LSD   ·  CONTACT
MAKING A COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PRACTICE OF INTERPRETIVE EXPERIENCES IN PRINT, AS EXHIBITIONS, AND/OR SCREEN-BASED MEDIA TEACHING TEACHING DESIGN SINCE 1990. FORMER DIRECTOR
OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM AT CALARTS. INFLUENCING THE FUTURE THAT WILL BECOME THE PRESENT.
WRITING RANTS, REPORTS, INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS,
AND STORIES FOR THE DESIGN PRESS, INCLUDING EYE, EMIGRE, SEGD JOURNAL, AIGA, ETC.
INSTIGATING CREATING EVENTS THAT FURTHER DESIGN CONVERSATIONS AND DEBATE, RAISE ISSUES, AND EXPLORE, INCLUDING CONFERENCES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.

WINTER 2005
ESSE BROCHURE
MOST OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS GILBERT PAPER ESSE LINE PROMOTION GOES TO RICK VALICENTI. KNOWING THE PROJECT WOULD FEATURE COLORIST, BEATRICE SANTICCIOLI, RICK AND I CAME UP WITH A CONCEPT FOR RICH CONTRASTS OF PATTERNS TO SHOW OFF PRINTING POSSIBILITIES. WITH PHOTOGRAPHER, BILL VALICENTI, WE COMPOSED IMAGES OF BEATRICE’S COLOR INFLUENCES/INSPIRATIONS THAT FEATURED THE COLOR PALETTES. AN INTERVIEW WITH BEATRICE TOPPED IT OFF.

THE SAPPHIRE PALETTE LAYERS OF PATTERNS