Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The short centers on a hardworking and open-hearted ball of yarn who takes a job at a fast-paced, male-centric company, aptly ...

Kristen Lester's Siggraph award winner 'Purl' was inspired by her experience of being a female in animation. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Siggraph, the annual confab dedicated to computer graphics, ...

Purl is a 2018 Pixar animated short film directed by Kristen Lester. It follows Purl, a pink ball of yarn, as she starts her new job at B.R.O. Capital, a fast-paced, male-dominated startup. She ...

In Pixar’s new animated short, Purl enters the office on her first day of work and quickly realizes she doesn’t look or behave like the other employees. For starters, they’re all white men clad in ...

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival announced the award winners in its three competitive categories, as well as the lineup of 24 short films, breakdowns, scientific visualizations, advertisements ...

A new short film from Pixar’s SparkShorts program should be the new workplace sensitivity training video for certain startups and corporations. Purl follows a plucky ball of yarn on her first day at a ...

Pixar's new animation program SparkShorts has released its first short film, a powerful story about the difficulty of fitting into a workplace of human males. "Purl" might be about a pink ball of yarn ...