PORTFOLIO CREATIVE BLOG

I’m Audrey Stemen – a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Motion Designer originally from Lima, Ohio, and more recently an entrepreneur through my personal business, Audrey Stemen Design & Creative, LLC. I live on the edge of Old Towne East with my boyfriend Justin and foster dog Rocky, where the neighborhood is quiet but can look out at the city from our apartment window! Morning: Every Monday or Friday morning I do a short ~5-minute “Captain’s Log” video talking about what I accomplish (and didn’t accomplish) the week before in my

Hi I’m Michelle C. Burmeister. I am a licensed Interior Designer by day working for Meyers and Associates Architecture, by night I operate a conceptual clay accessories business for women and children called Earthy Abstractions. My obsession with textiles and accessories stems from my exposure to the ongoing trends and technology that are constantly evolving within products that I deal with on a daily basis. I have the luxury of seeing all kinds of new trends in textiles, ceramics, and the furniture world, and that exposure directly translates to my accessories business.

My name is Keli Spanier. I grew up in Indiana and went to school at Columbus College of Art & Design for Fashion Design – but I probably should’ve gone for Graphic Design! 12 years ago I started my greeting card brand, Colette Paperie. I live near Cincinnati now. The story of my card brand began in my mom’s hospital room, where she was receiving boring sympathy cards and desperately needed a laugh instead of a sad card. I decided then that a funny card was the way to go.

Hello! My name is Vinny Sanfillipo, and I’m the Campus Director for Tech Elevator’s Columbus campus. I’m a Columbus native, originally from Powell, and I have lived in Grandview for the past 3 years. I graduated from Otterbein University in Westerville in 2012 with a dual degree in Political Science and Philosophy.  Morning: I actually love mornings. When the weather is nice, I love to walk to one of the several local coffee shops, including the Grandview Grind, Luck Bros, Stauf’s, and Winan’s, grab an iced coffee, put on a

A Day as a Retired Artist. Morning OMG! It’s 7:30 already? Hi, I’m Verne Ayers, a retired professor of art and art teacher (aka: prof.verne). Well, better get going. Those eggs and bacon aren’t going to fry themselves. Oh yea, my coffee. I need my coffee. I think I’ll check the weather outside my apartment door first. Crap, it is cold out there. I should have expected that in Ohio in the winter. I taught at a college in Florida for several years but returned to Fairfield County, Ohio, where

Lara and Alfredo, a husband and wife team and co-founders of FRINGE22 Studio have been building their presence as entrepreneurs in the creative industry for the last ten years. They believe in “design for social impact” to be the driving force behind the work they do. Alfredo is a Creative Strategist/Graphic designer from Washington D.C. who is a fine artist at heart. He enjoys building content and the creative direction of projects. Alfredo believes pairing culture and strategy should be the soul of every project Lara is a Graphic Designer/Web

A native of California, I’ve fallen in love with Columbus, where I teach in the English department at The Ohio State University and lead yoga-writing workshops. An avid journaler since age seven, I feel the impulse to write is in my veins. As a reporter and copywriter, I wrote other people’s stories, but now I devote more of my writing time to essays, poems and first-person articles. With my yoga peeps at a pre-pandemic breakfast at Annie’s Kitchen. Morning My morning ritual starts early. Between 5 and 7 a.m., I

Hi! My name is Ginamaria Nugent and I’m a Photo Art Director for Express ☺ I’m originally from Northeast Ohio but attended The Ohio State University in 2003 and haven’t left Columbus since. I currently live in Clintonville with my husband and son.  Morning My two-year-old son gets me out of bed in the morning; sometimes earlier then I would like ????. The best part about my morning is our drive to daycare where we talk about all the fun things both of us are going to do that day.

My name is Bart Browne, I’m a Freelance Illustrator with a mid-century modern flair; I’m also an adjunct professor at the Columbus College of Art and Design. After living in Baltimore, Maryland for eight years I’m currently living and working in Columbus, Ohio, where I was born and raised.  Morning It took me a while to understand that my best hours of the day are between 5 and 9 AM- which is rather inconvenient. Being self-employed (making your own hours) it’s tempting to sleep in, I’ve found what really helps

I’m an artist and graphic designer. We lived all over the country when I was a kid, so I’m not from any one place. My dad was in the Coast Guard so I grew up on the beach, or you could say many beaches. My roots are in Ohio and so it’s always been home for me. I work in my home studio in northwest Columbus. Morning My favorite coffee spot is my kitchen table looking out the bay window at the birds in the feeders. I’m a bit of