Happy Birthday Walt Disney

“Walt Disney and the Gift of Art,” reflections from The Walt Disney Family Museum on his artistic legacy (110th anniversary of Walt Disney’s birthday of December 5th, 1901).

Tesco Supermarket replica

At a past Goodwood Revival, an old style Tesco Supermarket was recreated right down to the façade, details of the vintage food packaging designs in the aisles, and the inclusion of a classic Coca-Cola vending machine.

(more photos via tasteologie)

Interactive Google Doodle remembering Art Clokey with Gumby characters

Google celebrates the 90th birthday anniversary of Arthur “Art” Clokey with an adorable, animated, interactive Gumby themed Google Doodle logo design (including Pokey and friends).

October 12, 2011, we celebrate Gumby creator Art Clokey’s 90th birthday, and Google is honoring this stop motion pioneer with a doodle. Google’s home page will feature a unique interactive stop motion clay doodle created by the Clokey Productions Premavision studios. Coinciding with the birthday fanfare is the premiere of the new http://www.Gumby.com website—Gumby’s new home!

“The Google Doodle is the perfect tribute to my fathers work,” says Joe Clokey, Art Clokey’s son and creator of Gumby’s new website. “Art’s life and film career were ahead of their time. My dad would have been thrilled to be connected with Google in this way.”

A true visionary and pioneer, Art Clokey touched millions around the world with his creations. Art’s clay animation short Gumbasia expressed an exciting kinesthetic brand of film making that has influenced many of our current leading directors…” —press release about Google Doodle for Gumby’s creator and the launch of new Gumby World site for classic film clips, history, products, and biographical information

“G” and “J” Blockhead, “Square Thinkers” (Gumby’s nemeses)

Prickle without Goo (dragon of dinosaur?)

Pokey pony (best friend and sidekick)

Aside from honoring the birthday of the late Art Clokey, the new Google Doodle is a fun way to reintroduce the characters made of clay from the stop-motion animated television classic. There’s plenty to read and watch about innovation in animation with Gumby.com as the base—only wish there were larger, archival images and photographs. Below is one of the old video gems:

Art Clokey’s early Gumby action / Montage of Clips from 50′s Episodes

“good bye”

above Macintosh image was enlarged from the back cover of Bloomberg Businessweek’s magazine issue fully dedicated to Steve Jobs. (via design:related)

“9 Famous Sweaters,” from Bill Cosby to The Dude

Atari & other nostalgia inspired wallpapers sized for iPhone & iPad by
Hollis Brown Thornton (via Poolga)

Google loves Lucy

On August 6th, 2011, Google Doodle commemorates the 100th birthday anniversary of comedic actress Lucille Ball with a sweet “I Love Lucy” video homage.

“The Lost Art of Postcard Writing”

(postcard c. 1909, via The New York Review of Books)

Osiris Mountain by Hollis Brown Thornton

(via 20x200)

French graphic design duo Zim and Zou, created the “Back to Basics” series out of paper. From Polaroid to the Sony Walkman, it was difficult to pick a favorite among the retro inspired papercrafts.

(rediscovered via this is colossal, also in Papercraft 2 )

cast iron “Oreo Manhole Cover” by Andrew Lewicki

(but who originally designed the Oreo for the National Biscuit Company?)

Nick Gentry creates portraits by painting on obsolete floppy disks. The end result looks incredible.

(first discovered via laughing squid via colossal)

SpaghettiOs with meatballs

(via grickily via Raiders of The Lost Snacks)