As a kid I dreamed about designing logos and uniforms for professional football teams. I re-branded NFL teams. I designed my own league (more on that later). I took every graphic design class I could take in high school. But, as I was preparing to graduate I decided to follow another gifting: teaching. I taught U.S. history and coached baseball and football for almost ten years before a simple gift from my youngest brother reawakened my passion for design... The gift was a book by David Airey called "Logo Design Love." It's pages are full of case studies and practical advice for building brand identities and starting a career in identity design. I have always loved logos. I didn't know brand identities existed. Not like that. I couldn't put the book down. I couldn't read enough. I couldn't stop pouring over the images. My brain was exploding. I started Brand Mountain Design a few months later. I didn't know exactly what I was doing but I knew I was hungry. Hungry to learn anything and..