What is your favorite non-electric tool you use for work?
My favorite non-electric tool has to be my weekly planner. It's not only my favorite but it is maybe the most essential thing I have in front of me. I literally have the worst memory. Great short-term, but if you ask me what happened yesterday I couldn't tell you. So I rely on my planner to keep track of everything I need to be working on. It's the sad truth.

What communication medium helps you most during the day?
I definitely use iChat the most to communicate throughout the office. It's a lot easier than getting up or having to go find someone. Now they just need an upgrade that will read my mind so I won't have to type either. Complete laziness is at hand.

Do you listen to music while you work? If so, what are your favorite artists/songs to listen to while in the office?
I'm constantly getting new music, so I never really stick on one band for long. One of the best finds this past year has been the Fleet Foxes. I'm going to the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June, so lately I've been getting to know some of the artists that are playing there that I haven't heard much from. There are three groups that I'm really excited about seeing right now: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Bon Iver have all grown on me in the past couple months.

How do you refocus if you're having trouble concentrating or getting the creativity flowing?
The old design rut can hit at anytime, but usually during an impossible layout. Sometimes I need to just go out there and look at great design to get my engines going again. There's nothing like seeing a great piece of art, no matter the medium, to really get you back in the groove. How, Print and CMYK are great design magazines to search through. My favorite site online is ffffound.com. If you look around enough you can find all kinds of cool stuff.

What three software programs do you use every day and could not live without?
I wouldn't be able to survive without InDesign and Photoshop. Those are the primary programs I use all day to make the magic happen. Then of course I can't live without iTunes. It keeps me pumping all day. Those have to be the top three programs that are essential to my work existence.