I keep seeing this misuse pop-up in portfolio books and sites, and it's tragic. So, let's clear the usage up now, shall we? If you are showing off a set of materials, traditionally consisting of a letterhead, business card and envelope, using a logotype or identity - you should refer to this suite as stationery not stationary, which means static, not moving. Got it?

After spending the majority of the week under the covers, dropping about 8 pounds, and aching beyond belief - I am very happy to be on the mend. Unfortunately, this will entail many hours of catch up. If you've already caught the bug, I'm sorry but it will be over soon. For you lucky bastards who have avoided it, stay healthy. It sucks.

We're live... and I've lost track, among other things, on the number of redesigns this site has gone through and the number of domains it has switched between. In the process I also lost many, many entries and some motivation for the entirety of the design profession. But that was short-lived. My passion and desire to continue to grow in this field I’ve come to live for was masked by various unfortunate situations (professionally) that left me just shy of a career meltdown. A meltdown that drove me back into school seeking a degree in psychology, but we’ll get more into that as time goes on.

For now, I just want to welcome you back and point out some things about the new design. Oh, and don’t mistake this “newness” as meaning I will be posting on a more regular basis. While I will be posting more that I usually do, school and work don’t leave much time to do anything else.

So, the new digs sport a full width and scalable layout, although I did stick with px sizing for fonts. I will slowly be adding pages to the site as time permits. I will also be flowing in some images of my recent work which can also be seen (soon) at my professional portfolio site: justinkroppdesign.com. God-willing, I’ll be honing my javascript skills in the near future, which will enable me to implement some niceties here. So that’s the short and sweet of the new skin. I hope you’ll join in and follow along.