Charles Apple

Here’s wishing a happy VizEds birthday to Andrew Braford, deputy design director of the St. Petersburg Times. Andrew turns the big four-oh today.
Andrew, from his Facebook profile.
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Andrew is a 1991 graduate of the University of North Dakota. He spent a year as a designer for the Gary Post-Tribune in Indiana before moving to the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota in 1989 as a designer and copy editor. He spent more than eight years in Nebraska.

In 1997, Andrew moved to the Wichita Eagle, where he spent nearly three years as a designer. He then moved to the St. Paul Pioneer Press for a year and the Columbus Dispatch for nearly two years before joining the St. Pete Times in 2005.

A few samples of Andrew’s work:

Find more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery.

Andrew shares a birthday with actor Vin Diesel, singer Martha Reeves, baseball manager Joe Torre, Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson, astronaut John Glenn, South African politican Nelson Mandela and the late, great Hunter S. Thompson.

Plus, today is National Ice Cream Day and National Caviar Day. So treat yourself to a big ol’ mess of caviar-flavored ice cream, Andrew!

And best wishes for a very happy 40th birthday!

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