As if space and astronauts weren’t cool enough already, Commander Chris Hadfield has gone and made them infinitely cooler. Since December 2012, Commander Hadfield has broadened our knowledge of life in space far beyond what we’ve learned from watching Apollo 13 and eating astronaut “ice cream.” The tech savvy Canadian astronaut has spent the last Read More...

On Wednesday, April 17 we hosted the 3% Conference in Austin. With almost 100 people in attendance, Kat Gordon led the conversation about the gender gap among ad executives. Panelists included our very own Carlotta Stankiewicz, Caroline Burruss of ACL Live and more. Check out the tweets from the night here. Here at GSD&M, we Read More...

It’s no secret that Austin is growing faster than its infrastructure can keep up with. Mopac is a parking lot, it takes 15 minutes to drive two miles and there’s not much people are doing to change their habits. There’s been small changes with the building of the light rail, but it’s still not at Read More...

You want to see what a month of hard work looks like? Take a look at these faces. These men let nature take it’s course and grow their facial hair out (despite some strange colors, grow patterns and textures). Growing a beard is easy…a mustache takes precision and bravery. And with all this fabulous looking Read More...

This past Saturday, eight GSD&Mers braved the cold, cold morning and conquered the Mamma Jamma ride in Georgetown, Texas. Despite the wind and the hills, the riders finished with smiles on their faces, beers-in-hand and only a small amount of soreness. The team raised over $4,000 for our Central Texas neighbors coping with breast cancer. Read More...

Last night, the founders of GSD&M were honored at the 21st Annual Harvey Penick Award Dinner. Caritas of Austin presents the award each year for “excellence in the game of life.” Past recipients of the award include Bob Bullock, Edith and Darrell Royal, Susan and Michael Dell, Sally and Mack Brown and Lady Bird Johnson. Read More...

If you know a professional musician in Austin, Texas you know someone who has been affected by HAAM. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide access to affordable health care for uninsured working musicians. HAAM is also one of GSD&M’s favorite pro-bono clients. Each year for HAAM Read More...

(image via NYT/Blog) Remember MapQuest? Remember how useless it was? How it was decidedly user unfriendly? Remember how it was the butt of map jokes, if there were map jokes? Well this is MapQuest’s lucky day because they are no longer the suckiest map maker out there. It’s now Apple. A few months ago when Read More...

There’s this thing called FOMO. Fear of missing out. Then there’s this thing called JOMO. Joy of missing out. If you use the interwebs at all, chances are you suffer (or will soon suffer) from FOMO. It’s a common diagnosis these days. And, here’s the scientific proof: A tweet, email, message –> sense of acknowledgment  Read More...

In honor of our newest client Barbasol, we hosted a competition between the men of the agency. The man who could throw a 10.2 pound frozen ham the farthest would win a close shave in our brand new barber chair. Check out the animated gifs below compliments of Alexis Wilson. Matteo the Mustache Kuhles: Ben Read More...