Shynola

This article is about the group of artists. For other uses, see Shinola (disambiguation).

Shynola is the collective name of a group of three visual artists based in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects, including a number of music videos.

Shynola was formed by Gideon Baws, Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy and Jason Groves in 1994 at the Kent Institute of Art & Design. They collaborated on a number of art projects at college, including an exhibition at a London gallery in 1996 called "Shinola".

The name Shynola is a reference to Shinola, a wax based shoe polish from the early 1900s.

Gideon Baws died aged 33 from viral myocarditis on 11 October 2008.

Notable works

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song Title
1999	UNKLE	"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)" (Instrumental)
	Quannum featuring Lyrics Born and The Poets of Rhythm	"I Changed My Mind" (Stereo MCs Rattlesnake Mix)
2000	Grooverider vs. Cypress Hill	"On the Double"
	Morgan	"Flying High"
	Radiohead	Kid A blips: 'Basement Bear', 'Bear Witch', 'Dead Air', 'Drown', 'Eyes', 'Geese', 'Giant', 'Planes', 'Scarecrows', 'Six Million Thom', 'Stars', 'Thom Over Planes', 'Valley', 'Wake Up', 'White Mountains', 'Yeti'
2001	Radiohead	"Pyramid Song"
	Stephen Malkmus	"Jo Jo's Jacket"
	UNKLE	"Eye for an Eye"
2002	Lambchop	"Is a Woman"
	Athlete	"You Got the Style"
	Morcheeba	"Otherwise"
2003	Queens of the Stone Age	"Go with the Flow"
	Blur	"Crazy Beat"
	The Rapture	"House of Jealous Lovers"
	Blur	"Good Song"
	Junior Senior	"Move Your Feet"
2005	Beck	"E-Pro"
2009	Coldplay	"Strawberry Swing"
2011	Coldplay	"Paradise"
2013	How to Destroy Angels	"How Long?"
2014	Emilíana Torrini	"Tookah"
2015	Hot Chip	"Need You Now"
	Raleigh Ritchie	Bloodsport '15
2016	Tiësto and Oliver Heldens featuring Natalie La Rose	"The Right Song"
	Joe Goddard	"Music Is the Answer"

Short films

• Doug Gives a Talk On Electronics (1999)
• Dr. Easy (2013)

Advertisements

• NatWest: "Fishing Line" (2000)
• Nike Presto: "Brutal Honey", "Orange Monk", "Rabid Panda", "Shady Milkman", "Trouble At Home", "Unholy Cumulus" (2000)
• Orange S.A.: "Eak" (2000)
• PlayStation 2 / Frequency: "Q*bert", "Worm" (2001)
• Nike / Foot Locker: "Uptempo Press 2", "School Ya Again" (2002)
• Honda Civic Si: "Tail Pipe" (2005)
• Hulu: "Evolution" (2012)
• Beats Music: "Vision" (2014)
• George Fashion: "Spring/Summer 2015" (2015)
• George Home: "Spring Time" (2015)
• Durex: "#CondomEmoji" (2015)
• Delta Air: "Center of it All" (2016)

TV

• SF:UK documentary, opening titles (2001)
• Nathan Barley, various graphics (2005)
• The IT Crowd, title sequence (2006)
• "BRODOWN" ident for MTV (2012)
• Adam Buxton's BUG, title sequence (2012)

Film

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, guide animations (2004)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, title sequence (2010)
• SpectreVision animated logo (2014)

Miscellaneous

• Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know: album cover, sleeve design, booklet

Awards

• D&AD Awards (2012) Illustration for Design - Laura Marling album A Creature I Don't Know
• D&AD Awards (2010) Music Video (Animation) - Coldplay Strawberry Swing
• UK MVA Awards (2009) Video of the Year - Coldplay Strawberry Swing
• UK MVA Awards (2009) Best Rock Video - Coldplay Strawberry Swing
• UK MVA Awards (2009) Best Animation in a Music Video - Coldplay Strawberry Swing
• McLaren Animation Award (2004) - Blur Good Song
• CAD awards (2004) Best Animation in a Music Video
• D&AD Awards (2004) Best Direction
• D&AD Awards (2004) Best Animation
• British Animation Awards (2004) Best Music Video - Blur Good Song
• MTV VMA award (2003) Best Special Effects in a Video (shared with Clear) - Queens of the Stone Age Go with the Flow
• CAD award (2003) Best Director
• CAD award (2003) Best Rock Video - Athlete You Got The Style
• LEAF Award (2002) Best Pop Promo - U.N.K.L.E. Eye 4 An Eye
• McLaren Animation Award (2002) - U.N.K.L.E. Eye 4 An Eye
• NME Brat Award (2002) Best Music Video - Radiohead Pyramid Song
• CAD Award (2002) Best Rock Video - Radiohead Pyramid Song
• CAD Award (2001) Best Alternative Video - Morgan Flying High
• CAD Award (2001) Best Marketing Campaign (Shared with Dilly Gent and Chris Bran) - Radiohead Blips Kid A
• LEAF Award (2000) Best Computer Animated Advertisement - Nat West 'Fishing Line'
• BBC2 Awards (2000) Best Music Video - Quannum I Changed My Mind
• MVPA Awards (2000) Best Video For Under - Quannum I Changed My Mind
• Ottawa International Animation Festival (1999) Best Computer Animation The Littlest Robo

External links

• Official website
• The Directors Bureau's Shynola Section
• Annotated Videography
• Biography
• The Littlest Robo
• Raster Interview
• Profile of Gideon Baws, on his death