F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Spoonful Magazine Issue #1 /// "( over )" 2009 : 8 x 10 : collage : eric kass ///::::

/ asked to contribute an illustration to the new Spoonfull magazine with the only requirement being that it contain a hot air balloon ---

"Spoonful is a short and inspiring little publication which, in light of our insanely busy lives and increasing 'oh no, I must find time to read x' can be finished by the end of a train ride. It's quick to consume, beautifully soft, & after reading will genuinely make you smile." _Spoonful

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Tonic Gallery ::::
/ two paintings, "fame will find you" acrylic and ebony pencil on masonite 24 x 24 and "tethered ( the past )" mixed media on canvas 24 x 36, by eric kass donated to Tonic Gallery a fundraiser for Second Helpings an organization dedicated to eliminating hunger, empowering people and rescuing food --- bid for these pieces among many other works by Indianapolis artists on november 20th 5 – 9 pm at the AV Framing Gallery in Fountain Square --- all proceeds go to support second helpings ---

secondhelpings.org

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 1000 More Graphic Elements ::::
/ 8 projects designed by eric kass featured in the book 1000 More Graphic Elements published by Rockport 2009 --- ( item. 0065 / 0114 / 0247 / 0833–0835 / 0888 / 0547 / 0790–0792 / 0887 / 0890 ) Saarinen Artist Rep / Ellen Jackson Portraiture / Harold Lee Miller Photo / Shannon Forsell + Cool City Band / Funnel Paper Goods --- 1000 More Graphic Elements

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Smart Designs : Business Cards :::
/// John Bragg Photo / Ellen Jackson Portraiture / Ed McCulloch Photo / Justin and Michelle DeMers Photo / Marshall Kappel Photo / Mike Slack Photo / Forget Computers / Saarinen Artist Rep / Figure 53 / business card designs by eric kass featured ( pages 76 / 77 / 79 / 81 / 84 / 129 / 135 / 158 / 160 ) in the book Smart Designs : Business Cards --- published by PIE Books Tokyo Japan 2009 ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: UPPERCASE Magazine Issue #2 Summer 09 ::::
/ bulging book of ephemera : found, edited and pasted-up by eric kass, featured in this issue ---

"We're inquisitive: learning from other artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians, whether they're upstarts or icons, famous or shy, verbal or visual. We're inspired: enchanted by great ideas and strange inventions; by colour and pattern; things fancy and frugal; the charm of vintage in a modern life; the ridiculous and the sublime. We're adventurous: traveling to destinations both real and imagined, peeking into creative spaces and discovering magnificent people and memorable places. We're eclectic: curating souvenirs, collecting treasures and celebrating the extraordinary in the everyday. We're playful: delighting in visual amusements, intelligent distraction, entertaining wordplay and sweet indulgences.

We're UPPERCASE: a magazine for the creative and curious!"

*more about UPPERCASE issue #2 : uppercase.ca

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Graphic Design, Referenced ::::
/ harold lee miller photographer brand + the century building logo designed by eric kass featured in the book Graphic Design, Referenced published by Rockport ---

"Graphic Design, Referenced is a visual and informational guide to the most commonly referenced terms, historical moments, landmark projects, and influential practitioners in the field of graphic design. With more than 2,000 design projects illustrating more than 400 entries, it provides an intense overview of the varied elements that make up the graphic design profession through a unique set of chapters : PRINCIPLES defines the very basic foundation of what constitutes graphic design to establish the language, terms, and concepts that govern what we do and how we do it, covering layout, typography, and printing terms. KNOWLEDGE explores the most influential sources through which we learn about graphic design from the educational institutions we attend to the magazines and books we read. REPRESENTATIVES gathers the designers who over the years have proven the most prominent or have steered the course of graphic design in one way or another. PRACTICE highlights some of the most iconic work produced that not only serve as examples of best practices, but also illustrate its potential lasting legacy.

Graphic Design, Referenced serves as a comprehensive source of information and inspiration by documenting and chronicling the scope of contemporary graphic design, stemming from the middle of the twentieth century to today."

*more about the book Graphic Design, Referenced : underconsideration.com

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Growing Graphics ( Design for Kids ) ::::
/ maddy's organic meals / the original pot-tee prize grab bag / claire's tween fragrances / designed by eric kass featured in the book Growing Graphics published by Index Book Barcelona Spain ---

"'There is a visual universe that children immediatly recognize. Enter a bookshop with your children and you can be sure they will quickly be drawn to the department addressed to their own age. Growing Graphics opens a window to this rich visual universe for children of different ages, presenting a multitude of graghics addressed to them: logos and characters, corporate identity, packaging, labels, catalogues, brochures, posters, invitation cards, books, educational material, web and multimedia design, exhibitions, signage, etc."

