“Big Bird Google Doodle: Sesame Street Turns Forty ”
(via mashable)

photos from the Hello Kitty Three Apples exhibition at Royal/T
(via Food Librarian)

more Hello Kitty birthday wishes

a few images from Three Apples: A Hello Kitty Group Show in Los Angeles, including contemporary artists Gary Baseman, Buff Monster…

(via Art MoCo, above painting by Ron English)

Know your type: Gill Sans
(via idsgn)

King of Pop Pepsi can tribute concept (discovered via TheDieline.com)

“Cup Noodles. Genuine Japanese fast food.”

Cup Noodles: Monsters by F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, São Paulo, Brazil (discovered on pink tentacle via I Believe in Advertising)

redesignrelated:

The Simpsons redesigns their intro in HD to coincide with their update to a new widescreen format. Most of the main conventions for the intro were kept the same (i.e. bart and the chalkboard, power plant, couch gag, etc.), but many parts of the story have at least something new added/changed.

The debut episode in HD, entitled Take My Life, Please, will air Sunday, February 15th, 2009.

Watch below:

On first glance, we spotted at least 10 new additions, including Maggie’s unibrowed nemesis (Baby Gerald), and the “Mr. Sparkle” and “Tomacco” products in the Grocery scene.

Vintage Cassette Tape Covers
(via grain edit via jubru)

The Making of Barbie

In honor of Barbie’s 50th birthday, Design Boom has put together a slightly insane collection of imagery behind the process of making the iconic dolls.