To me, when I drive through and don’t see him, I literally think I’m going to worry and freak out about it. There’s something extremely comforting about seeing that guy in there, working and doing the same job every day. I love seeing the same toll booth worker, every other day. There’s a toll booth I drove through every 2 days. This time of year in the winter it’s a little grey. It’s red trees and orange trees, and bright yellow trees. The fall in the Midwest, in rural Kansas, is just off the charts. The worst thing is when I’m pulling into campus and I’m like, I don’t remember one thing from my drive, how did I get here? My favorite time to drive between Kansas City and Lawrence to teach is Autumn afternoons. What is the best and worst thing about your commute to Lawrence? Whenever it’s open, there’s a line at the door, which is around the back of a gas station in my Kansas City. I go over there or call in an order all the time, still. I’ve always lived like a mile from it, so it’s way too convenient. When it comes down to it, the umbrella answer for that, for me, the best barbecue is Joe’s Kansas City. What place has the best BBQ in KC?īarbecue is easier for me than Sister Cities. And our city, specifically the country club plaza, which is like an old shopping kind of district, which we actually live like a block from, is designed after that city in Spain. ![]() The reason I know is because Kansas City has the most fountains of any city outside of Seville, Spain. I think it’s Spain, like Seville or something maybe. Can you name one of Kansas City’s 14 Sister Cities? Are you kidding me? The combination of Coach Taylor and Tammy Taylor, what a wonderful supportive coaching tree they were. When you watch Friday Night Lights, which is the best television program ever made, you see that it’s about a high school, there’s a lot of cute 20-year-old actor old girls pretending they’re 17 or whatever, but you know you’re getting old, when you couldn’t care less about any of that, and it’s all about Mrs. He’s the coach that every athlete wishes they had. I love Riggs, I can relate to that guy, but Coach Taylor is the straw that stirs the drink. I had a scholarship to go to college, but decided it wasn’t fun anymore, because my friends weren’t around, so it was all art school after that. Oh hell yeah, now you’re speaking my language. There you go, first thought worst thought. So I find myself with donuts over my keyboard again and again. As a designer, sometimes it’s incredibly unhealthy, in that it’s hard for me to fit an actual meal. I would probably be all about an International Snack Day. Oh good gosh, never been asked that question before. Can you create a new Hallmark holiday off the top of your head? I remember going to the World Series parade and being overwhelmed. ![]() I don’t remember plays and players, but what I do remember is the feeling of our town, and the feeling of winning in my neck of the woods. I was 4 years old the last time they won a World Series, but I remember it pretty well. After they won, we all ran into the streets as soon as it was done, we just had to be in public. The recent one, my wife and I had 10-15 friends over at our house for a watch party, and I was jumping up and down and crying like an infant child. Where were you when the Kansas City Royals won the World Series? Tad’s work has appeared in numerous publications and he has written/illustrated over a dozen children’s books. Since 2009, Tad also teaches Graphic Design at the University of Kansas, and we are so thrilled he did our ‘Dumb Questions’ over the phone while driving home. The studio he runs with his wife, Carpenter Collective, has an overall approach to branding, strategy, and design that has garnered wonderful clients ranging from Target to Conan O’Brien, Macy’s, Coca-Cola, Ray Ban, Nick Jr, MTV and Adobe. His father is an illustrator and has been a creative director for Hallmark Cards for nearly 40 years. Tad Carpenter is one of the coolest things coming up and out of KC.Ī designer with an illustrator’s heart and an illustrator with a designer’s mind, Tad was lucky enough to grow up the son of two artists smack dab in the middle of the midwest. Historically, Kansas City has always been a creative hub, with Hallmark being located there and Walt Disney being born there. So many cool things are coming out of Kansas City right now.
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