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Cadrê Hauss · 2026

Cadrê Hauss
Every Stage, In Sight

Motion Design · UI Animation · Creative Direction · Editing
Client
Cadrê Hauss
Year
2026
Category
Product Explainer · UI Animation
My Role
Motion, Direction, UI & Edit
Tools
After Effects
Duration
0:52

The Challenge

Cadrê Hauss is a project platform for renovation and architecture studios — it breaks every job into clear stages, from briefing to delivery, and keeps clients in the loop so they stop chasing status. The brief was to explain an abstract workflow product in under a minute: make the everyday pain instantly recognizable, then let the platform feel like relief.

The Solution

A 52-second explainer built as a small story — the chaos first (work scattered across docs, clients asking "what phase are we in?"), then the brand reveal, then the calm of a system where progress is visible to everyone. The motion mirrors the product's promise: ordered, legible, unhurried. Every interface element moves the way the platform itself behaves.

The Process

Directed, designed and animated end to end in After Effects. I built the UI frames to match Cadrê's identity — off-white canvas, lavender and green accents, the stacked-block mark — and choreographed each transition to carry the eye from problem to resolution. Then edited and timed the whole piece so every idea lands before the next one arrives.

Six beats. From the noise of a project no one can track — to a system where every stage is in sight.

01 / 06

Mapping the Process

0:00 → 0:06 · 6s

An outline tree unfolds line by line — Processos → Briefing, Planejamento, Produção, all the way to a green "Entrega". Each node animates in with a soft stagger, the connecting lines drawing themselves as the hierarchy builds. It resolves into a kanban board where stage cards slide into their columns. The motion sets the product's mental model before a single screen appears.

"You can't sell order until you've shown the shape of it. The tree draws the idea of a structured project in the air, one branch at a time."

Outline Build Staggered Reveal Kanban Motion Line Draw
02 / 06

The Blind Spot

0:06 → 0:14 · 8s

Generic dashboards and lists flick past, each status field resolving to the same word: "Desconhecido." A search animation hunts for information and comes back empty, and a line lands — "O que vem depois…". The animation deliberately feels restless: too many screens, no single source of truth. It's the problem dramatized through pacing, not narration.

"This is the moment the viewer recognizes their own week. The work exists — it's just invisible to everyone who needs to see it."

UI Montage Search Animation Kinetic Type Tension Pacing
03 / 06

The Questions

0:14 → 0:19 · 5s

A pair of eyes blink on a lavender field, a clock ticks, and client messages stack up one after another — "Em que fase estamos?", "Quando fica pronto?" — each timestamped "Agora". Colored avatars pop in with a quick spring; the cadence speeds up until the screen is crowded. The pile-up is the point: this is what status anxiety looks like.

"Every one of these is a project that's actually going fine — the client just can't see it. The animation makes that gap impossible to ignore."

Character Animation Chat UI Spring Pops Rhythmic Build
04 / 06

Brand Reveal

0:19 → 0:26 · 7s

Black blocks slide and stack into position until they snap into the Cadrê Hauss wordmark — the mark itself reads like a tiny board of cards. From there the structured stages introduce themselves as a numbered list: Briefing, Planejamento, Produção, Validação, Aprovação, Entrega. The cut from noise to order is intentional and clean.

"The logo isn't decoration here — it's the solution arriving. Those stacked blocks are the same stages the platform organizes for you."

Logo Build Block Animation Numbered Stages Brand Moment
05 / 06

Projects, Alive

0:26 → 0:37 · 11s

The longest stretch, and the payoff. A "Reforma Casa" project fills with real life — a progress bar climbs 25% → 50% → 76%, a pinned update from the responsible engineer appears in the feed, reference boards and campaign screens scroll through. Numbers count up, cards settle into place, and the interface feels lived-in rather than staged.

"This is the difference Cadrê makes, shown rather than claimed: the same project, now legible. Anyone who opens it knows exactly where things stand."

Progress Counter Feed Animation Data Reveal Dashboard UI
06 / 06

The Value Curve

0:41 → 0:46 · 6s

A rising curve draws itself across the frame — "Jornada de Valor" — with milestones lighting up along the way: scope defined, first approval, team aligned, materials chosen, update sent. The line shifts from lavender to green as it climbs, closing on the message that every completed stage compounds into clarity, trust and better decisions.

"The film ends on a graph going up and to the right — but it earns it. By now the viewer has felt every step that makes the line rise."

Path Animation Data Viz Gradient Stroke Closing Beat

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