Printing museum highlights industry’s history
By: Mark HaslanJuly 13th, 2009
People who get into the graphic design industry sometimes get their start from little more than a hobby.
In the town of Tea, South Dakota, the Champion newspaper focuses on Jon Powell, who started off doing graphic design for local race car drivers and now employs five people in a new 5,200 square foot work area.
"It was just kind of a hobby, a way to make a little money on the side. We’ve just grown slowly but surely since then," Powell told the newspaper, going on to describe some business activities that now include t-shirts for local sports teams, business cards and other promotional items for businesses in the area.
The newspaper also notes that Powell is a self-taught graphic designer whose diverse services now even attract customers from neighboring states like Minnesota and North Dakota.
Improved technology has been especially helpful for people in the graphics and printing industries because it’s more feasible than ever to maintain a successful small or work at home business without having to live in a major population center.
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