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What a week: CreativePro Week 2019.

6/16/2019

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Seattle, as captured by MILKOVÍ. Via Unsplash.
I just returned from a full seven days in Seattle—my first time visiting. I was attending CreativePro Week, a fantabulous conference I highly recommend for graphic designers. (Next year's will be held in Austin.)

Here are a few things I loved about it.

  • Within my first fifteen minutes at the conference, I ran into one of my favorite former colleagues from Publix Super Markets, Inc., dynamite designer and lovely human Neal Mitchell. As you can see, we were a good distance from the office we used to work in together. Small world and all that.
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  • I learned many great tips and tricks in Illustrator, my favorite Adobe program. Even though I've only been playing around with it for two or three years, when I attended what was called a "deep dive" by Laurie Ruhlin, I was thrilled to discover I didn't get overwhelmed, but was able to follow along just fine. (Thank you, LinkedIn Learning and SkillShare!)
  • I got to spend hours and hours learning about typography and lettering, which I find ceaselessly fascinating, from John D. Berry, Nigel French, and Laura Worthington.
  • I also attended TypeThursday Seattle, where designers shared typefaces they're working on and received thoughtful and wise feedback from other designers.
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That's me in the lower right-hand corner looking all fascinated by a presentation at TypeThursday. Photo by John D. Berry.
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  • I gave an Ignite talk (20 slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds over 5 minutes) about the history of "lorem ipsum" placeholder text and many other topics having to do with English, etymology, printing, and the like. I learned SO MUCH preparing this talk. Did you know, for example, that the man who gave Timex its name, according to his son, liked to read Time magazine and used a lot of Kleenex, so he put the two names together? (This is a slide from my presentation.)
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  • I saw all sorts of neato flowers—some in front yards, some at Pike Place Market.
  • I met people from all over the world. Including New Caledonia, which I will admit I hadn't even known about. Sorry, New Caledonia—I am now properly enchanted by you.
  • I ate ever so well. I kid you not—those CreativePro people lay out a fabulous spread. Several times a day. And the Westin Seattle did an impeccable job of coordinating everything. It was like clockwork. Delicious clockwork.
  • Speaking of cuisine, I ate dinner at a place called Din Tai Fung. I was dubious when I learned that it's located in a mall (Pacific Place), but I was quite pleasantly surprised. As you can see from this photo, Din Tai Fung takes food preparation *very* seriously.
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  • ​I got to see my college roommate. Twice! One evening, she prepared a lovely meal that we, along with her husband, enjoyed alfresco on their balcony. Here was the view, overlooking Lake Washington.
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That photo is a pretty good representation of my trip: just lovely. I'm so glad I went, and I'm looking forward to CreativePro Week 2020!
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David Blatner link
6/19/2019 10:51:25 am

It was SO lovely to see you in person, and I'm glad you enjoyed the conference and your trip to Seattle! Your talk on Tuesday night was definitely one of the highlights of "Ignite CreativePro." We'll post a video recording of the Ignite session.

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Sara Rosinsky link
3/29/2022 08:16:25 pm

Whoops! I never replied to this! I was just reviewing this blog for tomorrow's Zoom call and saw what you wrote. So, nearly three years later: Thanks!

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Floor Heating Grand Rapids link
8/15/2022 04:04:09 pm

Hi thanks for sharing thhis

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