Wilkinson Row
I returned back to New Orleans in 1977 to work as the senior art director for Jim Pertuit and Associates that soon afterwards became Pertuit and Alford Advertising. The agency owned by Robert Alford and Jim Pertuit was on the one block long Wilkinson Row in the French Quarter near the Mississippi River. The studio […]
Read MoreChicago COVID Casualty
The Palmer House Hotel in Chicago has been called the longest continuously operating hotel in North America. The hotel closed its doors at the beginning of March due to the COVID pandemic and is now in a foreclosure lawsuit due to missed loan payments on a $333 million mortgage. Located in Chicago’s Loop area on […]
Read MoreRemote Design in the Stone Age
It’s common knowledge that graphic design can be done remotely these days due to the advent of the computer. But even before the internet I was doing quite a few projects with out of town clients using fax machines, sending tissue and comp layouts by FedEx and yes even the telephone to communicate. During the […]
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