step 1: dial a friend. step 2: put phone on speakerphone. step 3: hold phone in reverse position to friend's phone (speaker to mouthpiece, vice-versa). step 4: listen

Plywood + c-clamps = mini book presses

During my morning run, I watched a sparrow become increasingly frustrated by its uncooperative breakfast.

The scene reminded me of the challenge of feedback loops in systems, as discussed by Donella Meadows in Thinking in Systems.

The difficulty of feedback lags and subsequent overshoot adjustments was beautifully demonstrated in this graceful dance. The pattern went on for so long that they flew out of my field of vision.

All ready to print.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

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Carefully lining everything up to case in.

Boards are glued down. Time to tackle all of the turn-ins.

Packing up to head back to Chicago.

Paper wraps were made to include my barcode on the book for distribution. I designed them to coordinate with the book design, provide the buyer with a brief overview of the project and the materials used, and have a secondary purpose as a bookmark.

5-6 colors went into this warm gray, believe it or not.

Paper wraps were made to include my barcode on the book for distribution. I designed them to coordinate with the book design, provide the buyer with a brief overview of the project and the materials used, and have a secondary purpose as a bookmark.

Inkjet printed endpaper detail

Feedback loop: A solitary chair in an art gallery.

It took slightly more than three entire days to sew up all the text blocks.

Spines are glued up, reinforced, and lined with headbands all attached!

Paper cut down, ready to be folded.

Locked up and ready to go.

Covers all printed. Only a few hundred steps left to go...ha!

Packing up to head back to Chicago.