Benjamin Hershey:  

Life Howdy curious ones from the past! After high-school I went to college in Northern Arizona. Opened my eyes to the great big world out there, and let me see that California isn't the center of the universe (although it's still great to visit.) After graduating I visited some friends who had moved to Chicago and fell in love with the place. One of these friends worked at an advertising agency as an art-director. Sounded like a great idea to me: Sit around all day and brainstorm ideas for commercials for (mostly) useless products and services. I went back to California with the notion of putting an art directors "book" together and returning to Chicago to get a job. Long story short, a year later I was hired by the aforementioned agency (aint nepotism grand?) and 18 years later I'm still there. I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that most of my job involves countless bs meetings, dealing with irrational or overly rational clients, compromise, and creating more audio/visual clutter in an already overcluttered world. But also, it's been pretty great too. I've had the opportunity to work on some of the world's biggest brands. McDonald's,Kellogg's,Coke,Kraft,United Airlines,Reebok and evil tobacco giant Philip Morris to...Expand for more