Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Eric Hanson is an award-winning, Minneapolis-based illus­tra­tor with an incred­i­ble client list. He works in a sketchy pen­cil style, devel­oped while work­ing on the cover for John Waters’s mem­oir, Role Models, dur­ing which he real­ized that pen­cil draw­ings are the equiv­a­lent of “thought on paper.”

Also be sure to check out, A Book of Ages, which Hanson both wrote and illus­trated. He describes the book as “a witty and ironic col­lec­tion of moments from famous lives — tri­umphs, fail­ures, reveal­ing anec­dotes, odd inci­dents, crossed paths, missed chances, early and late mas­ter­pieces, mid-life crises and rein­ven­tions, great part­ner­ships, changes of heart and changes of mind — orga­nized by year of age. The per­fect birth­day gift.” Buy it on Amazon.