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Just for you Designs from the Heart ::::
/ "bulging book of ephemera" and "rhythm of recovery" poster designed by eric kass featured in the book Just for you Designs from the Heart published by Index Book Barcelona Spain ---

"'Just for you : designs from the heart' features numerous work pieces and stories by designers, illustrators and artists from around the world, whom exhibit their most intimate creations. The book includes different ways of saying 'I love you' through objects, cards, logos, posters, graffiti, photos and illustrations. These pages display the participant’s most personal work - a result of love other than responding to commercial uses for brands or clients."

FUNNEL_STUDIO + GALLERY ::: 5.13.09 | AIGA Studio Tour | Funnel :::
/// the indianapolis chapter of the AIGA, the professional association for design, held it's most well attended studio tour yet at funnel on may 13th --- lots of strange cheese, imported beer ( selected mainly for the awesomely designed mini-keg ) and cheap wine were enjoyed as the hum of conversation and beat of the ipod coursed through the crowd --- photos : kristina schott

aiga.com

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: The Public and the Personal Design Views :::
APRIL 6th – MAY 1st 2009 CDFAC Gallery University of Indianapolis

/ Visual Communication Design professionals work in the public milieu producing work for clients, solving problems and creating solutions and strategies for an array of projects. In addition, designers may create work that is not client oriented; work that may be more personal, though it certainly may still be “public.” This invitational design exhibition explores the relationships, overlaps, separation, or confluence between these spheres of visual activities, the public and the personal ---

( featured : ray roman films / forget computers / ed mc culloch / john bragg photo / films by francesco / linneas's lights / maddy's organic meals : design on all pieces by eric kass )

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: 4by6.com Sample Kit :::
/ Six business cards designed by eric kass featured in the sample kit for a popular online printer in california /// Get your FREE sample kit at : 4by6.com

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Smashing Pumpkins Web Site :::
/ Magazine cover illustrated by eric kass for Geez Magazine featured in the article Super Christ 2 / 6 / 09 ( blue one on the far right )

smashingpumpkins.com

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Relaxing Graphics :::
/// Green Genes / Maddy's Organic Meals ( pages 28 / 151 ) brand design by eric kass featured in the book Relaxing Graphics : Warm, Calm, Exhilarating --- published by PIE Books Tokyo Japan 2009 ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles December 08 ::::
///Funnel Paper Goods gift wrap ( color urchin ) designed by eric kass featured on p. 18 style news "the season's best" ---

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Applied Arts Design & Advertising Annual 08 :::
/// Ed McCulloch photography branding ( p. 173 ) ---

* on newstands nationwide *

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: «Targeta Roja» ( Red card ) Exhibition Spain :::
/// Festa del Grafisme ( Graphism Party ) Portbou 2008
October 3th to 19th Centre Cívic Casa Herrero, Portbou

/ The exhibition gathered 106 cards and the collection Jaume Pujagut : two files with approximately 800 cards collected for more than 25 years. The exhibition design allowed the visitors to add cards. It came off full the first weekend adding 36 cards more to the exposure among assistants to the Festa del Grafisme and inhabitants of Portbou --- *cards designed by eric kass shown on ledge

festadelgrafisme.org

FUNNEL_STUDIO + GALLERY ::: Carmel Indiana Arts & Design District :::
/// new studio + gallery located at 12 west main street in the heart of old town carmel a northern suburb of indianapolis indiana --- the arts & design district is the midwest’s premier arts and design destination --- it is home to interior designers, art galleries, showrooms, restaurants, antique stores and a variety of specialty retail shops and now funnel : the fine commercial art practice of eric kass ---

carmelartsanddesign.com

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Invitation and Promotion Design Ideas with Impact :::
/// Ed McCulloch Photography / Films by Francesco / Ellen Jackson Portraiture
/ Forget Computers ( pages 236-243 ) brand design by eric kass featured
in the book Invitation and Promotion Design by Lou Andrea Savoir, Paz Diman /
Published by Harper Collins Maomao Publications Barcelona Spain 2008 ---

