Bespoke

Kareem invited me to speak about custom/handmade typography in his graphic design class @ PRATT Institute.

Damn, did i fit 4 of my favorite things into a single sentence?

noice,

- jelsen

Johnny & Hamburg

The other night i got a chance to video chat with a buddy of mine who's been in Chicago for a while now. Johnny, a copywriter, and i went to school together in Miami and then abroad in Hamburg, DE. This fucker's still one of the funniest dudes i know.

We had a great time in Germany, of course. I was then 21yrs old, living in another country for the first time, and bunking with a seasoned drinker from Buffalo, NY. uh-oh.

Here are some highlights of what i still deem my 'Coming Of Age' period.
We lived in a studio apartment, our landlord hated us (she even accused us of throwing beer bottles off of our balcony), and we had NO wifi.

I forgot what bet i lost but i got the inflatable for 3mos.
...all we ate was chicken breast (butter fried), potatoes, and bier. Oh, and sometimes pasta. Constipation was rampant.
Some weekends i ventured off with a buddy's camera.
This is still one of my favorite photos:
This is Mia, the 'other' fellow American from Miami Ad School. We held Hamburg's very first Bus Olympics.
Im always missing Hamburg.....and i NEVER made it to Berlin (next year, next year). The experience was invaluable to my design education and my drinking stamina.

win/win.

- jelsen

Jelsen, my hero.

Yesterday I tagged along with Jelsen to The Stoop, where he was fortunate enough to talk to young adults about his work and the process of making it happen.
I loved seeing him in action, but I'll let him tell you more about it in a later post.

Only Green and Red Delicious, please.

So, some way somehow I get the chance to co-instruct a graduating class in advertising with Carlo (we both went to Miami Ad School together; worked at BBDO around the same time also).

Pressure? of course! We'll tag-team that, though.

This is the photo we sent to our new graduating class as an Intro to Us. Looking forward to seeing how/if this all turns out. It'll be 10 whole weeks of it.

"dismissed!"

- jelsen