[Shortly after my career tanked in 2000, I drew this cartoon. This is what failure felt like at the time.] 1. Anyone with a successful business will know this to be true: That business gets successful eventually, not by some flawlessly-executed grand vision, but by a lot of trial and error (mostly error) over a […]
[Sent out in the newsletter etc.] “Success” is a pretty blurry, vague, annoyingly relative construct. Asking someone to define it is just an exercise in tiresome blather, therefore I won’t bother. What I will say, however, is that if you’re doing something the genuinely matters to the world, and you’re doing it surrounded […]
We really admire Alan de Botton’s view on the power of art – to paraphrase his great 2011 TED Talk: It is ridiculous that art be simply for art’s sake, art should be used to remind us if what there is to love, hate and fear- art should be a visceral encounter with your most […]
[Back in 2009, as part of my Ten Questions Series, I interviewed Chris Anderson, who was then the Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine (he since left to work on other things, namely, a drone-making startup). Re-reading the interview recently, I was delighted to see how much of it has stood the test the time, hence I'm […]
[Motivational Art: the Roman Catholic Church were always the best in the business...] Art was always the most enduring passion of my life. It’s what defined me since grade school, it’s what I went on to do for a living, it’s what interests me the most intellectually. First I started with cartooning as a child, […]
FANTASTIC job role going at Gapingvoid! “Social Media Content Manager” A truly great full-time opportunity to work with the amazing Hugh MacLeod. You will never be short of interesting, meaningful and inspirational content to write up, develop and brainstorm. The person needs to be creative and write in a conversational style. Please send an email […]
Hugh’s first ever art show, “I’m Not Delusional: The Art of the Entrepreneur” features nearly 300 new and classic images that tell the story of entrepreneurship. In Hugh’s words, WE’RE ALL ENTREPRENEURS NOW We’re living through the greatest sociological shift since the Industrial Revolution: The Age of the Entrepreneur. No more “Jobs for Life”. No […]
Like I said in my first book, “Ignore Everybody”, everybody was has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb. Some people go their who lives without ever finding their Mount Everest, their own mountain. Real life gets in the way: Jobs, family, Monday Night Football, retail therapy, taking selfies on […]
[OFFICIAL HASHTAG: #NotDelusional] RSVP HERE: http://bit.ly/1jCYmeE INVITATIONS [download and print out etc]. “WE’RE ALL ENTREPRENEURS NOW” We’re are living through the greatest sociological shift since the Industrial Revolution: The Age of the Entrepreneur. No more “Jobs for Life”. No more “Business As Usual”. The combination of globalization and the advent of the Internet has put a […]
[spotted inside facebook's manhattan offices: their logo made out of new york city metro cards. photo: businessinsider.com] So there’s a new buzzword in town: “Space Hacking”. It basically means creatively altering the space you work in, in order to make it more agreeable to your sensibilities. Yes, it’s basically another term for “decorating”, just a […]
Short Version: We make "Motivational Art For Smart People".
Long Version: I’m Hugh MacLeod. I’m a cartoonist. I'm also a published author and have a daily cartoon newsletter that makes tens of thousands of people happy, five days a week.
gapingvoid was founded by me (Chief Creative) and Jason Korman (CEO) to effect change in business, using my distinct style of drawing.
i.e. "If you're trying to change your business' culture, you should be talking to us."
We believe that our work can express ideas, vision, beliefs, stories, culture, mission and purpose faster, better and more deeply than any other method of business communication.
We offer bespoke services (including gapingvoid CultureMail, fine art prints and these awesome acrylic art blocks) which you can read more about on the gapingvoid homepage.
Clients include Rackspace, Intel, Cisco, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Babson College, Techcrunch, Dewar’s Whisky etc.
People ask, as an artist, why are you so obsessed with the office? And I answer, because that is where the action is, that is where we make things happen, that's where we spend at least a third of our lives.
Sure, there are other places where the human drama unfolds: homes, bars, restaurants, schools, shops, the street etc. But considering how central business is to our lives, I find it odd that more people don’t understand how important art can be to the work environment. So gapingvoid is determined to help them understand that better.
If you just want to say ‘Hello’, feel free to email me, anytime.
If you want to talk business, then it’s probably best to please contact Jason, here. We look forward to working with you. Thanks!
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Hugh MacLeod is a genius. Genius.
Seth GodinHis 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 Schlesinger"There are only two daily newsletters that I look forward to opening and reading every time they show up to my inbox: Seth Godin's and gapingvoid."
Tony HsiehIn moments of indecision I glance at the wall [to Hugh's work] for guidance.
Brian Clark