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: 1000 Package Designs :::
/// Funnel Gift Paper ( page 66 plate 0186 ) / Films by Francesco ( page 162 plate
0496 ) / The Original Pot-Tee Prize Grab Bag ( page 213 plate 0653 ) / Maddy's
Organic Meals ( page 289 plate 0940 ) package design by eric kass featured in
the book 1000 Package Designs published by Rockport 2008 ---

* in bookstores nationwide *

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: For Sale :::
/// Funnel Gift Paper / The Original Pot-Tee Prize Grab Baq / Maddy's Organic
Meals / Films by Francesco ( pages 38-41 ) package design by eric kass featured
in the book For Sale: 200 Innovative Solutions in Packaging Designs by John Foster / Published by HOW books 2008 --- www.howdesign.com ---

* in bookstores nationwide *

FUNNEL_FEATURED ::: Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 08 :::
/// Saarinen Artist Reps identity ( page 165 plate 28 ) designed by eric kass and
featured in Print Magazine's 2008 Regional Design Annual juried competition ---

* on newstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW Self-Promotion Design Annual 08 ::::
///forget computers identity ( p. 69 ) designed by eric kass featured
in HOW magazine’s 2008 Self-Promotion Design Annual juried competition ---

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Artful Blogging ::::
///daily poetics blog masthead designed by eric kass featured
in Artful Blogging magazine ---

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Design Matters Packaging ::::
/work designed for Maddy's Organic Meals by eric kass featured in the book Design Matters Packaging by Capsule and published by Rockport 2008 --- ( p. 85 / 163 )

* in bookstores nationwide july 08 *

--- it has been a pleasure having shelia viswanathan ( left ) and pamela napier ( right ) at funnel for the summer chipping in and sparking lively discussions ---

///////// shelia is a senior at the university of indianapolis finishing her bachelors of graphic design with a specialization in international relations from zambia, africa and has also studied in kent england --- her grandfather, a student of greek and hindu phillosophy, as well as, the classics of english and french literature, inspired her intellectual pursuits and creative endeavors --- she has worked hard to correct workers suffrage in the zambian copperbelt and welcomed adventurous tourists, ambassadors, c.e.o.s, lords and indian princes to a five star hotel in zambia ---

///////// pamela received her BFA in visual communications from herron school of art and design in 2005 --- she is currently pursuing a masters degree in visual communications with focus on design thinking and leadership from herron as well --- growing up on a farm in the midwest, she developed a passion for nature and our environment and focuses on the intersection of design and social, economic and environmental issues --- sense of place and community, holistic interdependence of systems and the conservation of knowledge and our environment are just a few interests that are driving her to pursue a career as a designer, writer and professor of design hoping to enable and inspire others ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Indianapolis Star : Best Bets Section ::::

/"5 ounces net" by eric kass ( 5" x 2" bottle / 72" twine ) mixed media 08 featured in the Indianapolis Star and on display in the exhibit "Paper Show", Dean Johnson Gallery 646 Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis Indiana, through july 25th ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Communication Arts Webpick of the Day ::::

/ed mcculloch photography brand and site designed by eric kass featured on commarts.com as the webpick of the day for 6.18.08 ---

ED Based in the mountains of Utah, this photographer creates images that are big, sweeping, clear and crisp. The site’s interface was informed by maps, National Parks, Boy Scouts and survival kits.

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Simply Pattern ::::

/funnel gift paper designed by eric kass featured in the book Simply Pattern published by Viction:ary, Hong Kong 2008 --- victionary.com

"Pattern has always been a star in the creative world. From Andy Warhol to Mark Rothko, Emilio Pucci to Hanna Werning, creatives always use pattern to inject new energy into their works. The same pattern can be used on fashion, product, interior and installation and still ooze a different feel. In Simply Pattern, pattern takes centre stage. Featuring creatives such as Japanese graphic designer TAKORA Kimiyoshi Futoria, Swedish wallpaper maker Lisa Bengtsson and Parisian design studio 5.5 designers, the book aptly demonstrates that pattern is omnipresent when you open up your eyes. Sometimes seeing is believing." – Viction:ary


* in bookstores nationwide summer 08 *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Design for Special Events ::::
/work designed by eric kass featured in the book Design for Special Events by Peleg Top and published by Rockport 2008 --- ( p. 32 / 33 / 193 ) designforspecialevents.com

* in bookstores nationwide may 08 *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 1000 Music Graphics ::::
/work designed by eric kass featured in the book 1000 Music Graphics by Stoltze Design and published by Rockport 2008 --- ( page 32 plate #0078 ) cool city band featuring shannon forsell and jimmy guilford cd package ( page 297 plate #0980 ) shannon forsell calling card --- 1000musicgraphics.com

