Be so good, they can’t ignore you.
Steve Martin
Mother’s Day shopping in Farmland. (at Farmland General Store)

Mother’s Day shopping in Farmland. (at Farmland General Store)

Digging through old design projects. I designed this for the Ball State School of Music. #ballstate #graphicdesign

Digging through old design projects. I designed this for the Ball State School of Music. #ballstate #graphicdesign

First summer with @stacygarringer, my #love

First summer with @stacygarringer, my #love

We designers, we don’t work in a vacuum. We need business people. We are not the fine artists we are often confused with. Today you find few companies that take design seriously, as I see it.
Dieter Rams
This is my computer desk in the studio. 27” iMac, bumpin’ Soundstick II speakers and a window view of #historicfarmland. Everything one needs to design the awesome.

This is my computer desk in the studio. 27” iMac, bumpin’ Soundstick II speakers and a window view of #historicfarmland. Everything one needs to design the awesome.

There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I’m a working man. Perhaps I’m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing useful work which I, and sometimes others, think is good.
Saul Bass
It’s funny how “official” a business card makes things feel. I’m getting awfully excited to launch this bad-boy.

It’s funny how “official” a business card makes things feel. I’m getting awfully excited to launch this bad-boy.

A work in progress. Branding a 100 year old scrap recycler.

A work in progress. Branding a 100 year old scrap recycler.

When I miss working in a print shop, this feeling/pulse/rhythm of the work-day is what I miss.