April 2004
On my many mentors
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousI didn’t know what graphic design was when I went to college. I just figured that, as a liberal arts major, I would find something that I liked.
...On Don Bell and Michael Vanderbyl
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousI have many design heroes. Some of them I know and some I just know through their work published in books and presented in lectures.
...On parents, mentors and the love of a good woman
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousCan parents be mentors? I always thought that they were legally bound to be my mentors. But over the years I’ve noticed that mine seem to go above and beyond the call of duty...
...On Richard Schoenwald
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousIt might be overdramatic to say this single paragraph changed the course of my life, but when we are young, we gravitate towards the poetic, and our momentous turns often spring from the minutiae in life—pop songs, a flirtatious gaze, or personal correspondence that, to our surprise, bears the fruit of wisdom.
...On Kali Nikitas and others
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousPeople who believe in so-called natural talent tend not to recognize or engage me. I like to believe those who see talent as vulnerability manifested in peculiarity cloaked in normalcy are those who have been my advocates.
...On Armin Hofmann
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousI was fortunate in my senior year of college to be accepted into the Kent State University/Kunst Gewerbeschule Summer Program in Switzerland. The lead of the program, and the primary instructor was Armin Hofmann.
...On media and Mr. Kappes
Fri, 04/23/2004 - 06:00 — AnonymousThe first time I went to the movies at the age of five, my father’s friend took me to see “Peanuts.” I still remember Snoopy’s dream of being a fighter pilot.
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