BUREAU BLANK IS BUILDING BETTER BRANDS

There’s no way this combination wouldn’t result in pure, unfiltered ridiculousness.

It’s almost as if it was made for the people in our office:

Alison, I expect a lip synced version of this when your voice returns.

Since we’re all American Apparel-wearing hipster nerds who appreciate niche topics (un)ironically over here, this graphic kind of summarizes everything:

via Tor Weeks, who also makes a lot of other great things.

Did you know that since 1962, Chicago has dyed part of the Chicago River green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day?

Obviously, Care Bears are responsible for this crime against nature and humanity:

Or wait, maybe McDonalds and Leo Burnett?

Apparently, every day is St. Patty’s day in New York since I’m pretty sure the East River is a shade of acid green at all times.

Whose orange marmalade is in the fridge? We all want to know.

tanks.

If you haven’t heard, the Green Bay Packers (aka, America’s Team) won the Superbowl this past weekend. See how they did it through the ~*~Power of Design~*~:

via co.design

I seriously live for precious moments like these and yes, I am a horrible person.

From Dan Blank’s favorite store:

From Jezebel and other places around the Internet.

The best part about this video is the general apathy from basically everyone on the train…except, you know, the guy who had the rat run over his face.

From Gothamist

How has this not been posted by now? It was announced like 20 hours ago, so this is basically old news: Behold Starbucks’ new branding strategy:

SNAP! Work it, Howard Schultz.

The first BB blog LOL of the year.

4th grade marked the apex of my obsession with comic strips (note: not to be confused with comic books/graphic novels—we’re talking Milwaukee Journal Sunday paper circa 1994). My all time favorites were Calvin and Hobbes (I mean, it’s a stuffed tiger that comes to life and talks to you, I could def. relate) and Garfield (the real reason I’m sarcastic).

Naturally, I developed two series of comics, one involving a cast of seemingly random animals/dinosaurs and another revolving around a pill bug…yes, a freaking pill bug…that attended grade school (which shall be forever sealed in an unbreakable vault of shame).  Here’s one from the ~*~secret~*~ archives:

Unfortunately, this one was not inked. I particularly enjoyed drawing the monkey whose name was Chee-Chee. Chee-Chee had a pet fly that accompanied him at all times. The main character in this suite of comics was a tropical bird thing named Krokee (don’t ask me why, I have no idea). He got into all sorts of trouble and hilarity ensued.

I was also really into bubble letters, but apparently not kerning.

Stainless steel sharpies.