What Would Jennifer Do

Today At The Morning News: Erik Bryan and I clarified your questions regarding if we should date.

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To keep in touch with the young kids I tweet.

To keep in better touch with people who have money I made business cards.

And, in an attempt to keep in best touch with young people who have money I am now blogging about my business cards.

Part of being a self-employed creative means I can cater to my inner five-year-old ego and still be perceived as a professional. Big love to Keith over at Cranky Pressman- contrary to name he is a gentleman and scholar of letterpressing. Not only did he make it possible to print all three designs but he confirmed why letterpress is not just another 500+ year fad: it can make ascii spam look classy. He has a lovely post over on the Cranky Pressman blog about gang printing, what kind of paper was used (Pop-Tone in Sweet Tooth and Razzleberry by French Paper Co.) and unicorn grooming in the age of mechanical reproduction.

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For the next two months I’ll be guest art directing Good Magazine! The theme, appropriately enough is WORK.

I’m truly honored to be working with one of my favorite magazines and the talent that creates it. Good’s mission to give a damn, their inspiring transparency series, and their prolific blog is all evidence of their contagious positive spirit. I’ll even forgive them for being in Los Angeles.

If you’d like to contribute to the next issue please send us your ideas here.

I feel like I’m seeing more and more BLOGS pushing PRINT and so many print publications pushing DIGITAL. It makes me wonder if the “chicken and the egg” argument has lost its timelessness and now it’s not a matter of which came first but which is NOW.

In the third special edition of IdN they have collaborated with Society6, one of the many great platforms for designers to showcase their talent. Nearly 60 individuals were chosen for the print edition and I’m delighted to have a page in this issue alongside Julia Sonmi Heglund, Jon MacNair, and  Gemma Correll.

The Pencil Factory has been notified that our newsprint poster series has been selected for AIGA’s 365 Annual Design Competition. It’s a real honor to be included in this compendium amongst other great projects like Pentagram’s “What Type Are You?”, Ted.com, and the New York Times.

Check out the other winners here.

If you live in London you can check out the print I have on display at the Dreamspace Gallery. The opening is Friday, July 2nd and the show will run from Monday 5th July to Friday 16th July.

The show is a collection of art from Spot The Tiger’s online polling website where they curated an artist to illustrate a controversial topic. Their new shop is now open and you can buy any print for £19.99. I particularly like Damien Correll, Luke James, and Tobias Röttger’s drawings.

The only time I really use facebook is when I get an assignment about it. This week, I have a little illustration in the New York Times, Sunday Styles.

Art Direction: Corinne Myller

“Killed” work is part of the job- for one reason or another ideas, stories, and souls are destroyed. In an effort to not let these deaths be entirely meaningless Sandra Garcea of Inc. Magazine has collected designs from illustrators and art directors to curate The Rejected Project now up in the L.E.S. at Local 138.

I have a couple of prints in the show including the above editorial illustration about the History of Islam. Studiomate and fellow rejected soul crushed artist, Josh Cochran, has a beautiful killed print in the show too.

I have a few illustrations in this week’s Business Week about how being personable in the office can play a significant role in determining your career success.  New evidence suggests that clicking—and, in particular, a person’s natural ability to click— creates lasting professional and personal relationships. While obvious to some- others are instructed to observe and learn from ‘natural born clickers’ (stalking?), hanging out with your coworkers (lurk by the water cooler and invite yourself with them to lunch), and how vulnerability can be a strength (martyrdom!).

Art Direction: Maayan Pearl