* in bookstores nationwide may 08 *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: The Best of Business Card Design 8 ::::
/ funnel / shannon forsell / mike slack b-card all designed by eric kass featured in the book The Best of Business Card Design 8 published by Rockport 2008 --- ( p. 68 / 229 / 230 )

* in bookstores nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW International Design Annual 08 ::::
///films by francesco identity/package ( p. 127 ) designed by eric kass featured
in HOW magazine’s 2008 International Design Annual juried competition ---

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D :::

Interview 1 / 14 / 08
Building a Business Communication Identity : An Interview with Eric Kass
by Michelle Jones of Correspondence Notes

1. How do you define business identity/business identity package? Or are those terms irrelevant to you? If so what do you describe as the collection of collateral materials your clients need for their businesses?
I develop holistic brand experiences that engage and envelop customers at every point of contact creating an emotional connection, as well as, communicating basic business information and marketing messages. This helps to create a strong, valuable, sustainable brand that establishes long term relationships with customers and increased short term sales.

2. Why is having a complete business identity package important even for small businesses? If so why?
I believe it's crucial for every start-up or small business to have a strong brand foundation in order to compete in increasingly crowded marketplaces and immediately connect new customers to their products or services. Externally it creates distinction and retention among customers while internally making a small business owner's dreams and desires tangible providing added confidence and sense of purpose. Standing out in the crowd with a unique position, expressed in a custom tailored brand, will provide the greatest opportunity for success.

3. If a small business has a very limited budget what do you think is the best use of those funds in terms of business identity? A very well designed logo? Good business cards (eg high quality printing instead of glossy, thin stock cards)? A whole package with perhaps less than brilliant design?
With new patrons I perform brand triage considering the big picture and future needs but beginning work on the most crucial components needed for them. The brand foundation, a unique position expressed in the name, logo and tag line, is the best place to start with more pieces implemented as business and budgets increase. Doing anything that is "less than brilliant" is in fact, less than brilliant. Your brand will only be as strong as its weakest point. A well conceived and executed brand experience will create trust, faith and loyalty in your business which can all be undermined by even the most seemingly minute misstep. It's important when setting up a new venture to create a budget for branding and marketing the same way that you would for rent, inventory, legal/accounting fees, technology etc. Initially it may seem like a substantial expense but if you consider its impact on your business over the many years of its use you will quickly realize it's one of the best investments you can make in your business. A strong, professionally developed brand foundation isn't a luxury it's a necessity when starting a new business or bringing a new product to market.

4. What are a few characteristics of a good business card?
Every detail matters and can have an effect on how your brand is communicated and perceived through material, weight, texture, scent, color, typography, shape, size, and printing method. I specialize in crafting uncommon calling and business cards that provide a tactile, physical connection forming the foundation for authentic, personal relationships. Such unique cards not only create a memorable first impression but spark lively honest discussions and provoke exploration of online offerings as well. The humanity found in distinctive, finely-crafted, personal stationery is a crucial component in developing holistic, increasingly individualized, relevant, brand experiences in todays sometimes cold technological world.

5. Is a memorable business card the same as an effective business card?
No. An effective business card is always memorable but a memorable business card is not always effective. A poorly conceived and executed business card could be considered very memorable because of its inappropriate nature or poor quality. It's important to remember that a professionally created brand can provide a strong competitive advantage and increased chance for success but a unprofessional or under developed brand can have the opposite effect destroying even the best intentions, products or services. It's trite but true, perception is reality.

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Eating and Designing ::::
/ work featured in the book Eating & Designing
published by Index Book Barcelona Spain ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW magazine ::::
/// Funnel business card featured in the December issue of HOW magazine page 49
in the article “Hey Good Lookin’” by Megan Lane Patrick ---

"Thoughtfully created business cards not only increase and enhance business by providing the obvious functional information and brand extension, but can even become precious brand souvenirs of people, places, products and events," explains designer Eric Kass, who's known for the creative cards he designs for clients. For his own card, Kass was inspired by dilapidated roadside typography, mundane printed ephemera and vintage printing techniques. "Specifically, the decorative brackets are the remnants of an old children's shoe store sign photograph," he says. "And the subtle naturally aged herringbone texture on the back of the card is from a leftover store sales insert discovered behind a photo in one of my great grandmother's decades-old frames. I wanted the design to embrace contradictions, feeling decorative but everyday, considered but happenstance." – Meagan Lane Patrick, HOW senior editor

