Confidence isn’t for you

One of my ongoing resolutions is to be more confident. This was not really accomplished last year and when New Year’s came around again, I didn’t actually make any promising. I realized that, besides my horrendous typos, I didn’t have bad habits that I was treating to break. Rather, my resolutions were me trying to…

5: Good Habits

Be on time. Really listen. No phones, no laptops, just you and the person talking. Make eye contact. Be proactive. Find your own solutions. Be positive. If you can’t be positive (which you can), at least be hilarious. Act kindly. It will never go wrong.   Things I strive to do every day. I would…

Some pictures from NYC Bordo Bello

I took a ton, but here are a few. Very happy to help out Elysia, current AIGA Colorado president and designer extraordinaire, as she brings Bordo Bello to New York for the first time! The exhibition will be up at the AIGA National Design Center Gallery until July 3rd. Bordo Bello originated as an AIGA Colorado project in 2008 as a…

Who & Why

I’ve been thinking about design a lot lately and what I want to do. This is the first time I have been able to dedicate myself completely to graphic design and that my time hasn’t been split up between communication and design (not that I’m complaining, I enjoy both). I’ve been thinking about the designers…

Some design reflection

I love this lecture by Chip Kidd. I love his zest. It’s not often that I go to some lecture or forum and not enjoy it a least a little bit. At the very least, I’m content and don’t really regret going even if it’s not the most extraordinarily compelling.  Opportunity cost stuff, you know.…

5: books I made

Once upon a time I had the published Friday Fives in the morning….Ah well. Here are some of the books I made for book arts last year: 01| Coptic stitch book. Burlap, cotton paper, linen thread, ink pen 02| Spectacle book (meteor shower). Black ink on black paper, paint, colored pencil. Coptic stitch. 03| Rhythms…