14-year-old Shaun White gives 9 wise words
A 2001 interview shows quite a bit of wisdom from the 14-year-old Shaun White. Points like respect for elders, being willing to admit what he doesn’t know, and the importance of community.
Design portfolio
Invite for Tribune Content Agency holiday party
How to fit 100 columnists, 15 comic strips, and 50 employees into one holiday invite. This year I was asked to design the invite to our company holiday party this year. Normally, this would be finding some nice holiday stock art on our photo service. But this year I wanted to have a little more …
Selecting from 200 Dick Tracy’s rogues for a ping pong bracket
Yesterday for work, I made a fun ping pong bracket with Dick Tracy holding a ping pong paddle. One of my friends suggested that all the participants sign up as Dick Tracy rogues. What a great idea! To determine our bracket location, each person was going to simply draw numbers out of a hat. But …
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Dick Tracy, the ping pong player
When your company syndicates Dick Tracy, you often get to have some fun at work. Four months ago we moved out of the Tribune Tower, and into our new office space in One Prudential Plaza. In the recreational part of the building, we have a ping pong table. Next week we are holding an company …
Star Wars meets the Art Institute of Chicago
Two monumental cultural events are about to happen in the same week: Star Wars is releasing episode VII: The Force Awakens The Art Institute is about to exhibit their largest donation of artwork ever. 44 monumental modern artworks were donated to the Art Institute. These pieces are so massively impressive in the course of art …
The 11 napkins in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection
The fine art of napkins. Art that you can wipe your mouth with. The Art Institute currently has 11 napkins in their permanent collection. The height of the napkin collecting craze occured from 1983 to 1996. Nine of the eleven napkins were folded into the Art Institute collection during this 13-year span. (the other two …
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What if all 23 cities in America named Paris had their own Eiffel Tower?
There are at least 23 cities named Paris in America. I’d love to see the Eiffel Towers of each American Paris. If your town is named Paris, you HAVE to feature an Eiffel Tower. It’s a rule. All the Paris towns in America could band together and make a “Route Eiffel.” You go from city …
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Your question to the President of the United States
If you could ask the president anything, what would you ask? I have a few questions: Is there a working telegraph machine in the White House? Does the White House still have Rutherford B. Hayes’ croquet set? Why does the signature on the 2013 $1 bill look like a Hostess cupcake swirl? The great thing …
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Rick Steves sell sheet
Rick Steves—THE name in travel guides. He’s now writing a newspaper column and Tribune Media Services is syndicating him to newspapers across the country. I designed the sell sheet to help the salespeople to convince newspaper editors to buy his column. Since Rick Steves already has such a great brand going with his guidebooks, I …
Amazing League logo
A logo for my fantasy baseball league, the Amazing League on mlb.com’s Beat the Streak Client: Me Fonts: LionelClassic and LampLighter Script from fontdiner.com
Tribune Media Services licensing website
Website for Tribune Media Services properties including Dick Tracy, Annie, Jumble, Boggle Brainbusters, and Brewster Rockit. I did the site architecture and graphic design. Homepage: %%2715_licensing_home_full.jpg” width=”735″ height=”583] Sample Subpage: %%2715_licensing_sub_full.jpg” width=”756″ height=”671]