Who is Adrian Hanft, III?

I am the third out of four people to have the name Adrian Hanft. I live in Evans, Colorado with my wife Betsy and Adrian IV, our 4 year old son. My dad, Adrian II, is a sculptor in Wisconsin.

I work at an ad agency called HuebnerPetersen where I am an Art Director. I design a healthy mix of print and web projects. I graduated from Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska where I studied graphic design while getting my hands dirty with wheel-thrown ceramics, photography, printmaking, and painting.

I have been blogging since 2004 and haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I co-founded the graphic design blog, Be A Design Group in March of 2004 with my friend Bennett Holzworth. In its prime I like to believe that it was one of the top design blogs in the world.

I also run a photo blog called Found Photography. It started out as a place to show some of my photography, and has grown into a place where I talk about my growing camera collection. I enjoy the idiosyncrasies of antique cameras, the hackability of toy cameras, and the affordabilty of both. I also like building pinhole cameras, and have found that Legos are an exceptional material for this purpose.

I started Adrian3 as a place where I can talk about things that don’t fit under the umbrella of design or photography. I am looking forward to writing here, and I hope you find your time here enjoyable. Thanks for visiting.

Adrian E. Hanft, III

What are you still doing here? You want to know more about me? Ok, here is a profile:

Name: Adrian Eugene Hanft, III
Nickname: Ade, (used to be “Little Ade” to my family)
Gender: Male
Birth Date: November 20, 1978
Height: 5′10″
Weight: 180
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Glasses: Usually
Car: 1996 Toyota Tercel
Religion: Lutheran (LCMS)
Ancestry: German

Hobbies: photography, mountain biking, reading, blogging, building websites, collecting records, chess, playing basketball, painting, building pinhole cameras, Legos, computers, trading art with friends, Atari, typography, the occassional concert…

Favorite TV shows: Battlestar Galactica, The Office, The Simpsons, Mad Men, Heroes, Family Guy

Favorite Movies: Fight Club, Return of the Jedi, The Royal Tenenbaums, Magnolia, Zoolander, Batman Begins, Dumb and Dumber, Falling Down, Run Lola Run, Brazil, The Prestige, Donnie Darko, The Virgin Suicides, American Psycho.

Favorite Musical Artists: Paul Simon, The Shins, Iron and Wine, The Eels, Clem Snide, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, The Black Keys, Magnetic Fields, Rogue Wave, Midlake, Cut Copy, Beck, Ratatat… maybe you should just check out what I am listening to right now.