The Mike Anthony Company

11/18/2025

Great interior design for kids room inspired by characters.

11/08/2025

Great innovation!

09/10/2025

Great deisgner! Happy birthday

🎉 Today we celebrate the birthday of Ron Rudat – one of the most influential designers in G.I. Joe history!

As a lead figure designer for Hasbro during the 1980s, Ron helped to bring many of our favorite Real American Heroes and their enemies to life. He not only designed fan-favorite characters, he also created the iconic Cobra symbol that has become one of the most recognizable emblems in pop culture.

Ron’s vision helped shape the look and feel of G.I. Joe, leaving a legacy that continues to inspire collectors, fans, and costumers around the world.

From all of us in The Finest and the community that keeps the Joe legacy alive—thank you, Ron, and happy birthday! 🥳

Yo Joe! 🇺🇸

08/18/2025

May he rest in art!

Joe Caroff, designer of the iconic James Bond 007 logo, has sadly passed away at age 103.

08/17/2025

Another classic!

Chip Kidd, a celebrated graphic designer, created the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex silhouette for Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park. At 26, working at Knopf, Kidd sought a minimalist design that captured the novel’s theme of genetic resurrection without depicting a live dinosaur. Struggling for inspiration, he visited the American Museum of Natural History, where he found a T. rex skeleton illustration in Robert L. Carroll’s Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. Kidd traced the image, crafting a stark black silhouette that resembled an X-ray, symbolizing the story’s scientific core. Paired with bold blue title text and rugged Neuland Inline font, the design wrapped dynamically around the book’s spine. Crichton loved it, calling it “f**king fantastic.” The silhouette’s impact extended to Universal’s 1993 film, where it became the franchise’s logo, appearing on jeeps, merchandise, and more. Adapted by designer Sandy Collora with a circular border and palm trees, it remains a cultural touchstone. Kidd’s work exemplifies how a simple, thoughtful design can define a story’s legacy, blending narrative and visual art to create an enduring icon that resonates across literature and cinema.

08/17/2025

Classic!

Michael C. Gross (1945–2015) was an American artist, designer, and film producer renowned for creating the iconic Ghostbusters logo. A Pratt Institute alumnus, Gross began his career as art director for National Lampoon (1970–1974), where he designed the infamous “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine, We’ll Kill This Dog” cover. In 1980, he transitioned to Hollywood, working as an associate producer on Ghostbusters (1984). Gross, with artist Brent Boates, refined Dan Aykroyd’s original concept for the “No-Ghost” logo—a cartoonish ghost in a red circle with a slash, initially intended for the Ecto-1 and uniforms. Its clean, universal design became a pop-culture phenomenon, topping Pratt Institute’s 2012 survey of admired alumni icons. Gross’s role extended to managing special effects artists and contributing to films like Heavy Metal and Ghostbusters II, where he redesigned the logo with a two-fingered gesture. His graphic design background, including work for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and John Lennon, shaped his versatile career. Gross later retired to painting and photography in California, passing away from cancer in 2015. His logo remains a timeless symbol of the Ghostbusters franchise.

07/23/2025

May he rest in creativity.

Raymond Saunders, who created enigmatic paintings often infused with sociopolitical undertones, has died at 90. Galleries Andrew Kreps and David Zwirner, which co-represented the artist, announced his passing in a joint statement on Instagram on Monday.⁠
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Saunders’s work is characterized by an assemblage style with an extensive use of black paint that tied together both his commonplace lived experiences and formal art training. Saunders weaves complex narratives through elusive means and, in so doing, often prods the very fabric of what it means to be an educated Black American man.⁠
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“i am not here to play the gallery,” Saunders wrote in his 1967 essay “Black Is a Color,” in which he outlines his ideas of the role of an artist. “i am not responsible for anyone’s entertainment. i am responsible for being as fully myself, as man and artist, as I possibly can be, while allowing myself to hope that in the effort some light, some love, some beauty may be shed upon the world, and perhaps some inequities put right.”⁠
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Read more on Saunders’s life and legacy: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/multimedia-artist-raymond-saunders-dies-at-90-1234747890/

06/25/2025

Milton Glaser, famed for the “I❤️NY” logo, designed the NJ Transit logo in the late 1970s through his firm, Milton Glaser, Inc. The logo, featuring a stylized “N” and “J” that form a road or railway, embodies simplicity and clarity, reflecting New Jersey’s transportation network. Its sleek, modern design uses bold lines to convey connectivity and movement. Glaser’s team crafted it to be instantly recognizable, balancing functionality with aesthetic appeal. The logo remains a lasting symbol of NJ Transit’s identity, widely praised for its minimalist yet effective representation of the state’s transit system.

05/09/2025

Wow

When Johanna “Jo” van Gogh married Theo van Gogh, she couldn’t have imagined she’d change art history. Within two years, both her husband and his brother Vincent were gone—one to illness, the other to despair.

Left a widow at 28 with an infant son and hundreds of unsold paintings by a little-known artist, Jo could’ve walked away. Vincent had sold almost nothing during his lifetime. Critics had dismissed him. To most, the paintings were worthless.

But Jo saw more than just canvas and paint—she saw Vincent’s soul in every brushstroke. She read his letters, filled with hope, suffering, and passion, and knew his story had to be told.

She moved back to the Netherlands, ran a boarding house to survive, and began quietly organizing exhibitions. More importantly, she shared the letters between Vincent and Theo—revealing a mind full of brilliance, not madness. Slowly, the world began to listen.

In 1905, Jo curated the first major Van Gogh retrospective in Amsterdam. It changed everything. Critics reevaluated him. Museums began acquiring his work. His name spread far beyond Europe.

Today, Vincent van Gogh is one of the most celebrated artists in history. But it was Jo who made that possible. Her quiet resolve turned obscurity into immortality. Without her, the world may have never seen Starry Night or Sunflowers. Her story reminds us: legacies are often built not just by those who create—but by those who believe.


~Old Photo Club

12/26/2024

Finally found out who the deisgner was.

Gina Ekiss, designer of the Solo Jazz cup.

11/04/2024

Shoutout to Karla Scott, Big Will and Marvelous Harris for Herbies Memorial. R.I.P. Black Silk Condolences to his kids Shontel Dugan the Valley Mobb, Uptown Boston Rd crew, and his family. 🎩