A handbag campaign shot in Paris without going to Paris
Rishita Kalra · @luxry.ai
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Observatory · July 2026
This is not a promise from us. These are 45 pieces published by creators and brands around the world, each with its technical notes, the tool that made it and a link to the original post. Filter by sector and see for yourself how far this has come.
None of these pieces was made by EficiencIAl. Each one belongs to its author, is shown with permission, with visible credit and a link to the original post. Our edits only remove captions and overlaid advertising so the work itself can be seen. Brands cited by the authors as references have neither commissioned nor endorsed those works, and each entry says so.
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After reviewing a few hundred pieces, the criteria come down to four things. They work for judging what you see here and for briefing a job properly.
When something touches something, something has to happen. The finger sinks into the lip, the shoe casts a contact shadow on the floor, the bag deforms the fabric of the sleeve. It is the first thing that breaks and the last thing you learn to look for.
See hyperrealism piecesThe same face, the same garment and the same product across eight shots with different lenses. This is what separates a pretty test from a campaign you can actually deliver.
See fashion and luxury piecesAsk where the light comes from and whether it still comes from the same place in the next shot. A scene with coherent light looks shot; one with decorative light looks generated.
See film piecesToo clean gives it away. Grain, pores, dust in the air, some aberration at the edges. Realism lives in imperfection, not in perfection.
See VFX piecesPieces and campaigns documented by the brand itself or by trade press. When a client asks whether this is just a handful of enthusiasts, this is the list.
Coca-Cola remakes its Christmas ad with generative video
Coca-Cola with Secret Level and Silverside AI
Mango creates the brand's first campaign entirely with AI
Mango Teen, in-house teams
PUMA lets the fans design the third kit with AI
PUMA with Manchester City
Social series with a digital twin of José Mourinho
Footballco with Coca-Cola
monday.com produces training and advertising with generative video
monday.com, case documented by Google Cloud
Generative rendering in top tier architecture practices
Gendo, used by Zaha Hadid Architects
A national tourism board promotes its year with AI
Tourism Malaysia, Visit Malaysia 2026
First advertising campaign by a restaurant chain generated with AI
Teriyaki Madness
How live action was combined with Veo in a short film
Google DeepMind and Primordial Soup
Yes. Each entry states the model or tool declared by its author and links to the original post where the author explains it. For brand cases, the source is a press release or an official publication from the company itself.
Each author owns theirs. We show the pieces with permission, with credit and with a link to the original, and we neither sell them nor present them as our own work. Our work is in the projects section.
It already is. This gallery includes a Super Bowl spot, a Coca-Cola Christmas campaign and a Spanish Movistar campaign. What has to be settled first is the rights chapter: which model is used, under what commercial licence, and what gets signed with the client.
It depends on the piece, but the order of magnitude changes: what used to be a week of pre-production, a day of shooting and two of post becomes a few days of directing and iterating. What does not change is the judgement: script, shot plan and edit still cost the same.
In the European Union the AI Act requires labelling for certain generated or manipulated content. We cover it in detail in our guide to labelling AI advertising, and we settle it in writing on every project before starting.
Yes, with the same kind of pipeline and with real clients: public administrations, wineries, sports clubs, hotels and agencies. The difference is that a commission comes with direction, revisions, file delivery and accountability for rights.
Filter by your sector, mark the three or four pieces closest to what you have in mind and send them over.
We convert those references into a concrete plan: shot plan, models to use, schedule and a fixed budget.
Direction, iteration and edit. We hand over the final files and the rights framework in writing.