Brett Yasko once opened up a talk he gave for a local Pecha Kucha event with the words "welcome to my nightmare". Yes, he's not terribly fond of talking about himself – preferring to let his prodigious body of work mostly speak for him. Still, on those occasions when he does open up about his life and work you quickly learn how much he truly, madly, deeply, loves both. Brett talks about his path from advertising to design, the challenges and opportunities he experienced with the transition from going to work to working from home, how parenthood and politics have influenced his work, that his self-initiated projects have been some of the most fulfilling and why he prefers to set his name – when he does – in 6.5 point type. He's a generous, stubborn and empathetically driven designer whose nationally acclaimed body of work can be viewed at http://brettyasko.com/