On this day, July 29

1987: Ben & Jerry's partnered with Jerry Garcia to create Cherry Garcia ice cream.

1991: Donald Trump gave his mistress, Marla Maples, a 7caret diamond engagement ring.

2015: We celebrated Nicole's birthday!

CG

On this day, (Yesterday) July 27

1953: The first article on the psychedelic effects of LSD was published.

2013: Buzzfeed published an article revealing the actors behind the Teletubbies masks.

2015: We celebrated Jamie's birthday!

CG

On this day, July 21

July 21st is National Craft for your Shelter Day!

1938 - Janet Reno (U.S. Attorney General 1993-2001) was born

1987 - TV personality Mary Hart of “Entertainment Tonight" made news as she had her legs insured by Lloyd’s of London for $2 million.

2015: We celebrated Chris’s birthday!

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On this day, July 17

2014: Kacy Catanzaro became the first woman to complete the 'American Ninja Warrior' course.

2015: Some weird shit showed up in an image search when Chris looked up "ninja."

2015: We celebrated Tyler's birthday!

CG

On this day, July 10

1943: Canadian forces invaded Sicily in WWII.

2001: The South Park episode, "Super Best Friends," premiered which featured a controversial depiction of Muhammad.

2015: We celebrated Sarah's birthday!

CG

The Public Domain Review

A treasure of public domain photography, illustrations, film, audio, and books. 

http://publicdomainreview.org

JM

On this day, (Tuesday) June 16

987: Louis IV was crowned the King of France.

2015: A former backup singer sued Beyonce for stealing a song.

2015: We celebrated Jesse's birthday!

CG

On this day, (Sunday) June 7

1893: Gandhi performed his first act of civil disobedience.

2010: Renee Perkins of District Heights, Maryland, sued Slip-n-Slide Records for failing to remove the expletive "dick" from their music.

2015: We celebrated Sam's birthday!

CG

On this day, June 9

1931: The first Donald Duck cartoon premiered.

1959: The first nuclear-powered, ballistic submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.

2015: We celebrated Liisa's birthday!

CG

Google Gets Design

         














How an engineering-driven company made design a priority.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046512/how-google-finally-got-design

JM

Calligraphy Logos

Seb Lester recreates famous logos by hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBU_yFN-p3E

CG

On this day, April 20

1902: Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element, radium chloride.

Every year: Dude, 420.

2015: We celebrated Joanne's birthday!

CG

On this Day, April 14

1948: A flash of light was observed on the moon.

1958: Sputnik 2 (with dog, Laika) burned up in the atmosphere.

1968: Bob Goalby won the 32nd Golf Masters Championship.

2015: We celebrated David's birthday!

CG

Marion Deuchars on hand-lettering

A short film focusing on work created by lettering artist Marion Deuchars for D&AD's Judging Week 2015.

http://bit.ly/1aRwcQ4

JM

A New Look at Tintype Photography

Photographer Harry Taylor explores the imperfections of a 150-year-old art form.

http://newgrids.fr/2012/11/18/american-tintype/

JM

On this Day, February 26

1829: Levis Strauss was born.

2012: A bus plunged off a cliff in Shaxi, China.

2015: We celebrated Justine's birthday!

CG

On this Day, February 5

1983: Former Nazi Gestapo official, Klaus Barbie, was brought to trial.

2015: We celebrated Drew's birthday!

CG

Taking a different tone with color

Shawn Huckins recreates color swatches as large scale unexpected stages for his painted scenes.

http://shawnhuckins.com/section/107200_Paint_Chips.html

CG

Christoph Niemann's Clever Illustrations

The blog has been void of content for too long. Here is some morning inspiration. You might recognize Christoph Niemann's name from his NY Times drawings or his Lego book.

Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s Quirky Visual Experiments Shared on Instagram Every Sunday | Colossal

CG

On this Day, December 3

1586: Sir Thomas Herriot introduced potatoes to England from Colombia.

1967: The first human heart transplant was performed.

2014: We celebrated Melissa's birthday!

CG