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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 03/03/2026

🎥 ↑ 🎥 ↓ Extract from our animations for the Noguchi Museum

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 25/02/2026

It's raining on Noguchi's Contoured Playground. A meditative loop painted on celluloid, and a homage to Hockney taken from our films for the Noguchi Museum. On display until September.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10/02/2026

I'll post more about this project over the coming days/weeks..!

A still from the animations for the Noguchi Museum. A little girl is reading a book within the triangular steps he designed for the United Nations playground.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10/02/2026

It was truly a dream project. Co-directed with @jackcunningham.bsky.social, we wanted to echo the material richness of Noguchi’s models. To do so, we turned towards traditional animation techniques and painted over 1,800 celluloids.

A picture of layered celluloids for the Noguchi Museum animations. Three kids, looking back at the camera, are standing on the steps of "Play Mountain"

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10/02/2026

Noguchi's playground designs exist mainly as beautifully cryptic maquettes. Viewers might wonder how kids would have played within such structures. Our animated films explore the question in narrative and abstract ways.

A still from the animation "Riverside Playground" from the exhibition "Noguchi's New York".

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10/02/2026

Last week, we launched five animations at the Noguchi Museum. If you're in NYC, their new exhibition is on until September and explores Noguchi's relationship with the city, and his rejected playground designs.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 09/02/2026

Still from my film "Colorimetry in Motion" (2013)

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 03/01/2026

Looping film for Loro Piana from 2024

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 19/12/2025

Here are the hands of Eve Lloyd Knight hand painting probably our most intricate 3D print so far. Every prop, character and set element was custom built to a made up scale that was convenient to our working space.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 19/12/2025

The Dépanneur sign for the Montreal scene is my fav prop. There are also animated versions which I’ll share soon…

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 19/12/2025

This year, @jackcunningham.bsky.social & myself launched our film, art and design studio Eastend Western and we’ve been so busy since we haven’t had time to share any new work. If you’re in Canada and spot these Wealthsimple ads, we handmade them over the summer in our compact but mighty workshop.

A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a handcrafted mountain landscape and miniature climbers.

A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a handcrafted Montreal street with practical lights.

A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring an Italian beach and miniature figures.

A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a miniature Algonquin national park camping scene.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 14/12/2025

Some of my old drawings lost to time, collected and sent back to me by Season Cheng.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 14/12/2025

Nostalgia for our old studio space

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10/10/2025

Big Mari trays, mini Mari trays

A photo of some white paper trays by Enzo Mari

A photo of miniature Enzo Mari paper trays we made

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 08/10/2025

Upcoming construction project is brewing in the studio to make our space more useful

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 04/10/2025

Medecine box design in black MDF

A photo of narrow box in black MDF with finger joints and circles as handles.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 13/08/2025

I sometimes yearn/idealize the old days by reading this anecdote of a commission for a Fortune Magazine cover in the 50s, shared by Chris Mullen. www.instagram.com/p/C7VzEN6MvQ...

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 06/08/2025

Speaking of, I was at the British Library browsing "Who's Who in Graphic Art Vol. 2" (Clivo Press, 1982) and found one Québécois (Georges Beaupré) and one Inuit artist (Pitseolak Ashoona). They explain how in Canada, there isn't a large number of great artists born there because it's a young country

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 06/08/2025

NFB logo, star of the show (2018)

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 25/07/2025

Scammers using AI know too much about me

I've seen you around on Instagram and had to reach out. I really love how you fuse Animation, Art & Design - such a unique blend of creativity and culture! Québécois in London, UK - what an exciting mix of influences!

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 21/07/2025

Mini furniture exhibition at Eastend Western HQ

A picture of three miniature chairs atop a miniature building

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 11/07/2025

Prints are hidden between pages in Martens’ books and it never gets old.

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 09/07/2025

Jasper Morrison's table and bench in Majorca coffee shop

A photograph of a custom bench and table by Jasper Morrison in Majorca

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 09/07/2025

Home made gobo, made of smaller parts and joined together to create a dappled light effect

Photograph of a laser cut gobo, made of smaller parts and joined together to create an oval shaped stencil for a dappled light effect

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 29/05/2025

Graphic patterns emerging from the laser cutter

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 06/05/2025

Printed scene breakdown from broken printer

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 06/05/2025

Mirror room in Dragonframe / Mirror room set

A miniature knight in a hall of mirrors — in context of the set

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 17/04/2025

Made a phone stand in black mdf

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 02/04/2025

Eastend Western has a website! All thanks to genius friend @mxdvl.com, who made us a clever CMS that uses the content of a simple Notion page. Something we've been wanting to do for a while → www.eastendwestern.com

A screenshot of the Eastend Western website

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 27/03/2025

You can now follow us on YouTube! www.youtube.com/@EastendWest...

A screenshot of the Eastend Western YouTube page

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