[Checking out the gapingvoid art hanging over at Studio Good etc.] “Office Art That Actually Matters” is the unofficial tagline for gapingvoid, at least that’s …
Notes On Office Art
[First published, Sept. 2009] Recently on Twitter, I wrote: Art that brightens up the office vs Art that brightens up the home. Two different vibes …
Culture Hacking: America's next big industry?
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 …
What is a “Cultural Object”?
[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 …
“How To Create A Social Object”
[Photo courtesy of Carly Starrat] Yesterday I was in Chicago, at the WOMMA Summit, riffing about “Social Objects”, a subject very dear to my heart. …
"I'm sorry my last book was so long, but I didn't have time to write a short one"
[Click on image to activate animation etc.] This is one of the cooler “Social Object Factory” mini-projects we’ve done lately- a little animated Gif for …
A business card is not just a social object; it's a form of schwag
The new business cards have arrived…. Very cool. I’ve been saying this for years- a business card is not just “content”, is not just “personal …
Social Objects: The reason we're living in advertising's golden age.
Hugh MacLeod is Noteworthy at #SXSW from Gapingvoid on Vimeo. [“Social Object Factory’s Jeff Sass put together this video of Hugh drawing on his Samsung …
"Souls Need To Be Touched"
Thanks to Kathleen Warner for ordering the gapingvoid business card above. I’m passionate about the idea that a business card should be more than just …
Honestly, this is how fashion brands SHOULD be advertising from now on…
I love this video. Pringle of Scotland [the famous sweater company] has commissioned artist David Shrigley to create a humorous short animated film about life …
What IS a social object?
We’ve had a lot of people send emails and approach us with the same question, and it’s one we are always very eager and happy …
Jyri Engstrom and "Wave Media vs Particle Media"
[Photo courtesy of @MissDestructo] Above are some of the social object cartoons we had on display the other week at Blogworld… clients including Rackspace, Babson College, …