Today the Society of Design in PA (my home state) invited me to speak. In doing so, they created the most touching awesome thing I’ve ever seen and I spent the last hour and a half crying at my...
Every now and then I get a really lovely email from an aspiring letterer that is about to publish a passion project of his or her own. They tell me my work was an inspiration and that they can’...
I’m sure many of you went to art school and I’m assuming most of the people reading this article are designers, illustrators or others working within the world of what we reluctantly call...
As I’ve seen my Should I Work for Free chart get reposted around the internet a bit, there is a topic that is always brought up in comments that I didn’t address on the chart itself: internships. I p...
During my childhood, I don’t think I ever asked for a Barbie for Christmas, but this year that is exactly what I want. Thank you brilliant designer at Mattel that decided to use my Buttermilk Font on...
Hey everyone! You may have seen the interview I did with .net magazine which was posted online recently. The interview originally happened in late 2010, so there are some things that are a bit amiss—...
I am beyond excited to show off this stamp design I lettered! It’s taken a while to be released, but the USPS just started previewing the 2012 designs. Happily, I think these will be out by the time ...
One of the most fun forms of procrastiworking I partake in is travelling around talking to folks at conferences and other events. Here’s a few upcoming places you can see me speak (and by ̶...
Head over to the store to check out the two new prints!
Brioche is a fun revival typeface ready for all of your fancy needs. The roman is modeled after a few 19th century samples with the exception of some special swashy characters (of course I had to add...
So as some of you may have heard via twitter, I’ve been elected to the Type Directors Club board, which is a crazy (crazy!) honor. I’m so beyond pumped to work with the TDC because I genu...
I was asked by Josh Higgins to help out with a project to remember his teacher and mentor Doyald Young. I of course agreed without hesitation as Doyald has been an incredible inspiration for me as we...
I’ve been secretly working on redoing my site for the past couple of months and here it is! “Why do you need a new site?” you might ask—my last site had served me well and was so wo...
Dear Designer McDesignperson, I am a current senior majoring in design/illustration. I was wondering what I can do to promote myself and get freelance work?….[five paragraphs of life story]R...
Should I work for free? and Mom, this is how twitter works are now entirely in html and css! Faster loading plus language translation!!
I made this flowchart for my future students but I think it’s useful for pretty much any creative, myself included. Prints to come! Click the link above to see it at full size or open the pictu...
Now more than just a jpg! momthisishowtwitterworks.com
This November Frank Chimero, Liz Danzico and I ventured to Ireland for the Build conference. Here’s a little video of some of our side adventures to Giant’s Causeway and the Guiness Store...
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