In March of this year, art270 will officially celebrate 40 years as a graphic design and communications company. Back in 1985 when we first decided on art270 as a company name, the graphic design field looked like a very different place. Computers weren’t a part of our daily process yet. There were no cell phones. Fax machines and collating copiers were the only electronics to assist in daily business. Drafting boards, t-squares and triangles were at the core of our toolbox, and markers, colored pencils and rub down lettering brought ideas to life. Design ideas manifested themselves from our brain to our fingers to the page, and craftsmanship was king. You could literally smell ideas coming to life from the paint, ink, paper, wax and glue that we used to create.