Category: work

  • I put on pantyhose for this?

    April 26th, 2011 Thursday afternoon’s presentation seemed to be going well enough, though I should have picked up the signals. After years in business, I have a minimum threshold of money on the table before I can be bothered to put myself through the torture of contorting myself into my expensive, but fairly effective, legs…

  • The question

    Posted on October 22, 2010 on designerstuff.net When I graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Visual Communications, I had learned the elements and principles of design in order to apply them to all things that communicated visually. I learned about advertising and marketing and how business operated. Faithfully,  I practiced the methodology in which I…

  • A Better Question

    A Better Question Posted on January 14, 2011 on designerstuff.net It was the best question since the night at dinner, Kit Hinrichs turned to me and said “What do you want to do that you have not done?” That question set my life on a different course. Last week I talked to an art director for whom…

  • Congratulations to Jane Carroll

    Posted on February 10, 2011 on designerstuff.net Art and Poetry by Jane H. Carroll And to me! On rare occasions I get to design something that is absolute confection. I designed this book, a collection of art and poetry by Jane H. Carroll. The book won “First Place, Art Book” in the shows of both the National…

  • Lasting Inspiration

    Posted on May 9, 2011 on designerstuff.net Cotier was a famous illustrator, racking up awards in airbrush illustration early in my career. If one wanted to hire Cotier, one talked to Bonnie, the studio assistant. Cotier was a recluse. Cotier couldn’t be bothered chatting to the clients. Bonnie went to do speeches for Cotier. She met with…