Speaking as a designer who runs a small design studio (eljl) primarily out of his house, I know the challenges of trying to get focused while you’re trying to balance a home life.

New fire element wallet design from our side project, Dolls for Friends

We were so excited when we found out that one of our illustrations had been chosen to be made into a wallet by the awesome Portland, Oregon accessory company, Tinymeat. Our excitement was compounded four-fold when we learned that we were going to do three […]

Within our profession one of the unspoken, golden rules is that forward momentum must always take place. A lack of movement, of growth, of development over just a short period of time could serve to professionally cripple us given the speed at which the design industry is changing. If our abilities and skill sets do […]