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Carmel Magazine ::::
/// Funnel Studio featured in cover story,
“My Space, Why We Love Our Favorite Rooms”
in the April Carmel Magazine, page 36 ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Indianapolis Monthly Home ::::
/ Funnel Paper Goods gift paper seen and noted
in article in the Spring Indianapolis Monthly Home
magazine, page 20 ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 100% Design Portfolio ::::
/ funnel.tv 03 experimental portfolio site designed by eric kass featured in the book 100% Design Portfolio page 220-221 published by Index Book Barcelona, Spain ---

--- explore the 2003 site here > funnel_03.tv

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 1000 Restaurant Bar & Cafe Graphic ::::
/work designed by eric kass featured in the book 1000 Restaurant Bar & Cafe Graphic published by Rockport 2007 --- ( p. 86 : #0260 / p. 101 : #0310 / p. 133 : #0429 / p. 271 : #0880 / p. 290 : #0963 ) ---

* in bookstores nationwide 07 *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: The Complete Graphic Designer ::::
/ several pieces featured in the book The Complete Graphic Designer published by Rockport 2006 / all pieces included design and artwork by Eric Kass as co-founder design director at Lodge Design Co. /see page 65 Plum Creek Golf Club / 87 Penrod Arts Fair / 114-115 Claddagh Irish Pub 116-117 Plum Creek Golf Club / 123 Ossip Optometry ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: INtake Weekly ::::
///funnel paper goods gift paper and eric kass /// featured in an article in INtake an Indianapolis Indiana area nightlife / lifestyle guide ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: PRINT Regional Design Annual 2006 ::::
///funnel paper goods gift paper ( p. 196 ) and ellen jackson
portraiture identity ( p. 199 ) designed by eric kass featured in
Print magazine’s 2006 Regional Design Annual

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW Magazine ::::
/// funnel paper goods gift paper designed by eric kass
featured in the december issue of HOW magazine page 24

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 25 Above Water ::::
/// < upper left > appeared on Indys Music Channel 65 / cable 99 with Sam Vazquez ( the organizer of 25 Above Water an online art sale/exhibition to benefit hurricanes Katrina + Rita relief and recovery effort ) to promote the online art sale and gallery exhibition including my poster < upper right > "Rhythm of Recovery" ( September 25 – 30 Herron School of Art and Design / Indianapolis ) --- < lower left > poster featured in Step Inside Design magazine May/June page 64 < lower right > me ( on the left ) and rick valicenti at the gallery opening ---

25abovewater.com

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: The Eisner American Museum
of Advertising & Design ::::
/// identities and business cards on
display at The Eisner American Museum of
Advertising & Design in Milwaukee Wisconsin ///
// included in the exhibit ( The Art of the Business Card
May 10 – Oct. 29 ) from the collection of
Kariann Burleson of Daily Poetics ---

eisnermuseum.org
dailypoetics.com

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Dean Johnson Gallery ::::
/// funnel paper goods gift paper by eric kass included
in ( Functionality ) a group show at Dean Johnson Gallery
Indianapolis Indiana : opening reception : march : 3 : 5 - 9 :
exhibit dates : march : 3 : - : april : 20 :

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: The Best of Business Card Design 7 ::::
/ eight pieces featured in the book The Best of Business
Card Design 7 published by Rockport 2006 /
/see pages 12 / 87 / 99 / 105 / 114 / 133 / 221 / 226

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: 1000 Bags, Tags and Labels ::::
/ six pieces featured in the book 1000 Bags,
Tags and Labels published by Rockport 2006 /
/see pages 116 / 204 / 265 / 284 / 285 / 291

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: INtake Weekly ::::
photo : michelle pemberton / INtake Weekly

/// featured in an article in INtake an
Indianapolis Indiana area nightlife / lifestyle guide ---
shown with painting "harmony study #2"--

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Flash Film Festival ::::
/// funnel.tv has been chosen by a jury of expert
Flash designers and developers as a finalist in the
Flash Film Festival 2005 San Francisco – a competition
and gala awards ceremony honoring the best flash
work on the web

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Netdiver :::
/// funnel.tv nominated for SOTY ( site of the year ) and is part
of the shortlist of Netdiver best of the year ( BOTY ) 2004 ---

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW Magazine :::
/ funnel .tv named one of the top ten sites to see
this month by HOW magazine / //

--- explore the 2003 site here > funnel_03.tv

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: HOW International Design Annual ::::
/// work featured on page 188 of the HOW
International Design Annual ---

