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December 10th, 2009
July 27th, 2009
The Bane of My Existence, Pt. 3: Finale!
July 27th, 2009
The Bane of My Existence, Pt. 2: Covers
July 27th, 2009
The Bane of My Existence, Pt. 1: The Media Kit
July 22nd, 2009
The Search for a Designer
The search for an Art Director/Graphic Designer has proven tricky. Hoping for some good leads, we posted an ad on craigslist, crossing our fingers that we wouldn’t come across anyone trying to sell us dirt or asking us about some ‘missed connection.’ We weren’t sure what to expect.
In less than an hour we received over fifty responses.We definitely weren’t prepared for the inflooding of emails. (Surprisingly enough, our mass email to the graphic arts department at UH elicited only about three responses.) The problem soon became how on earth do we sift through all these emails?! Our good friend and mentor Deby Chock, of Design Logix helped us out immensely during this progress.
We must have met with nearly a dozen designers in our search. One such designer, who we had originally passed over, took the initiative and re-laid out an existing local publication, and we were sold! We brought him on as our Art Director. But alas! Only about a month into the project and the designer delivered a huge blow: Between contract negotiations and conflicting schedules and prior commitments, he had to resign. Our best wishes go out to him, who will remain unnamed.
Luckily, and to our benefit, Ara Laylo, graphic designer extraordinaire/lead singer/event-promoter graciously stepped in. No hurt feelings, she said. Second place ain’t so bad…
Props to Ms. Laylo for doing an amazing job!