Richard Everett Londgren

Signz of the Timez Richard Everett Londgren

Thanks to an early interest in art and a correspondence course in art (before Internet learning), the rural kid in this book got a foot in the door of commercial art. Read and see the story of his evolving career, moved on by key art-school training in calligraphy along with work experience related to art at advertising agencies and a metropolitan newspaper and eventually at a major corporation. His early stages in art moved him toward a long-desired but previously not affordable college degree. That helped prepare him for a career in public relations, publishing and college teaching--plus volunteering as a communicator for church and community organizations. Learn how his acquiring an antique Chandler & Price platen press enabled him to turn a traditional trade into creative contemporary applications.