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Another great letterpress studio!

I’ll have the pleasure working with Paper Monkey Press here in Pittsburgh to have letterpress business cards printed up for Cedars Acupuncture & Wellness Center. From what I’ve seen of their work the cards will be very attractive and high-quality.

Pittsburgh, PA Freelance Web/Graphic Designer Rates

Freelance hourly rate survey for Pittsburghers!

Here's a quick survey I put together for finding hourly rates of freelance web/graphic designer’s living in Pittsburgh, PA.

Designing a product is designing a relationship.

—Steve Rogers

I love woodcut and letterpress art!

In my opinion, Tugboat has some of the best woodcut capabilities in the industry. They’re located right here in Pittsburgh, which makes it easy to see them at art shows and fairs. Very cool!

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

—Charles Eames

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

—John Maeda

Nifty envelope widget for Mac OS X.

EasyEnveopes by Ambrosia Software is one of the best widgets I’ve come across…and it’s free!

Attractive stock icons for print and web.

IconDock, by Nick La, allows you to buy a single icon and not force you to buy a whole set.

Design is thinking made visual.

—Saul Bass

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

—Mahatma Gandhi

It’s alive!

It’s alive! It’s alive!

Today I gave life to my new monster—my website! What a beast.

I am very electrified to have it alive and working. I’m especially excited about my painless Online Request For Proposal—which is exactly what it sounds like. It’s there to help ease the request process and increase customer service levels.

Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions or comments about the website.