#ABACUS CALENDARS IN MAINE SERIES#
Then in 1996 an opportunity arose to design something different, a series of beer logos for a new restaurant, The Beach Chalet, located at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. In spite of receiving A’s in art he did not elect to go to art school.Īfter dabbling in various small businesses including a gift store and an art greeting card company, Alan, working as a graphic designer, teamed up with a friend in the advertising industry. In 1980 Alan moved to San Francisco where he spent the next 23 years. This is where Alan’s affection for lighthouses began. In the summers while their mother worked as a cleaning lady, Alan and Chris played all day at the beach where a very tall lighthouse stood on a nearby cliff almost as though it was keeping watch over them. This is where Alan, his brother Chris and their recently divorced French mother spent the next six years. Four years later Alan and his family moved to the town of Biarritz in the South of France. Other Madison Park Greetings partners include: Shannon Martin, KOCO New York, Wooster & Prince, iPop, Running Rhino, Emilie Sloan, Roger la Borde, Prentiss Douthit, and Whomi.Īlan Claude was born in Virginia in 1967. Linnea Design operates in partnership with Madison Park Greetings, a leading stationery and gift manufacturer for the past 30 years that offers independently owned companies a unique opportunity to work together.
In addition to designing travel posters and calendars for Linnea Design, Johanna Kriesel has been a web designer for Microsoft and artist for clients such as Robert Mondavi Winery, Discovery Channel, Oregon Travel Bureau, and Museum of Natural History in New York. Linnea has written and illustrated four children’s books and designs greeting cards and stationery from her lovingly restored 1900’s carriage house in Seattle, Washington. Now, as she looks forward to taking on new artistic challenges, she’s proud to leave her much-loved calendar business in the very capable hands of her daughter. Linnea’s home-grown business helped her raise two girls and put them through college. Linnea Riley started her calendar company in 1986 in Aspen, Colorado with her husband Michael and two daughters. Each year the recipient base grows and returns to purchase the upcoming year’s collection to fill their empty frame on the wall." Linnea Design products include calendars, luggage tags, posters, holiday cards, and stationery, and can be found at retailers nationwide or at. They make a wonderful annual gift of functional artwork. Linnea Riley says, "The success of our renowned calendars is due to their unique design and great price point.
The Linnea Design Poster Calendars have had a loyal and growing following for the past two decades. With the just-released 2010 Linnea Poster Calendar, Johanna has incorporated elements of her mother’s whimsy and subject matter into her own art style, creating a perfect hybrid of unique talents. While Linnea’s artwork is known for its whimsical cut- paper designs and colored pencil drawings, Johanna’s style has previously focused more on the golden age of travel. Linnea’s daughter, Johanna Kriesel, will continue the family tradition of designing Linnea Design’s incredibly successful poster calendars, which feature a decorative month-by-month portfolio of images. SEATTLE, WA, February 24, 2009– After 23 years of designing the successful Linnea Design Poster Calendar, artist Linnea Riley has passed the torch to her daughter in order to spend more time on her book writing and stationery designs.
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