Although I consider myself primarily a designer, I also bring the skills of a writer, editor, and illustrator to my work. For many years I was a principal in the New York design firm Ross Culbert & Lavery, where I developed a love for great design – and a loathing for soulless corporate buzzwords like paradigm shift, micro-influencer, and growth hacking.
I've created consumer and business-to-business communications for publishers, museums, banks, legal and accounting firms, non-profits, media companies, and entrepreneurs. Since 2011 I've worked as a freelance design consultant to an equally eclectic array of clients.
My approach to every project is to listen carefully to the client's objectives and find the best, most thoughtful, and cost-effective route to get them there. It's really that simple.
After living in and around New York City for far too long, I now reside 90 minutes north of it in the beautiful Mid-Hudson Valley. My office looks out onto an apple orchard on one side and the Catskill Mountains on the other. I hope some day to have a riding mower.
When I’m not wearing my graphic designer's hat, I'm a painter. My fine art can be viewed at budlaveryart.com.
SOME OF THE MANY CLIENTS I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO WORK WITH OVER THE YEARS
Allen Ross Architecture
American Express
American Museum of Natural History
Apprise Media
Arts Society of Kingston
AT&T
Ballard Spahr
Banque Paribas
Benedict Realty Group
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP
Binder & Schwartz
Blue Moon Licensing
Brock Law Offices
Bushell Sovak Ozer & Kane, LLC
Center for Talent Innovation
Charlotte Beyer
Chassman Associates
Chesterwood
Cinecom
Citibank
Condon O’Meara McGinty & Donnelly LLP
Crown City Ringers
Darby & Darby PC
Deloitte
Dipper Delights
Direct Marketing Association
Elixir Spring House
Epiq
Equitas Realty
Finanalytica
Fine Line Features
Fitzpatrick Cella
Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP
Garden City Group
Garrison Institute
General Foods
GeoHealth
Gunk Haus
Hudson Valley Timebank
Insite Risk Management
Institute for Private Investors
Jackson Lewis
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Kaye Scholer LLP
Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Kestrel Insurance
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirsch & Niehaus
Labaton Sucharow
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Lupus Research Institute
Lynne Friedman Art
Master Terrazzo
MetLife
MMIT
O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins
Pasadena Arts Foundation
Port Marine Electronics
Protile
Redwood Analytics
Rosenberg & Estis
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Scholastic, Inc.
Seaver Interactive
Sentinel Data Centers
The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture
Sirius Satellite Radio
Société Générale
Square Leaf Landscape Design
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Teacher Created Materials Publishing
3 Round Stones
Tiger Bay Advisors, LLC
Torys LLP
United Media
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Youth Bands of LA