Jul 31, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: Meet the Creative Crew Generating Some of the Internet's Coolest GIFs

Illustration: Matthew Stone & Joe Currie
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London-based 15 Folds is like a digital gallery for original GIF art. This undulating eyeball was made by London artists Matthew Stone and Joe Currie.
Illustration: Yoon Miwon
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Each month co-founders Margot Bowman and Sean Frank pick a theme for the submissions. For Opulence, Seoul-based Yoon Miwon created "Every Night."

Illustration: Kijek / Adamski
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Bowman calls it the zine culture of our generation: scrappy, niche, ephemeral work that can be quickly iterated on. Here, "The Game," by Polish team Kijek / Adamski.
Illustration: Michael Middelkoop
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Michael Middelkoop created "The Art of Blending In" for Camouflage, one of last year's themes.

Illustration: Sophie Alda
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"Melting," by London illustrator Sophie Alda.
Illustration: Margot Bowman
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As a nod to Valentine’s Day, February was “Alone Together,” a spin-off on the idea of love and relationships. Bowman created this piece to comment on our increasingly intimate relationship with technology.

Illustration: James Curran
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Several submissions for Power took the theme literally, alluding to electricity and technology. This pup is titled "Power Walk."
Illustration: Alex Bond
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For the 15 Folds gallery show this May, the founders eschewed the idea of displaying the loops on LCD screens mounted on white walls. As Frank points out, that’s not a GIF’s natural habitat. Here, "Satori."

Illustration: Greg Barth
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Instead, they decked out a gallery with large QR codes, and asked users to use their own phones or the gallery’s tablets to access the images.
Illustration: Mark Dorf
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"Pluto & Charon," by New York-based Mark Dorf, is a play on how Pluto's moon Charon spins in orbit next to the planet. He made it for the theme Alone Together.

Illustration: John Walters
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"Identity Thief," by illustrator-animator John Walters was made for this month's Privacy Piracy theme.

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