Name: Gil Sans
Power: Freelance Copywriter
Saving Addyopolis from overwritten collateral with his red pen of clarity while making every deadline. Its no wonder why his tagline is “Copy That!”
Artist: Ryon Edwards
Ryon Edwards is a native South Carolinian and long-time designer and short time cartoonist. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and studied with Milton Glaser at The School of Visual Arts. He started his career in the newspaper industry and joined C.C. Riggs as a designer in 1996. In 2009, Ryon became a partner of Riggs Partners.
Ryon is a seasoned brand strategist, designer, art director, illustrator and lover of all things typographic. He’s been the brains behind award-winning brand identities, advertising, publications, collateral and websites for local, regional and national clients, and about a zillion non-profits.
His work has been published in How magazine, Print magazine, Logolounge, and has a closetful of inShow cubes, and local and regional Addy’s. In his spare time, he’s served his alma mater as an adjunct professor and offered his time to local nonprofit and advertising/design boards.
While he does not enjoy pina coladas, he does like riding his bike to work. But not in the rain.