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October 19th, 2009
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BRENDAN WARD | DURHAM, NC
Brendan is an art director + graphic designer living in dirty Durham, NC with his wife Ellie + their hound Sienna. When it’s game time, you’ll find Brendan at a local pub, drinking Bells Two Hearted IPA + rooting for Liverpool soccer or UNC basketball. He’s a fan of street art, handmade typography, Swiss design, screen printed posters, ligatures, email signatures, beaches and mountains, awkward pauses and funny walks, helvetica, die cuts + life in Durham
@bigwigandsilver / Portfolio / Shop
KRISTY MARTINO | PORTSMOUTH, NH
Kristy Martino is a New Yorker living in NH with her husband, Dylan and their two cats that act like dogs. On good days she looks like PJ Harvey. On bad days, she looks like Joey Ramone. She has a blog where she writes about life and other stuff. She has a company that she runs with her husband who also has a blog where he writes about art and other stuff. She wants to get to know funny people. She wants to play the piano. She wants to wear Comme Des Garcons. She wants to change the world. For better or worse.
@kristymartino / HAM / HAM Blog
CAROLIN HARRIS | DURHAM, NC
Carolin is a graphic designer in the Bull City, living in bliss with her husband, baby daughter and their two dogs. She lives for beautiful design, type, packaging and photography—all while obsessing about running and yoga. A German at heart and on paper but a left coast-all-the-way lover, maybe one day you’ll find her back where she belongs.
NICOLE KRAIESKI | RALEIGH, NC
Nicole Kraieski is a freelance designer + cupcake enthusiast. She loves bright colors, publications, cute +/or tiny things, typography, illustration + animation. When she’s not busy being a design demon (her words), she likes to go on adventures, read, play soccer + hang out with her mutt puppy Kava.
STEPHEN BECKER | ASHEVILLE, NC
Steve is a graphic designer making his way in Asheville, North Carolina. A creative director by day, he spends his free time with his wife Katherine + his two husky mixes, Dottie + Mingus. Steve enjoys new places + old friends, old houses + new friends, brussels sprouts, NC-style BBQ, live music, mid-century design, morning walks + food shows. He never fakes the funk. Ever.
DYLAN HAIGH | PORTSMOUTH, NH
Dylan Haigh is a designer and co-owner of HAM, living in Portsmouth, NH after spending the last handful of years in Boston, NY + NC. He’s one of the five greatest rappers of all time, a Muay Thai fighter + has fierce opinions about music, grapefruit juice and the superiority of New England over all other regions. He’s obsessed with screen printing, The Wire, Eastern European photographers, NY hip-hop in the 90′s + shooting film. He lives with his wife Kristy + hopes to one day own a St. Bernard/Wolf mix + travel to Laos, Ghana + Siberia.
HAM / @hard_feelings / photos
MICHAEL FABER | DURHAM, NC
Michael is a Multimedia Specialist (IT nerd) for Duke by day and a freelance designer by night/weekend/lunch hour living in Durham, NC. He loves posters, postcards, sculpture, cooking (and, naturally, eating), photography, and he is a budding charcutier (yes, he makes his own bacon). His barbeque style is western (don’t hate) and his peanut butter style is crunchy. He lives with his girlfriend Amanda in their new yellow house and their two critters, Stella the dog and Pekoe the cat. Did we mention he makes his own bacon?
@faberdesign / website / portfolio
JARED LAHAM | PORTSMOUTH, NH
Jared is a graphic designer + flash developer living in Portsmouth, NH (sharing a washer and dryer with Dylan and Kristy who live across the hall). He loves contemporary art, illustrations, package design and creative typography. When he isn’t designing, Jared enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking and anything else that involves a pocket knife, merit badge skills and his Nikon D90. Jared also has an intense hatred of clowns, the store Papyrus and landscape paintings that your Nana might own.
MICHAEL LASSITER | DURHAM, NC
Michael is a freelance graphic designer living in Durham, North Carolina with his wife Dragana, their little girl Jana, a dog named Asa, and Mila, a cat that seldom moves. Haunted by the visual auras he gets moments before intense migraines, Michael strives for clarity in his design work. He has lived in North Dakota, California, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Serbia, and has every intention to continue adding to that list. When not online “working”, you can find him cooking vegan food, cursing a turntable that always skips, or sweeping up fur.
