I've decided I want to learn to become a graphic recorder and graphic facilitator. I attended a conference, then practiced, practiced, practiced all summer – working live, on a large-scale – to visually summarize key messages and ideas at meetings. Learn about my journey in 6 things I learned about graphic recording at the IFVP conference.
I'm passionate about mountain biking. To give back to the mountain bike community and to support the sport I love, I've been designing race t-shirts, pro-bono, for a local club in Illinois. For one design, the trail map was evocative of a tornado...
I made the trek to Indianapolis to few weeks ago to see designer, illustrator, author and educator Tad Carpenter, part of a speaker series hosted by AIGA. He gave a thoroughly entertaining and inspiring presentation on the importance of play; taking risks as a creative person; passion projects; and "Made in the Middle", his own passion project highlighting Midwestern talent.
Explore, Sycamore! is a campaign the team at Stone Soup designed for New Student Orientation at Indiana State University. Orientation is a 2-day on-campus event for new students. Campus nomenclature refers to ISU students as "Sycamores" and even more colloquially as "leaves" – local lore which informed our rustic wayfinding theme and bold proclamation, "Explore, Sycamore!" – to help new students find their place as they begin their educational career.
