by Gillian | Aug 17, 2021
A book that I type set and then created the cover to accompany. I also liaised with the printing company.
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
A couple of years ago my geologist daughter and I traveled to Yosemite together. We both took photos, and it was only when we got back and I compared the pictures and images we’d captured, how differently a designer and a geologist see the world. This book...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
I was approached while still a student to help lay out a biennial book of poetry and prose for a university department. It was a fascinating process, and one I have repeated six times so far. While it was for a department, so technically a group, I interacted only...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
I had an email from a Facebook friend asking if I could help. A group of women had decided it would be nice to thank a teacher with a book, but then all been too busy to follow through with the project – even though the teacher had been told to expect it on a...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
I received an inquiry from someone on my site, an elderly gentleman, who wrote a newsletter for a local organization. He needed a logo for the masthead of this newsletter, and hadn’t been able to create one using word processing software. I used the initials he...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
When I graduated from Penn in 2007 I was thrilled to be back in the job market with freshly minted qualifications, but then I found that my age was a bigger hurdle to finding work. It was a shock to my system, and took some introspection to realize that I...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
A friend had recently moved into the area, and so was no longer able to maintain her weekly posts on the old community, but still itched to write. We came up with a combination of portfolio and blog site, highlighting past popular pieces as well as commenting on her...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
After I had had my teeth cleaned, the dentist asked me if I would be interested in creating a new logo for her practice. We chatted and as I learned that this new practice was a very personal dream project for her. I created a number of logo concepts, and this was the...
by Gillian | Dec 22, 2016
I met the owner of this site nearly a decade ago when she was still working out what her passion project should be. After creating an amazing flower and gift shop, that tied her down too much, she decided that her skills lay in helping others find new directions for...
