Crafting the Life You Want
summary
A career built by making things people can hold and use: a daily drop cap project of a letter a day for 12 alphabets that leads to 26 Penguin Drop Caps covers, a bespoke typeface (Snowflake) that becomes a Wilco backdrop, film title work for Moonrise Kingdom, a parallax wedding site that provokes Gawker, and two brick and mortar shops used as test kitchens. Practical toolset includes Procreate and Adobe Illustrator plus letterpress and foil stamping, and a clear claim: small, physical work plus selective collaboration actually pays creative independence.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction to agency
- 1:30Crafting your desired life
- 2:40Early art and influences
- 5:55Creative identity and tattoos
- 7:17Design career path
- 9:30Collaborations and lessons
- 12:49Project-based learning
- 15:54Working for the story
- 18:48Creative challenges
- 22:21Work begets work
- 26:07The power of collaboration
- 29:32Logo refresh and branding
- 33:04Coping strategies in the AI era
- 35:14Owning a creative shop
- 37:45Test kitchen for projects
- 40:17Life, priorities, and work
- 43:07Books and children
- 46:51Process and evolution
- 50:39The value of creativity
