animated illustration

“Good, strong, clear narratives, that fascinates and explains”

ANIMATION : Pascal’s Triangle (ed.ted.com)

Educational animation commissioned by ED.TED.COM, explaining Pascal’s Triangle. Designed, animated and directed by Henrik Malmgren. Made in co-operation with educator Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi. Thanks to The Animation Workshop.

“Pascal’s triangle, which at first may just look like a neatly arranged stack of numbers, is actually a mathematical treasure trove. But what about it has so intrigued mathematicians the world over? Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi shows how Pascal’s triangle is full of patterns and secrets.”

Screenshots from the film.

ANIMATION : Learning Through Role-Play: Edu-Larp

A two-minute 2d-animation conveying research about Edu-larp as a teaching method in schools.
“Six students are taken on a learning voyage, where the most skeptic one ends up showing the way”

Designed, animated and directed by Henrik Malmgren. Customer: Dept.For Learning & Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark. Designed, animated and directed by Henrik Malmgren. Made in co-operation with Professor Lisa Gjedde, Dept. For Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark, and Troels Lindeberg.
Commissioned by EGMONT FONDEN. Thanks to Viborg Municipality.

“If you want to motivate and engage students with different starting points, Educational live action role-play: Edu-larp can be a way.
The idea of a common goal provides a focus and a driving force that brings subject knowledge and social skills into play through a narrative frame.”

English version:

Danish version:

Screenshots from the film.

ANIMATION : Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (ed.ted.com)

Educational animation commissioned by ED.TED.COM, explaining a concept within quantum physics, designed, animated and directed by Henrik Malmgren. Made in co-operation with educator Chad Orzel. Thanks to The Animation Workshop.

“The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that you can never simultaneously know the exact position and the exact speed of an object. Why not? Because everything in the universe behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time.”

Screenshots from the film.

STORY DEVELOPMENT : Anidox 2013

Story and visual development in the context of Anidox, in Viborg, Denmark.
GoodJobStudios assisted a danish director in the visual development of
an animated documentary.