Michael Berta:  

Life Since my graduation I attended 3 colleges and received a degree in graphic design with a minor in sociology. I worked for several companies, ad agencies, and design groups over the years, was an art director at Syntex Corporation, and also had a partnership in a design group located in downtown Mt. View from '84 to '86. Being of the old school, the traditional method of doing things by hand, the advent of the computer posed a few problems for me. It lost that personal touch, so although I do an occassional project, I've gotten away from design and now concentrate on dealing antiques and collectibles and professional picture framing, but find time to use all of that stored up creativity doing other things also, such as cooking, which I love to do. I was engaged once, but unfortunately never married, so thus never had any children. I filled that gap by...Expand for more