Art + Lit Love Affair: Literary Gallery w/ Bestselling Novelist Meg Wolitzer
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Art + Lit Love Affair: Literary Gallery w/ Bestselling Novelist Meg Wolitzer

We're so thrilled to feature New York Times bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's book and art pairings in today’s Literary Gallery. Her novel The Interestings was the inspiration behind one of the three thoroughly cool pieces in our new collab with Riverhead Books. Working closely with the acclaimed Riverhead Design Labs, we transformed The Interestings' colorful cover into a covetable limited-edition art print, and now (who knew it was possible?) we're even more smitten with the cover's super vivid...

Full-time Feminist? Western Editions' Letterpress Love Letter to Y-O-U.
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Full-time Feminist? Western Editions' Letterpress Love Letter to Y-O-U.

Full-time Feminist by Western Editions Sick of the patriarchy? Need a little pick-me-up so you don't straight burn it all down? You've come to the right place! Hanging on your wall or perched on a shelf in all its ombre glory, this print is precisely what the doctor ordered. MORE after the jump »

Hot off the Presses: Our Collab with Riverhead Books Is Here!
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Hot off the Presses: Our Collab with Riverhead Books Is Here!

Big Magic by Riverhead Design Labs Author: Elizabeth Gilbert The Mothers by Riverhead Design Labs Author: Brit Bennett The Interestings by Riverhead Design Labs Author: Meg Wolitzer "Don't judge a book by its cover” is a well-worn adage, and it’s worn as well as it is for good reason: There's no shortage of eye-catching, delectably designed book covers out there. Go forth and judge. We all do it, and in doing so we’re giving the hard-working artists and designers who have...

Art + Lit Can’t Quit! Jane Mount’s Book Pins Are Baaaaaack
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Art + Lit Can’t Quit! Jane Mount’s Book Pins Are Baaaaaack

Book Pins by Jane Mount Jane Mount’s lit-laden Book Pins are back for good! After two limited-time releases last year, the writing’s on the wall (heh): people love these Book Pins. And it ain’t just bibliophiles and book nerds, though we proudly count ourselves members of that v. cool club. Foodies, kiddos, fantasy fans, romantics, political peeps, nostalgia nuts, and film buffs with a fondness for adaptations will all find a pin to fall for—and a place...

Giving Tuesday! A $10 Library Lover's Letterpress Print
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Giving Tuesday! A $10 Library Lover's Letterpress Print

I Support Public Libraries by Kennedy Prints 8"x6" ($10) Book lovers, look alive! In honor of Giving Tuesday, letterpress master Amos Kennedy thought up these incredible 8”x6” $10 prints as an extra-special benefit edition. Each complexly layered print is an original work of art—no two are the same (though every single one is a bonafide stunner). They’re striking and clever and just plain cool. Plus, they’re the perfect gift for the bibliophile on your holiday shopping list. And here’s...

Need Positive Energy for the New Year? Peep This Colorful Calendar
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Need Positive Energy for the New Year? Peep This Colorful Calendar

Positive Energy 2018 Calendar by Laura Brown 18"x12" ($40) With 2017 on its last legs, bad news having a bit of a renaissance, and holiday present-purchasing in full swing, today’s release hits the trifecta: a positively life-affirming letterpress calendar. This cool artist-made calendar from Laura Brown is the ideal gift for the person who’s impossible to shop for: your coworker, your post person, your mother-in-law. But beyond that, its message feels utterly essential nowadays. It’s a salve for...

5+5: Jennifer Pahlka. Changemaker. Gov't Go Getter. Art Lover.
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5+5: Jennifer Pahlka. Changemaker. Gov't Go Getter. Art Lover.

Jennifer Pahlka is busy sticking it to the status quo. The Code for America founder and former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the Obama administration is dead set on making the government work for the people through improved digitally-agile services. Our own Jen Bekman describes Pahlka as one of the few people she’d call a true visionary—and for good reason! Code for America is a revolutionary organization that’s already made a huge impact at...

Hands-on: Our New Artist-Made Editions
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Hands-on: Our New Artist-Made Editions

Lookie here! That wall above is stacked with atypical limited-edition art awesomeness. ICYMI, our lineup this season has included a steady stream of special editions. So far this fall we’ve rolled out one-of-a-kind letterpress pieces by Kennedy Prints, handmade linen textile art from Jen Hewett, Kelly Shimoda’s spiky ceramic hanging sculptures, a Paper Jam Press print that says it all, and, most recently, rayo & honey’s poignant canvas pennant. MORE after the jump »