On Aug. 12, 1928, an ambitious young man named Walt Disney filed a copyright application for Mickey Mouse, a new animated character he'd created alongside animator Ub Iwerks. That turned out to be a ...

The freeform architecture and avant-garde design of midcentury Los Angeles had an influence on his latest film. “The ...

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Even without watching the fantasy movies they came from, characters like Ariel, Jack Sparrow, and Gandalf are immediately recognizable to everyone.

Some Pokémon, out of the hundreds of possible options, have really looked great in design. Here are a few examples.