about the designer
nicole von'dana
Place of Birth: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Likes: Lemon heads, Skeleton keys, Snow, Snow globes, the cold & Glass
Dislikes: Tickling, Animals in purses, Dasani water, Red pens, Crooked lines.
Random Talent: Photography & Photoshop trickery
Other: After graduating high school I was sucked into the 9 – 5. I was offered a few great opportunities at Moore College of Art, but I fell into the category that most eighteen year olds do, “I don’t even know what I want to do with my life.” Not knowing what direction I wanted to go, I settled for a job in the Pharmaceutical industry honing as an Admin Slave in the Project Management Division. Yikes, I went from a teenager to an adult almost over night. I decided to take graphic design classes at night while I was working full-time during the day. Bored out of my mind, daily, I applied for a job as an Assistant Package Designer. Knowing full well my entire life I have been design oriented and creative. I stayed there for a few years and decided to see what else was out there. From Calibration Coordinator in an Analytical lab to Microbiology Quality Control Auditor I realized, I hate stagnant “follow the rule” type jobs, it’s just not me! Trying to crawl out of the misery that I found myself in everyday, I was in luck! I joined the herd of packaging junkies at a Clinical Package company as a Package Designer focusing mainly on the structural design of SBS cartons, foam inserts, and blisters. Blisters? I know that’s what you are thinking. I’ll explain… you know the little foil and plastic packages that tablets such as sudafed come in? mmm, ones that every human flips out over when they have a cold and can’t open them, usually verbalizing something along the lines of, “who on the planet designs these !%&* packages? Yeh, that’s me! During my time off of designing packages that make you crazy, I can be found designing the tools for the machines that form those awful blister packages . Currently, I still labor as a Package Designer, but everyday I feel the urge to work outside the box. Which is why I started my line of custom invitations. After searching for invitations online for various events in my own life, I decided that helping others get the product they are looking for is something I wanted to do.
I can currently be found somewhere between Trappe and Philadelphia designing invitations in some random coffee chain on my mac or shooting photos with my Nikon. Please feel free to contact me for custom invitations, photography or queries to wire me vast sums of money!
Looking for a custom design, questions or want to chat about things to do in Philadelphia? Email me: nicole@nicoledana.com
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ~Scott Adams