Bush Bash is a campaign that encouraged people across the nation to host their own parties on January 19th, 2009—George W. Bush’s last full day as Commander-in-Chief. In celebrating the departure of a man now ubiquitously known as “The Great Divider”, we rallied for the world’s largest party with bushbash09.com. The site encouraged people to use existing web tools (Facebook for attendees, Yelp to find a location, etc.) to plan and promote their own Bush Bash themed parties across the nation.
In addition, we offered party themes, downloadable posters, masks, and other party favors, and a Bush Nickname Generator to get everyone in the spirit. The site asked everyone to post their party photos on Flickr the day after, as the homepage was replaced with a collected photo archive of all the Bush Bashes throughout the nation.
Co-creators: Brian Lightbody, Arthur Purvis
Web design assistance: Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky, studio ME/AT
Additional design/Illustration/Masks: Erika Lee
Special thanks to Peter Esveld and Goro Harumi for additional programming, and Matt Owens for his George W. Bush likeness which was used on the homepage and mask.
