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We design for publishers, as well as conceive and publish our own titles. We also create artists' books; books that are personal, which run the gamut of indvidual insight, opinion, and experience.


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Alaska: Trail Tales and Eccentric Detours
This travelogue in photographs, drawings and journal entries of a 1981 cross-country road trip from Atlanta, Georgia to the Alaska Highway was co-authored by Lucinda Bunnen and Virginia Warren Smith. Sold at amazon.com

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If you sleep on the other side it will go away
“This book combines dreams and longing, trains and brain scans and a personal visual mythology in a haunting and beautifully produced book, printed in an evocative sequence of metallic colors, translucent overlays, and poetic images.” Nexus Press. Awards: James River Corporation, Award of Excellence - The Best of the Best 1/92; Announced/Reproduced in How (4/92) and Print (1/92) magazines; First Place Book Design in Publish Magazine’s 1991 contest for design and technical innovation 11/91; First Place Graphic Design in MacWorld Magazine'’s 1991 “Macintosh Masters” contest for design and technical innovation. Sold at amazon.com

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Elegy: An Intuitive Chronicle of War
“Elegy juxtaposes the packaging of military pomp and circumstance with the physical and psychological pain of war. Elegy rhetorically presents the abstract military ideals of glory, honor, duty, and patriotism and then rightfully subverts them with the reality of dread, misery, fear, and grief. Implicit but not blatant in Elegy is a respect for a peaceful world – a humane place where life is valued and cherished, a place where true hope lies in the recognition of the tragedy of our past mistakes.” Dan Talley, Art Papers, November/December 1992. French Paper Company, Award of Excellence, 6/92. Sold at amazon.com

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Thesis book, Bjorn Akselsen
Our most challenging project to date, this how-to book made the case for designing interactive experiences using PDF. The book was recognized as one of the best on the subject and made us realize the need for books that speak of the conceptual design aspects of a medium in addition to the capabilities of the software.

 

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