[buy the print etc] [newsletter] A CEO would need a lot of cajones to hang this one in the office. It’s pretty contentious. Culturally speaking, its nitroglycerin. But the thing is, there are two ways of reading it: [One:] Oy vey, this company is a mess. Somebody please shoot me. [Two:] Guys, becoming a company where this […]
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[Originally sent out in the newsletter etc.] I don’t know about you, but it took me to get from the bottom to the top of the pyramid. And I don’t think that’s outrageously long compared to most people, I really don’t. Was it worth it? I don’t know, is being alive worth it? It’s sometimes tempting to […]
[Originally sent out in the newsletter etc.] [Buy the print] Besides being a Roman Emperor (and damn good , Marcus Aurelius was also Stoic philosophers. His “Meditations” is self-help books, and it’s amazing how much of it still applies today. Besides being a fantastic read, the interesting thing about Meditations for me is, they were writhad […]
There’s a great article in Slate [Thanks to Austin Kleon for the link] about how a lot of famous artists managed to still do their thing while still holding down a regular, long-term day job. Joseph Cornell, artists, was mentioned: The artist Joseph Cornell struggled with this arrangement. He made his first shadow box in […]
[Barbara Kruger. Untitled (I shop therefore I am). 111″ by 113″. Photographic silkscreen/vinyl, 1987. Courtesy of the Mary Bo.] PART ONE: Back in my young, early, I got really interested in the work of Barbara Kruger (she uses words and pictures, so it makes sense, right?). I hadn’t discovered her work through an art gallery, […]
Inspiration by gapingvoid Love by gapingvoid gapingvoid for Business gapingvoid for Entrepreneurs gapginvoid Love [Order your cards from Moo.com here etc.] [Moo’s announcement on their blog here.] As y’all know, I got my start from “drawing cartoons on the back of business cards”… A couple of years later, after drawing a few […]
Say hello to our friends at gapingvoid [Originally posted by Rebeka on the Moo blog, 28th March] It should come as no surprise that we’re pretty big fans of Business Cards here at MOO. We’re passionate about great design and standing out from the crowd. We believe Business Cards should be a conversation starter – something to be kept and acted […]
[Originally published on the Path blog, here.] As longtime fans of artist Hugh MacLeod and his work, it was a no-brainer for us to ask him to create custom sticker packs to be used in messaging. Here, Hugh chats with us about his work, his inspirations, and his creative collaboration with Path. Q: Among other things, you’re […]
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 […]
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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