We were never around for summers (because it’s the coldest time) in San Francisco. Last year was quite the exception … More
Tag: books
Filling in the blanks…… with a story of your own
A Little Something is a special publication (160 pages of printed stories and 128 pages of blank cream paper) that … More
Experimenting with print-on-demand book
Very soon, we would be down to our last few copies of A Little Daily Dose. Would we run another … More
A designer’s wonderland {II}
The corridor of brown paper packaged fonts leads to the bookbinding department – on the right – which we missed … More
A designer’s wonderland {I}
For the last twenty years, fonts are a huge part of my life. From the serifs Garamond, Baskerville, Bodini to … More
Gift books for the altruist
From time to time, Jon and I would take a stroll down Clement Street to Green Apple Books. Which shelf … More
Publication design: the beauty of exposed spine binding
The first few drafts of A Little Daily Dose were bound by hand. We appreciate how we could lay them … More
What happens when you lose 32 books in the mail?
32 copies of A Little Daily Dose are lost in September, somewhere between Singapore and San Francisco. Were they lost … More
Learning Chinese together (with an Englishman)
On our first date, at a foot-massage parlor in Dali Ancient Town, Jon learned how to read and say his first … More