On this day, April 20

2013: A tax court ruled against a man that tried to write off the cost of a Snickers as a tax deduction.

2016: After a primary win in New York, Hillary Clinton moved her campaigning efforts to Philadelphia.

2016: We celebrated Joanne's birthday!

CG

Birthday Catchup

Today is Justine's birthday, but we should acknowledge that Jeff and Drew recently had birthdays as well. So, here is a picture of all three combined.

Happy nightmares,

CG

On this Day, (Last Saturday) November 21

1941: John Livingston Seagull was born.

1962: Gazoo was introduced on the Flintstones.

2015: We celebrated Mike's birthday!

CG

On this day, (Friday) November 13

1946: The first artificial snow was produced from a natural cloud.

1948: Operation Magic Carpet initiated: the first plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel.

2015: We celebrated Josh's birthday!

CG

On this day, November 12

1677: Cats

1705: Cats

1756: Kittehs

1881: Caaaaaattttzzzz

1903: Kittens

1934: Cats

1978: A bus probably crashed.

2015: We celebrated Brian's birthday!

CG

Movie Poster of the Day

Adrian Curry is the Design Director at Zeitgeist Films and writes about movie posters for the film culture site Mubi. 



JM

On this Day, (Saturday) October 24

1981: Picasso's "Guernica" wend on display in Madrid to celebrate the centenary of his death.

1982: Steffi Graf played her first pro tennis match.

2015: We celebrated Bree's birthday!

CG

On this Day (Yesterday), October 15

1917: An Italian cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.

1976: Ringo Starr released "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll."

2011: Legoland, Florida, opened to the public.

2015: We celebrated Wyeth's birthday, y'all!

CG

Book Design with David Pearson

The cover designer of this year's D&AD annual talks about what he looks for in cover design and what appeals to him about designing covers.

http://bit.ly/1R9MZN6

http://typeasimage.com

JM

Artist Geoff McFetridge

LA-based Geoff McFetridge works within the worlds of art, design, illustration, and animation for clients like OK GO, Spike Jones, The New York Times, Girl Skateboards, and Nike. A short interview with McFetridge reveals his process, thoughts on the artworld, his obssesive color strategy, and inventing shapes.

https://vimeo.com/132385479

http://geoffmcfetridge.tumblr.com
http://www.championdontstop.com/site3/champ.html

JM

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!

LTW

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