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Ron's Team | Tim Follos

About Tim Follos

Tim serves as Ron’s consulting writer and editor for special projects. Tim’s writing has appeared in Express, the Onion, the Georgetown Voice, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Lake Placid News, and in numerous other print publications, as well as on washingtonpost.com.


Poster Design | Twiddle

In addition to the Waterhole, Ron has done design work for dozens of other satisfied clients in the Lake Placid area. Ron was friends with many of his clients before they hired him, and he has made a practice of building lasting relationships with clients who were once complete strangers to him. As a kid, Ron saw some great shows at the Waterhole (including the Jim/Mojo Nixon gig)…

Miracle on Ice & the 1980 Olympics

Ron said, explaining that he used a typeface for the poster of a sort which is often used in athletics. “It’s a slab-serif typeface – people have been using ones like it for sports for probably 60 years.” A patriotic color palette of red, white, and blue is used throughout the text, with red calling attention to the most important information. Imagery includes a full color photo of a hockey team…

Poster Design | Al & the Transamericans

The poster Ron designed for Al & the Transamericans is a milestone in his career and one of the most important pieces in his poster design portfolio. His close friendships with the people in and around the Adirondacks’ greatest band, Jim, were a large part of what initially got Ron started as an artist focused on the music industry. Ron’s friendship with Jim himself, the visual artist Jim Gunardson…

Poster Design | Lake Placid Film Festival

After college, Ron returned to the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York and the community there continued to inspire his artistic ambitions. Shortly after moving back to town, Ron created a poster for the 2006 Lake Placid Film Festival, which had publicly released a call for submissions. This is one of Ron’s early posters, and he took a minimalist, direct approach with the Acclaimed author Russell Banks…

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