Or is it just the recession talking? Or maybe he says this to everyone and not just us?

One thing is for sure, we will follow up and find out.

A job applicant like him deserves a little bit of lovin’….

A while back Geyrhalter Design started re-using every single piece of paper used at the office, unless of confidential nature of course. It was a past GD Designer’s fetish, and soon we all caught on to it, and now it became a company policy. It started with creating company note pads made out of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets cut in half. One side was the note pad and the other was the pre-printed side. A great thing to use something twice, of course. But it also started a trend of re-feeding used paper into all company printers and going through junk mail to grab all US Letter sized material that was re-usable on one side, before waving it good-bye to the recycling bin. So we are saving the world, or at least are feeling absolutely amazing about what we do, but this practice also has a nice added benefit. Each backside tells a story of our company’s past. Failed design ideas, funny internal feedback notes, long forgotten projects, colors that could be used for a current project, people we have been out of touch with for too long, or just the pathetic junk mail mixed right in. Now we live by it, and I believe that most of my team is as excited about peeking at the back side of each page, as they are about taking notes and sketching new ideas on the front side of their pads.  Try it – good karma that’s (paper-)tons of fun to do! And hey – it helps team building as well.