Last week I had a blast chaperoning my son Cade’s first year at 4-H summer camp. The setting was beautiful: a dedicated 4-H camp set in the woods of northwestern Montana, A big gathering lodge surrounded by small 8-person cabins, right next to a calm mountain lake studded with flowering water lilies. I went […]
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The latest issue of the magazine I design, Montana Outdoors, is out, hot off the press! I’m really proud of this one. It’s a special issue called the “Best 100,” a listing of 100 must-see and do things to fully enjoy Montana’s outdoors. This one was a real challenge to design, not unlike assembling a […]
At long last! Apple has announced a new generation of Mac Pros. Why am I so excited? Because I have a very intimate relationship with my computer: I interact with it for hours each day. It gives me the tools I need to express my creativity. It allows me to be a graphic artist in […]
The main reason I became a graphic designer was my love for rock and roll, and for the mysterious and wondrous album art that usually accompanied the music. Sadly, album art is a fading medium, but it’s still why I prefer buying CDs to downloading digital music. Storm Thorgerson was the graphic designer behind many […]
Alice Cooper is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. A fitting honor for the original shock rocker. I listened to a great interview with Alice on NPR’s Fresh Air today. During the show he explained how he modeled his stage performance after classic vaudeville. He simply updated […]
