Karen Skelton, designer and art director, and
Phil Johnson, writer, editor and project manager, have
teamed up to form a new partnership called
lookWritenow.
We provide a variety of design and content services.
We can manage your project, design your web site,
develop your corporate identity, and write and design
your marketing collateral. We work together or
individually, depending on your needs.
We can help you conceptualize your project from
the beginning or refresh your existing materials to meet
the challenges you face today. Together we create
compelling, creative solutions for your target audience.
Here we show a portfolio of the many kinds of work
we have created in our separate careers, as well as
projects we have done for clients as lookWritenow.
Karen Skelton. Designer and art director: School of Visual Arts, New York City: studied with Milton Glaser. Graphic designer for six years with
Milton Glaser, Inc: responsible for Schlumberger annual reports and information brochures, Grand Union packaging and Windows on the World advertising. Graphics design director, Gear Design, New York City: implemented branding for Gear product lines; designed wallpaper and fabric books; directed photo shoots. For George Beylerian, created the Kwilt magnetic puzzle for the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, which sold consistently for years in
MoMA’s retail store. Creator of Classmates, a children’s wallpaper and fabrics collection based on illustrations by Simms Taback. One of F. Schumacher
& Company’s best-selling collections ever. Featured in Step-by-Step Graphics magazine. Creator and owner of Potluck Studios, ceramics–based
design company. Designed and merchandised all products including graphics, displays and photography for high–end, trend–setting business with domestic
and international sales. Sold by stores such as Bloomingdales, Bergdorf Goodman, Dean and DeLuca, Takashimaya and the American Folk Art Museum shop.
Phil Johnson. Writer, editor and publications manager with over 20 years of experience: Managed publications departments for Apple Computer
and Sun Microsystems, producing marketing collateral and technical documentation to help customers use
and administer their computer networks.
Founding member of editorial board that created Optiv, the Business Journal for Open Systems, featuring success stories on
how corporate customers used
open systems technology to optimize their businesses. Editor, New Horizons Computer Literacy Series, used by the Alaska State Department of Education
for computer education and training throughout the state. Awarded Best Product of the Year by the National Society for Performance and
Instruction. Wrote
articles on child care in Chinatown for VOLUME online magazine, published on the Voices of Lower Manhattan web site that was created to stimulate the
renewal of downtown Manhattan and the activities of people living and working there after 9/11.
Author of a bilingual social studies textbook published by
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, used in school systems in California and the Southwest. Editorial consultant for Chronicle Books and Sunset Books.