Animated Video Production, Explainer Animations & Illustration.
Award-winning studio creating bespoke, impactful animations since 2012.
Mair Perkins Animation and Illustration is an award-winning independent studio creating animations and illustrations for researchers, universities, charities, local authorities, and health and social care organisations. Founded in Derby in 2012, it's one of the first dedicated explainer animation studios in the UK.
Every project is hand-crafted to your brief. You work directly with Mair throughout, and clients consistently find the process straightforward and enjoyable.
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Whether you’re looking for an animation to clarify a complicated concept or a marketing video to increase conversions, Mair Perkins can help.
Offering everything you need to create an animation from beginning to end:
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Mair produces illustrations and infographics for science communication, education, reports and publications, campaigns and children's books, in both digital and hand-drawn styles.
Each project begins with research into your audience, so the final artwork communicates clearly and looks exactly right for its purpose. All illustrations are original, hand-crafted and human made, not AI-generated.
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Mair was amazing. This is the first time I have worked with an animator and it was a pleasure. She guided me through the process and I was really impressed with the end product! I will definitely do it again.
Professor Simon Willcock
Professor of Sustainability / Principal Research Scientist
Mair produced an amazing animation for my PhD research. The communication was excellent throughout the process, and the one on one conversations and sharing of ideas made for a really professional, enjoyable experience.
Rachel Gunn
Coral reef and behavioural ecology PhD researcher
Another highlight for me this year was working with professional animator, Mair Perkins, to create an animated video to communicate my research to diverse audiences. Not only has this increased professional engagement with my research among collaborating partners around the world (Brazil, USA), but it allowed my family and friends to understand and engage with my research in a meaningful way too.
Jordan Blanchard-Lafayette
PhD Researcher
In April 2026 I exhibited six prints at Natural Discourse, a week-long climate art exhibition at Surface Gallery in Nottingham. The show brought together artists exploring the climate and ecological crisis through visual art.The six pieces spanned themes of marine ecosystem collapse, deforestation, …
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