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I Design Stuff

  • Wax paper. Boiled football leather. Dog breath.

    So…I’m pretty tired. Exhausted, actually. I’m doing WAY too many things at once, and while there is an end to this madness in sight, I’ve been feeling more than slightly crazed lately.…

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    Collaborations.

    I love my job a whole lot. Designing stuff is what I do for a living, but it’s also what I do because I love to do it. Lately I’ve had the…

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    The Teal Cat Project.

    For the past couple of months, I’ve had the pleasure of working with superhero vegan cookbook author (remember this review?) and Post Punk Kitchen founder Isa Chandra Moskowitz on the illustration and…

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    Some stuff I’ve been working on.

    Yeah, I know, I design books (oh, woefully outdated portfolio…sigh), but sometimes I design other stuff, too. Aside from the wedding invitations I mentioned the other day, I’ve also been working on…

  • Judging Books by Their Covers.

    CBS News Sunday Morning did a very nice segment yesterday about book covers, including insight into the design/marketing process, some talk about the impact of eBooks on cover design, and commentary from…

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    Mamma Biscuit and me.

    Mamma Biscuit and I did an impromptu fashion shoot this afternoon. Sometimes all you need in the middle of the workday is a surprise visit from a furry friend with a curly…

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    Answers, Part Two: How it Works.

    Yeah, Part One was insanely long. I’m kind of surprised that anyone actually read it! Sorry, I’m not a good condenser. Part Two is going to be a little easier to read,…

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    Answers, Part One: How I Got Into It.

    “Imaginary Friends”, 1997. I was very into Reid Miles/Blue Note at the time. So, wow. That’s a lot of questions! I was kind of expecting the usual five or six that I…

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