Category: Life and How to Live it

My colleagues at the University of Houston chipped in and got me this orchid as a going-away gift.

It was sad to leave such great friends who I learned so much from – but I believe change is a necessary force in skill development.

We’ll stay in touch!

Look what came in as I went out.

“The other part of this gestational burden — and the one that bears most heavily on us despite the joy of finishing the project — is that the book is, relatively speaking, incomplete.”

—Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit, Graphic Design Referenced

“It is tough to retain integrity and make a living. … However, as a general rule, the designer who behaves morally will do better than the one who doesn’t – if only because design is a social activity, with social consequences.”
—Adrian Shaughnessy, How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul