Welcome to the world of design principles

Hello! My name is Paul Young. I am a graphic designer and an educator with over 30 years of experience in the marketing communications industry. I am currently teaching part-time at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

This is a sample blog for the students of Eastern Illinois University's ART 1110 class (Spring 2020). Your first post should have an interesting picture of yourself and a brief description of what you were doing in the picture. In the above picture, I am in a restaurant on the island of Java in Indonesia. The picture was taken in 2011 while I was on sabbatical. My partner and I took a 100-day tour of the Pacific rim. Besides Indonesia, we also went to Thailand, India and Singapore.

As a designer, I have designed everything from identity to websites and more. My professional experience has included creative positions in ad agencies, design studios, publishing firms and in-house art departments in New York City and Milwaukee. Currently my wife Bonnie and I are partners in a design studio called Electric Pictures in Champaign, Illinois.

As an educator, I've taught graphic design at Parsons School of Design, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Parkland College, where I was a tenured professor for 20 years. I retired from my full-time teaching position at Parkland College in 2011.

This blog was created on Google's Blogger platform. The theme I used is "Soho Light." If you are using Blogger for this assignment, we recommend going to your dashboard and editing these SETTINGS:

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