idents "Fountains", "Bubbles", "Buildings", and "Garden" (2007)
• Bacardi "Blend and Assimilate" (2007)
• Sony "HD Experiment" (2007)
• Deutsche Bank "Perspective" (2006) — Making Of
• ITV1 idents "Pavement Art", "Basketball", "Beach", "Bike", "Market" and "Lake" (2006)
• Adidas "adiStar" (2006)
• Infiniti "G-Spot" (2006)
• Infiniti "FXM" (2006)
• LG U880 "Organism" (2006)
• Pontiac Torrent "Swarm" (2005
• Pontiac "Worlds" (2005)
• Pontiac "EQ" (2005)
• MTV Asia "Origami Battle" (2005)
• Audi A6 3.2 "Letters" (2005)
• Siemens S65 "Penelope" (2004)
• Siemens SL75 "Hydra" (2004)
• Sony Ericsson S700i "Composition" (2004)

Exibitions

• "Astral Body church", video installation created for "La Nuit Blanche", Eglise St Eustache, Paris (2007)
• "D.Day, le design aujourd'hui" at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2005)
• "La volupté numérique" at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille (2005-2006)

Awards

• Nominated at the 2007 Clio Awards in Animation for Adidas "adiStar"
• Nominated for Best New Director at the Creative and Design Awards (CADs) 2004
• Prize for Excellence at Tokyo's ACA Media Arts Festival 2003 for "e-baby"
• Prize for Excellence at Tokyo's ACA Media Arts Festival 2002 for "Beauty Kit"

External Links

• http://www.pleix.net/
• Interview at Uailab
• Interview at Shift
• Interview at Pixelsurgeon
• Interview at newMediaFIX
• Interview at UnBeige
• Interview at Digimag
• Pleix at Getty Images
• Pleix talk at the ENSAD in Paris
• Article about Pleix in the January/February 2007 issue of I.D.
• Article in the May/June 2006 issue of NY Arts
• Article at Pirate Industries