About
I am currently working for Red Rocket Media Group as creative director. I mainly design websites and specialize in working with Wordpress. I cut my teeth at an ad agency called HuebnerPetersen where I worked for over 5 years. 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.
