In an effort to foster relationships and create dialogues with the creative forces that inspire us, “We Are Each Other” is an on-going series that spotlights designers in various design disciplines. These in-depth interviews and essays showcase our belief that we are all extensions of a larger artistic community, inspiring and motivating each other to new heights of imagination and innovation.
Vaughn Fender and I have a very peculiar story: you see, we’ve never met, yet we’ve worked on a few things together here and there. Even funnier, while we share a good handful of mutual friends, in real life our paths have never crossed. I was first introduced to his brilliant illustration work when I was recruited by the Hartford School of Art. Vaughn was featured in their beautifully designed prospective students handbook. I would later find that he worked as a designer at Fathom, where I’d been interviewing as a prospective intern. Later Vaughn and I would connect to work on a mutual project concerning Kid Cudi. Despite our rich personal history, to this day Vaughn and I have still never met. I felt that We Are Each Other resonated deeply with Vaughn and I because we share so much in common and are able to collaborate so effortlessly, geographic and time/space constraints be damned.
