About Us

Some Background on 1300 Willow and Your Humble Creative Director.

Taylor Wholesale Grocery. 1300 Willow Street. Coffeyville, Kansas.

That's where I grew up working in the family business...Taylor Wholesale Grocery. I spent some long hours (and weekends) in that old building. But through it all, I learned the value of a hard day's work and a satisfied customer. I never thought I'd go from selling wholesale goods to selling graphic design but, hey, stranger things have happened.

To tell you the truth, I actually stumbled into graphics. After earning a bachelors in English from the University of Kansas, I set out for Chicago and got a job as a production artist (I had some experience). That was officially my crash course in graphics: overworked, underpaid and completely educated.

After freelancing at a number of agencies, working as a creative director, and acquiring my own roster of clients, I decided it was time to shake things up. California, here I come.

In Los Angeles, I continued to work with agencies, but primarily, cultivated my own diverse client list. Nothing against the big boys, but I find having a small studio to be a more personal environment where creativity is allowed to flow free...like white gravy on buttermilk biscuits.

So that's my story: small town boy, big city, white gravy...graphic design.

Now, after a short stay in Colorado Springs, I'm back in Kansas where it all started...and did I mention I have a Trunk Monkey?(Yep that is actually me. Great eyebrow move, eh?)

So...

I love what I do and I love helping people. I've been at this graphics gig for over 15 years now and I don't plan on a career change any time soon. If you've got a project and wanna talk...lemme know. We've got a top-notch crew that's always ready to roll up their sleeves (if they're not rolled up already).

Written by: Michael Owen Taylor
Owner/Creative Director