The Twilight of the Dirty Rich
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This past weekend while in the mountains of southern Virginia for a cell-free, wifi-free wedding, I had the unlikely fortune to have illustrations on the covers of both the Washington Post’s Outlook section and also the Times’ Week In Review. Mercifully, these pieces were polar opposites in terms of scheduling and content which in turn helped to keep my brain limber as both pieces were tied up amidst the frenzy of other ongoing projects, the day job as well as the joys of beyond-last-minute packing.
The piece above for the Washington Post revolves around the growing development of the nation’s youngest, richest business folks making their money (and thereby influencing policy) from tech based, environmentally friendly ventures as opposed to the oil and auto industrialists of yesteryear. Working again with Kristin Lenz on this, she distilled the message to me simply: “Dallas, this ain’t.”
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After my first round of sketches, Kristin landed on a way to rope the image into and around the headline just as we had done on a previous assignment. She apologized for this when the job was over, though I do not know why as everyone, myself included were all around happier with the finished bit than with any of the comps which were originally submitted. Moreover, if I’m tasked with finding a way to work an on-the-nose pun around Matthew Carter’s beautiful type, I will simply find a way to carry on as best I can.
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