TED-Ed: How long should your naps be? - Sara C. Mednick
Your eyes get heavy and gradually close…
But wait! It’s only lunch time and you still have so much to do. Would taking a nap help? Or would it derail your day? Well, that depends on a few things— especially what stages of sleep the nap includes.

​Sara C. Mednick details the cognitive benefits of napping, and explores the optimal length and time of day for a quick snooze. Lesson by Sara C. Mednick, directed by Qian Shi.

​Watch full film on TED-Ed channel.
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Tutti Frutti
ITV & Echo Falls - Love Island
When it comes to water cooler conversation, nothing get chins wagging quite like the return of ITV's Love Island. To mark the occasion, Echo Falls teams with PICNIC studio to create a TVC full of sass and sunshine to run through the 8 weeks of Love Island and beyond. 

Director: PICNIC
Producer: Daniela H Sun
Art Director: Qian Shi
Assistant Designer: Esther Lalanne
2D Animation: Mick O'Sullivan, Jeremy Carlen, Bianca B Assad
Client: Echo Falls
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DNK - Art Direction
Cow & Gate - Super Yummies
Two mini shorts based on conversation between kids and their parents, about fruits & vegetables​ - celebrating the wildest imagination children often are best of. Read more about Oliver & Rosa on how they came up with their cute stories.

Director: Qian Shi
Producer: Fritzi Nicolaus
Production company: Rumble London, UK
Agency: DigitasLBi / Lost boys
Client: Cow & Gate
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Volvo - Only the lonely​
A series of TVCs for Volvo Lebanon tells the story of "Mr. Lonely" who follows the rules of the road in Beirut where ignoring them has become the norm. The large social change campaign in Beirut Lebanon "Only The Lonely" encourages people to reassess their own behaviour when faced with a surprisingly simple alternative.
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Director: Qian Shi
Concept Design: Callum Strachan
Producer: Fritzi Nicolaus
Production company: Rumble London, UK
Agency: Interesting times​
Watch full film: Night club.
Watch full film: Traffic light.
Watch full films: A dream. 
Premier Inn - Great British Stories 
Director: Qian Shi
Concept Design: Callum Strachan
Producer: Fritzi Nicolaus
Production company: Knock Knock, UK
Agency: DigitasLBi
A series of three little stories based on interviews of local outdoor life participants from Shrewsbury, Lincoln and Exeter.
Sir John from Shrewsbury tells a seriously fishy story about the one that just couldn't get away. Watch full film Chased by a fish.
Tim from Exeter loves hillwalking, but his friend has one strange habit that keeps holding things up. Watch full film Sleep walk.
​Rowers Mary and Lauren discover whether swans are friend or foe at their first boat race in Lincoln... ​Watch full film Story of a swan. 
BA Graduation film - Shoe
A loving story between a Father and Daughter living in poverty in London 1905. Inspired by a shoe-doll in The Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh.

Director: Qian Shi
Script, Character & Background Design: Qian Shi
Music: Trygue Nielsen
Production: The Animation Workshop / Volda University College
Watch full film: Shoe.
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