OTHER 1. On your website, I noticed that you have black belt in martial arts. What form did you study? Do you continue to study? Why? I was lucky enough to study in a school that was open to, and taught, just about everything. I am really a Jeet Kune Do Concepts martial artist. JKD [...]
Archive for August 29th, 2009
Interview, Part 5
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Interview, Part 4
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. What professional experience (client, project, etc.) has most impacted your design? I can’t really say that there has, thus far, been 1 quintessential experience that has impacted me the most. There are absolutely those select dozen or so that have left their mark (good or bad). For 1 example: I recently worked [...]
Interview, Part 3
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1. Is there any particular reason why you started teaching at SMS? I had finished graduate school and had been working for about 2 years as a Designer and Art Director at an agency named Hirons and Company in Bloomington, Indiana…the same town IU is in. I was starting to get the itch [...]
Interview, Part 2
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EDUCATION 1. What part of your graphic design education was easiest for you? Most difficult? Your favorite part? Your least favorite part? Easiest? Yikes….I can’t think of any part of it that I would ever define as “easiest”. It has been a constant challenge. Most difficult? There were several phases that were difficult in their [...]
Interview, Part 1
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About 4 years ago I was asked by a writing student at MSU to do a biographical sketch on my career in graphic design up to that point. The result was a fairly lengthy series of questions and answers. I just recently found this interview tucked away in a folder on my computer. This is [...]