* on newsstands nationwide *

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Maximum Page Design ::::
/ three pieces to be featured in Maximum Page Design
available from HOW Design Books March 2005 / //

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Communication Arts Design Annual 45 ::::
// Harold Lee Miller Photographer identity
selected to appear in Design Annual 45 the
November 2004 issue of Communication Arts

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D :::

///// : interviewer : /// jeremy pruitt / thinkmule.com
for design radar www.designradar.it : Italy
//////// : interviewee : ////// eric kass
///// : location : /// indianapolis / indiana / u.s.a.
//// : url : ////////// www.funnel.tv

//////// could you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about yourself and your work? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
hand writing analysis : 1990 : not sensitive. likes to be alone quite a bit. no deception. not a time waster—likes to be direct and to the point. could be intuitive. careful about details. needs to work on his self-esteem. may take advice from other people, but he likes to make up his own mind. he seems to be honest—would not try to deceive others. does not seem to harbor resentment. self image fluctuates—needs to be encouraged (praised). not narrow-minded. religion—he would like to know for sure that god or higher being exists. does not show many negative qualities. not emotional, so if someone else is very emotional it could bother him. ---author unknown

i strive to create work that makes people : smile / sad / remember / react / itch / inspired / involved / jealous / think / interested / blush

//////////////// how would you describe your work? ////////
: so honest it hurts :

//////// aside from your art and design, what other hobbies and things take up your time? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
wife / daughter - 8 / daughter - 6 / son - 3

//////////////// what do you think of design awards or being published in design annuals? ////////
i like to get my work in front of the largest audience
possible as often as possible / if the work is selected hopefully
it moved someone

//////// how important is personal work for you? What do you
want to achieve with your personal work? ////////////////////////
i think of all of my work as personal work / to express my perspective
while achieving the goals of clients / in my paintings i'm struggling
to better understand the unexplainable aspects of our existence
and our relationships by representing everyday objects in a new context

//////////////// do you work inside any collective project? What do you think about communities and networking online and offline? ////////
i've read stories of the cedar tavern in new york city where the most influential writers - painters - musicians - and others of the 50's gathered to drink - debate - and exchange philosophies / the web allows for this type of spontaneous interaction on a global scale without geographic - language - cultural boundaries / the focus is completely on the work / online or offline : input equals output : isolation is limiting and lonely

//////// how do you react to creative block? ////////////////////////
creative laxative

//////////////////////////////// what inspires you? ////////
contradictions (clouds are always the same but never the same) / imperfections (one-of-a-kind like people) /
ignorance (the burden of knowledge can squelch originality)

//////////////// who is your favorite artist(s)? designer(s) food (s)? //
jackson pollack (pure unapologetic expression) / charles anderson (relentless self-promotion)
/ tomatoes (fresh garden goodness)

//////// tell us more about http://www.funnel.tv. why you designed it the way you did and what do you want to achieve with the site. //////
i think of my work as snapshots in time --- where all of my memories and experiences come together and are edited down to a single moment (the funnel idea) --- the work becomes these little frozen bits of expression --- the response of the viewer a continuation of this process / the way funnel.tv navigates is intended to allow people to become a part the site exploring it in the same way i work (searching - questioning - noticing mundane details) / with funnel i hope to create a dialogue with others artists around the world / to expose them to my work and in turn be inspired by theirs --- explore the 2003 site here > funnel_03.tv

//////// how do you approach design projects? What is your process?
listen --- research --- edit --- react ///// find one unique aspect to be the seed for a story told in a way that's both unexpected and familiar

//////// you work in a variety of mediums...what is your favorite? ////
i like to work with materials that allow the production process to be captured and apparent in the final piece / durable materials that can be abused seem to work better for me (masonite board instead of canvas for painting / letter press instead of offset litho for printing)

//////////////// what do you have instore for your future? ////////
i hope to have the courage to do some truly original and expressive work for better or worse

//////// final words? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
passion / honesty / friction / found / lust / fit / spontaneous / frozen / thread / sucker / notice / void / pure / obsessed / opposites / numb / process / humor / time / compromise / simultaneous / dead

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: Graphis Logo 6 ::::
// five logos included in new book by
Graphis Magazine : Graphis Logo 6
inbook stores October 2004 /////

F U N N E L_F E A T U R E D ::: RE: think / design / construct ::::
///design work included in new book by
mark wasserman : RE: think / design / construct
HOW Design Books///see pages 139 / 151 / 176