Tales of the Cocktail
Hurricane Katrina forced me to take a part time hiatus from my business. I was driving back and forth from Daphne, Alabama to New Orleans during those first few months after the desvastation to get my family’s life together, and I was not able to return to work full time until late 2005. When I […]
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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