Confessions of a Creative Pro
Introduction by Nancy Upper While traveling in an airplane on October 3, 2015, David Blatner’s thoughts turned to ampersands. As his mind wandered back to his childhood, he wrote…
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Introduction by Nancy Upper The ad agency Allen & Gerritsen believes that people make the place, and that people’s outside interests invigorate the company culture. In autumn 2012, these…
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Introduction by Nancy Upper During research for my forthcoming book, Power of Ampersand, I discovered this November 2013 design by Jeff Portaro on Instagram. Power of Ampersand will feature…
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Introduction by Nancy Upper In the online Phoenix New Times, July 11, 2014, an article by JK Grence gave me an idea for our annual summer party. Grence’s headline…
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