The murder mystery train poster was an interesting job from the start, as the owner/operator was very specific about the style. He saw a proof that was very retro, a 2-color design that wouldn’t look out of place in Nashville. I opted against the red, yellow and black since that was one color too many. I liked the blue overprint so well that it was the final choice. I enjoy overprinted color very much, especially the style of Aesthetic Apparatus and their contemporaries. I am an abstractionist, in the sense that I like to take things out of context and manipulate ideas, but I disagree with the “medium is the message” school of thought in that a poster has to just be cool. I feel strongly that a concrete idea has to be conveyed beyond just “cool collage.” Most of my work is very driven by idea and concept with a strong echo of the content. It makes it easy to over think an idea, and even be pedantic… I think that is the biggest challenge in modern design.