Chronology
Whether you’re going to have me design a custom font, build a website, or are merely stalking me, I offer this abridged outline of my life-story insofar that it may satisfy these seemingly disparate scenarios.
1975
- Born Aquarius and raised in upstate New York.
1993
- Attended first semester at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute.
1994–1996
- Left school to work full-time for a national health insurance company in O.C.R. claims processing.
- Interest in digital typography is seeded.
- Photocopiers exploited.
1996–1998
- Returned to MWPAI to complete the two year program.
- Sowed mountains of wild oats.
1999–2001
- Transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with merit scholarships.
- Independent study as Communications Director for the Student Union Galleries.
- Admitted into the Advanced Painting Studios.
- Worked extensively with digital imaging techniques, text, and mass-media sources.
- Employed as part-time graphics coordinator at Whole Foods Market.
- Taught myself Fontographer having to repair old [T-26] fonts.
- Received BFA in May 2001.
- Joined [T-26] Digital Type Foundry upon graduation as font technician, type designer, webmaster, office admin, paralegal, heavy laborer and ass-kisser.
2001–2004
- Acted as Communications Director for 1R Gallery (previously APT.1R) in the good old days of the Pilsen apartment gallery scene.
- Served at Segura Inc. maintaining the [T-26] website and font library, producing custom font designs, editing new font releases, designing and writing promotional material for print and web and managing legal paperwork.
2005
- Discharged from [T-26] for not kissing enough ass.
- Taught myself FontLab and the magic of Opentype.
- Worked with Bridge NFP to redesign the namesake arts journal, as well as design the identity, website and all print collateral for both years of the Nova Art Fair.
- Taught myself the magic of Cascading Style Sheets.
- Co-founded TypeTrust, a font distribution partnership.
2006
- Taught myself PHP and MySQL integration.
- Kept busy with various web and custom type design gigs.
- Accepted a salary position with VSA Partners specializing in type design and visual identity development.
2007
- Developed new typefaces for several of VSA Partners' corporate clients including IBM.
- Dislodged myself from VSA Partners to resume the life of a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
- Set up shop with fellow Segura survivor Ryan Halvorsen (aka arlo-tm.com) in a Ukrainian Village storefront.
2008
- Expanded the Majestos Pro custom font family for Food Network.
- Moved to Los Angeles to live, work, and more importantly play.
2009
- Interviewed by MyFonts.com for their Creative Characters feature.
- Partnered with Fair Grounds Associates to design Art Los Angeles Contemporary.
- Contently survived my first earthquake-free yet wildfire-ridden year in Southern California.
2010
- It was a year of web dev. Built sites for galleries, artists, an agency representing storyboard/concept artists, and a small record label slash independent press.
- Travelled quite a bit. Visited family and friends all over New York State. Got my passport and saw Berlin, Basel, and the airport in Amsterdam. Made pilgrimages to Big Sur, Joshua Tree, and Palm Springs. (But there’s still no place like home.)
- Sponsored TypeCon 2010 via TypeTrust, which was hosted here in LA. Proudly contributed my typeface Heroic Condensed to the identity package for the event.
- Sadly and surprisingly, I did not release a single typeface.
- Gave in and got an iPhone.
2011
- Worked with Art Los Angeles Contemporary again, contributing every aspect of design and web development, including a mobile version of the web site. (I knew this iPhone would come in handy.)