Author Archives: Russell Freedman

So… My plan of updates twice a week (recapping two days each time) has obviously fallen by the wayside. Even after what I thought was a requisite amount of sleep (to say the least) after Monday of this week it’s been an uphill battle fighting off exhaustion. I suppose I’ve gotten used to the schedule [...]

So the first weekend finally arrived, and none too soon. I knew I was tired (as evidenced in the previous posts) but little did I know how much my body wanted to sleep. Friday I kept up somewhat of the pace, meeting my friend Nick from my days at AIB to visit MoMA, grab a [...]

Days 3 and 4 have come and gone and with them I have lost all bearings with the regular outside world. The exhaustion has set in slowly over the course of the week culminating with me not remembering what I had for lunch that day and missing steps on staircases and almost falling straight on [...]

Go Blog Go! I have officially begun the condensed Cooper Type program and am now one of 15 individuals studying/drawing/digitizing typefaces for 12 and a half hours each day (Mon-Thurs). To put it lightly, only one and a half days in, this is definitely a marathon race like I’ve never experienced before. Taking the train [...]