They say good schwag is hard to find… Gapingvoid makes great schwag. T-shirts, Stickers, Reusable Decals, Metal Prints, Phone Cases, Mini Framed Prints, and more. People line up to get our schwag in their bag. People keep our schwag on their desks and in their offices forever. They collect it. They love it. So will your employees, […]
There are few better ways to set the tone at an event than to leverage art to create an immersive environment that leads to an extraordinarily memorable experience. Your venue should exude the tone and mindset that will spark engagement and conversation around your event’s topic. Gapingvoid creates dynamic visual themes around your event. From giant prints […]
How lovely. My friends over at Rackspace’s social media group sent me and the team a wee box of “Hughtreats”, based on the litle critters I drew for them. They were made by Annie’s Petite Treats in San Antonio. The idea of these little critters was to unoffically, or at least, indirectly represent the […]
I’m Hugh MacLeod. I’m a cartoonist. Occasionally I write books. gapingvoid was founded by me (CCO) and Jason Korman (CEO) to affect change in business using my distinct style of art. We offer bespoke services (including gapingvoid CultureMail), which you can read more about on the gapingvoid homepage. Clients include Rackspace, Intel, Cisco, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Babson […]
We Work for an amazing group of smart people at companies all over the world. Here are just a few examples of our client work Rackspace Rackspace started it’s life in 1998. Early on, they developed some core beliefs about service which enabled them grow to into a billion dollar business. Gapingvoid has been working […]
This is how I see it. And it isn’t rocket science: 1. If you want to change your business, you also have to change your culture. If you want to change your culture, you also have to change your art. 2. And that’s where gapingvoid comes in– creating art and ideas that express, reflect, articulate what […]
[Thanks to @bombtune for sending me this photo of one of my Rackspace cartoons, spotted in the wild at SXSW Interactive.]
[THOUGHTS ON THE B-BOOK FORMAT] We have hardback books, we have paperback books, we have Kindle books, we have e-books, we have iBooks… I’ve had some success with all of those, over the years… But the format that has given the most joy over time, is the B-book i.e. the blog book. The B-book is a book […]
[More thoughts on The Rackspace Book…] 6. ROB LA GESSE Rob La Gesse is the groovy cat who first hired gapingvoid at Rackspace. He’s also the guy who hired my friend, Robert Scoble. He’s a lot like me and Scoble, i.e. very much his own man, very much an individual. I suppose that’s why we get along. […]
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His work acknowledges the absurdity of workaday life, while also encouraging employees to respond with passion, creativity, and non-conformity... MacLeod’s work is undeniably an improvement over the office schlock of yore. At its best, it’s more honest, and more cognizant of the entrepreneurial psyche, while still retaining some idealism.
The New RepublicLast year my State of the College address was 76 slides loaded with data. This year it was 14 cartoons that were substantially more memorable.
Len SchlesingerHugh MacLeod is a genius. Genius.
Seth GodinIn moments of indecision I glance at the wall for guidance.
Brian Clark