How a cover learns to speak
On restraint, signal and the first three seconds with a new book.
The journal
Notes from the long table.
The people, places and practices behind our books.
The journal follows a book beyond its launch: the first conversation, the wrong turn, the material sample, the place where an idea changed shape.
JOURNAL / 01
A living record of the list.
The journal follows a book beyond its launch: the first conversation, the wrong turn, the material sample, the place where an idea changed shape.
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The journal follows a book beyond its launch: the first conversation, the wrong turn, the material sample, the place where an idea changed shape.
JOURNAL / 02
Dispatches
A few starting points from the studio archive.
The table as a publishing tool
Why our best meetings happen around paper, tea and too many references.
A field guide to second editions
What changes when a book gets another life.
On translating atmosphere
A conversation with translators working between English and Chinese.
JOURNAL / 03
Our recurring questions
01
Who is this for?
Not a demographic. A person with a real afternoon to give.
02
What should remain?
The line, image or pause that still works after the explanation is gone.
03
Where does it travel?
A good edition knows how to leave the studio and find its people.
JOURNAL / 04
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