Ricky Irvine is a freelance graphic designer, works with small businesses and organizations to make websites, books, catalogs, posters, brochures, biz cards, etc., shares pictures on Flickr, and thinks about the role of design in our modern, global society way too much.
I want to see, experience, and know our world, hear life stories of wise, passionate, and humble people, be part of something larger than myself, learn more than I already know, read books that I haven't read, and hear music I haven't heard. I cherish change, love adventure, and I'm scared to death of most of it.
Hire me, or don't. Inquire about working with me, or else write to me about something I said. I tend toward simple design and try to avoid what is unnecessary. My email address is
Somehow, per the natural line-wrapping of whatever application I am in, so often the same word will begin a sequence of lines. Is there a word or phrase that describes this phenomenon?