I do as much as necessary with as little as necessary. I remove what doesn’t work, and polish what remains until your customers could eat off it.
I consider the assets of design and language sufficient in themselves: in language, as in print, there’s so much already there. The bumps and grain of a well-chosen paper, the impressions of letterpress, the smell of a page. I let print do what it does best: breathe the right colors into the right words. And I create objects that precisely reflect the care you put in your products.
These days I work with Tangerine Café Design Group. Though I’ve built my reputation classically good-lookin’ books, I look for projects with room to explore. If you’ve got something special, let’s talk. Delectably crazy is the house specialty.
Testimonials:
The programs that Adam designed for National Poetry Slam circa. 2006 and 2007 were as intricate, unique, and explosive as the five-day, 80-city spoken word / performance poetry festival that they represented. Adam took an enormous amount of information, coming from a variety of sources (in an equal variety re: level of quality or accuracy) and honed it into a truly gorgeous publication; one that served as the bible of information that an event program should, but that also kept an eye on style, feel, vibe. Adam understands both form and function and finds a way for them to live together and grow into something greater, something new. Finally, I’ll say that Adam did his work in a less-than-desirable working environment; long-distance, over email and late night phone calls, and delivered on-time, on-budget, and was honestly a blast to work with.
Mike Henry / 2006-07 National Poetry Slam / Creative Director / November 28, 2008Adam is hard-working compadre with a good eye, thoroughly capable of producing well-composed print design right on time.
Kevin Paul / The Collector’s Guide / Production Director / May 23, 2009
