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Hello friends. Wanted to let you know you need to mark your calendar…The East Village Bazaar is back this year every Sunday from September through October. I'll be set up for quite a few of them: all of september and October 2, 23 and 30th. This sunday is a longer one from 10 am to 6 pm. The rest of them will be from noon to 4 pm there will be live music and fantastic weather this sunday. Come on by, say hello and check out the new products! I'll be doing a drawing for a print or set of...

  Hello friends! How do you like our new gig? From now on we will be posting on the blog right here on the Permanent Collection website.  This Monday, August 22 is a busy day…the first day of classes I'll be reprising my role as a professor (adjunct and not full time starting this year after five years of full time prof- eek!) in graphic design at Drake University teaching the Graphic Design History course- this one is always a pleasure (all the classes I teach are…) Should be a great semester. And… there will be a visit by Kyle Durrie...

The Permanent Collection letterpress cards have recently been featured here! 1,000 More Greetings: Creative Correspondence for All Occasions (1000 Series) by Aesthetic Movement.

Currently I have been working away on a direct mail piece…here's a sneak peek!

Hello friends! I have been asked by colleagues, clients + friends: "What inspires you?" So I thought today I'd share some of the places, things, people that inspire me on a daily basis… Jessica Hische (letterer, designer + illustrator) these are her new covers for classicshttp://jessicahische.is/awesome/WPA postersAllen Boots (fantastic cowboy boots + designs)http://www.allensboots.com/design.work.lifehttp://www.designworklife.com/Aragonese Castle on the Isle of Ischia (Andy and I have been three glorious times and I always want to go back!)Alexey Brodovitch (designer + photog)http://www.aiga.org/medalist-alexeybrodovitch/Love to listen to the radio depthttp://theradiodept.com/Futurist Collages: Fortunato Depero, Incendio 1929and of course Lotta Jansdotter (any + all of her stuff!)http://www.jansdotter.com/