Hey, I’m Travis.
I’m a project manager (PMP). Oh, I also have experience in account and portfolio management. Here’s my resume.
Work with me people.
I was on THE EPM SHOW!
You can listen to my take on being a PM in the EPM space here
I’m also a polymath creative.
Just because you didn’t go to design school doesn’t mean you don’t have ideas or can’t design. Architect Tadao Ando, fashion designer Ralph Lauren, industrial designer Dieter Rams, interior designer Nate Berkus, and graphic designer Paul Rand never went to school for what made them famous.
My passion projects include problem solving, architectural criticism, art, furniture, branding exercises, a fashion blog, and a short-lived bag company.
Problem solving.
My friends and I see problems in the real world and want to fix them.
“Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use - do the work you want to see done.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
Architectural criticism.
I used to work at RAMSA. I have strong opinions about the built environment.
“Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
Art.
I interned at the Dallas Contemporary and the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston. I also was also a part of Chipstone Object Lab 3.0 I make found and contemporary art.
“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
Furniture.
I make furniture. Or rather furniture prototypes.
“Don’t try to be hip or cool. Being open and honest about what you like is the best way to connect with people who like those things too.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
Branding exercises.
Because lots of great branding and packaging just exists on Pinterest.
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
Fashion blog.
I got my hands wet back in 2008 on Blogger. Then I did it as a grown up and started getting some attention from companies.
“Modern art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t. - Craig Damrauer”
— Austin Klein, Steal Like an Artist
That bag company.
Saffiano leather bags lined in Shantung silk. It got into the hands of a few fashion bloggers.