The Essentials List: Rick Bowman
Rick Bowman has design and creative strategy experience that spans the communication matrix: complete brand identity, websites, UX, catalogues, email, direct mail, and product/app design. A brilliant designer who approaches the work from the lens of the business challenge and return on investment. He also happens to be in a band. Very cool dude.
Lifestyle
● Place of birth: Baltimore, MD
● Hometown: The Hereford Zone
● Staycation: What’s that?
● Vacation: Any beach in North Carolina
● Pet: The best of the best–Fritz, the German Shepherd
● Place of work: Humble & Wallop
● Place of workout: Behind my drumkit
● Good Habit: Half of what we eat here, we grow.
● Bad Habit: Working too much
● Mode of transport: My old Toyota 4runner (226,000 miles and still kicking!)
● Bonus Travel Essential: Twizzlers
Culture
● Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky
● Musician: Sean Lennon
● Commercials / music video director: Michel Gondry
● Film director: Dan Schepleng
● Author: Vonnegut
● Photographer: Marcus Cederberg
● Film: 'Polyester'
● Series: First half of 'Lost', 'The Romanoffs', 'Sneaky Pete'
● Invention: Chromatic Scale
● Commercial: A&W Dumass & Dumass
● Music Video: Sloan - She Says What She Means
● Video Game: Anything NASCAR
● Board Game: Monopoly
● Book: Most recent: Please Kill Me
● Graphic Novel: Nah
● Podcast: Marc Maron
● Newspaper (off or online): I don’t read much news…too politicised.
● Magazine: Raygun
● Obsession: Vintage Music Gear, no question
Food and Drink
● Breakfast: Fresh Eggs and Spinach
● Cheap bite: The Garden
● Working lunch: A Few IPAs
● Dish: Washable
● Snack: Hard Pretzels
● Guilty Pleasure: Vanilla Soft Serve
● Bar: The Bearded Clam
● Booze: Yes, please.
● Not Booze: Sparkling Lemonade
● Bonus Food: Pad Thai
● Bonus Beverage: Karen’s Fresh Veggie Juice
Kit
● Phone: iPhone
● Computer: iMac
● Headphones: Sennheisers for wireless, ATH M30s for monitoring, would love some Audeze MM-5500 for mixing
● Camera: None in particular
● Pen / pencil: Old and chewed, but sharp
● Where you document an idea: Moleskines, lots of them
● Casual Clothing: Band Tees
● Smart Clothing: Band Tees
● Footwear: Chucks
● Accessory: Chain Wallet
● Collection: CDs, Records
● Home comfort: Bed
● App: Email
● Website: All of ‘em
● Blog: The Dieline
● Work program: Illustrator
● Digital work tool: Spotify (although I loathe their artist pay scale)
● Analogue work tool: 1983 Gibson SG Deluxe
● Morning grooming / makeup essential: Coffee
● Bonus Kit Essential: Green Frog Tape
