STANANDLOU MARKETING/ADVERTISING

This is my friend, Kim White. He is a creative director at a large ad agency in Cincinatti.

My daughter and I went to visit him on our recent road trip and he showed us his collection of bikes. He builds and restores vintage bikes.

This is the one I loved the most. It’s an old BMW that he has modified with a few extras to accomodate his size and the way he rides. Different seat than stock, etc. In any event, Kim is an insanely creative guy who has a story for everything and nothing makes me happier than to sit down with him over a glass of wine and a cigar and just listen.

Artist / Designer Interview 3 – Kim White
By DotDesign | September 30, 2008

How long have you been an illustrator?
I grew up in the mid-fifties the son of an illustrator. In my early teens, I followed my father and his promise of a career in commercial art that will be “fun” and “glamorous” and “rewarding”. This was about the same time that I learned one of the Great Truths of Advertising: “Don’t believe anyone, not even your father.”

What inspires your work?
Later, in art school, while pretending to listen to lectures, I would surreptitiously doodle unflattering cartoons of my lecturer. All the while asking myself the age-old student question, “What the hell good will knowing any of this ever do me?” (more…)