Birth of a Book video here

A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.

Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner

We like to give the gift of coasters every year with fresh design and words to inspire. This year, we printed the coasters at Aardvark Letterpress in downtown Los Angeles. Here we are at press…

At 82 years old, legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser reminds us that it’s never too late to become a student of a new field. His recent work with Lapchi, an Oregon-based carpet company. Read more here…

Only 2 days left to view the rugs at Santa Monica Museum of Art

MAD MEN YOURSELF > dress for the ad agency, MAD MEN style

above poster illustration by Stanley Chow

Pencils are actually chocolates made by product design firm nendo in collaboration with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu*. Each pencil is a different blend of chocolates. The kit comes with a pencil sharpener  to create shavings to decorate your own desserts.

*Hironobu Tsujiguchi, the youngest pâtissier to ever win La Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie (a.k.a. the World Cup of Desserts),

The name “tea towel” originates from England about the early nineteenth century. The tea towel was the linen of choice for the ladies of Victorian England. They often personally used tea towels when caring for their teaware to avoid anything being broken by a careless servant. > Read more: The History of the Tea Towel   Image above: T Towels designed by Nicky Hooper

3D paper station wagon printed with letterpress!  It is printed in sunshine yellow and fire orange ink on 100% recycled, 100# French Paper (run completely on hydro electric power) > Blackbird Letterpress

38 years after the Kröller-Müller museum in the Netherlands added this painting to their collection it is authenticated as being an original Van Gogh. A book bigger dot recently produced provides other interesting facts and revelations about Van Gogh. Van Gogh’s Untold Journey available here.

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun is rallying cry to infuse our lives and our workplaces with fun. People need to stop wasting time and energy and start doing the things that really matter to them.

A Guide to LA’s Best Coffee Shops