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09 Aug

Posted at 11:18hin Blog
In my 8-year-long association with Tara Books, my role as a book designer has taken different forms. The projects I worked on with the team have included experiments with the form of the book and printing processes, working with various art and illustration styles, and finding typographic solutions to complex texts. But what has been the most valuable learning is understanding where design – and the designer – stands in relation to the many factors that influence the design process, from editorial decisions to production and financial constraints.

15 Mar

Posted at 12:02hin Blog
An unusual collaboration between indigenous Warli artists, a writer-gardener and book artisans, this book is a celebration of the miracle that is the seed and its place in our lives and cultures. Read on for an account of its evolution, and how it came to take its imaginative final shape, a combination of four book forms—each of them reflecting a particular aspect of the cosmos contained in a seed.

22 Apr

Posted at 05:12hin Blog
By Anaïs Beaulieu

An embroiderer’s skill is actually revealed by the quality of the work on the reverse side of the fabric — the hidden intersection of threads and knots that hold the embroidery in place. It is not seen immediately, and yet must be impeccable. Perhaps a book works somewhat like embroidery...