Oh, Frank Chimero. You are the beautiful, brilliant Johnny Depp of graphic design. 

“Frank Chimero (YG8) and friend Rob Giampietro began an unconventionally conversational blog in May. The Mavenist: The Occasional Back-and-Forth Blog is composed of a very precise formula. As Chimero puts it: “Two people, preferably friends, collaborate on a blog post by being available to one another. One begins by sharing something interesting, then commenting on it. This begins a dialogue. The second person then reciprocates with something they like which follows the thought-path of the previous item. The two go back-and-forth ten times and see where the flow of the conversation takes them.” This stream-of-consciousness blog-game offers a look inside random associations formed in conversation via the world wide web.” - ADC Young Guns blog 

The Mavenist is awesome, and it’s always nice to read the writing of an intelligent and truly gifted person. 

You will love it, I promise.

I’ve just graduated college and I have moved home.

I wish I could complain more. About how annoying my parents are, or how much I hate northwestern Ohio. But the truth is, my dad is really funny. And my mom is the best cook this side of the Mississippi. And while I do hate the weather, it’s been warming up lately and the sun is shining a little more often. And the blue, blue pool inside the white fence, surrounded by hydrangea and lavender, isn’t really a horrible place for brainstorming, or enjoying a carbonated lemonade …. 

All in all, it’s a pretty lovely place for a recent (and I mean HOT off the press, right outta the oven) grad to sit, collect herself, and get her life rolling! I took over my old room, and made some major improvements: fresh flowers, re-purposed chicken wire as inspiration board, re-organized stacks of books (recipes, design books, miscellaneous ….), and added two yummy candles. The effect is a calming, inspiring but most importantly, functional and accessible work space.