Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
{Sylvia Koreen photo.} I love a classic Hudson's Bay blanket. Whenever Nick and I are in Edmonton and visiting his dad or my parents, I'm envious of their respective blankets. On Saturday, I was on Facebook and saw that Sylvia, Nick's dad's partner, had painted their hallway inspired by the blanket! I think it looks …
I love being part of the process of book making, but my book making doesn't look like this! Above is a video of the making of Jonathan Safran Foer's Book of Codes. He basically made a book from another book. (Mind a little blown? Ya, me too. Check out the finished product, here.)
I mentioned in a small joys post from about two weeks ago that I had just got a book back from the printer that I was pretty proud of. Here are a few more pictures, just because I think the photography is amazing (it was done by the author, not me) and because maybe I …
Remember when I said that I loved the phrase "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful?" (BTW turns out it was William Morris who said that. Duh. Thanks to the commenter who told me that!) Well, my absolute favourite thing is when usefulness and beauty …
{All photos via Paperheart Studios.} I have some talented friends! Justine Ma is one of them. We went to U of A together before I transferred to Halifax. I don't see her very often but I love to creep on her blog to see what she's up to. She and her business partner have started …
Since I make books for a living, and especially since traditional books are changing every second right now, I'm always intrigued by the capabilities of digital books. Digital books, seem to me, to be in their toddler stages right now, so I'm really excited to see how they are going to 'grow up.' (Also, as …
Something I've never really mentioned in this space before is what I do for a living. I'm a graphic designer, but my nine-to-five is as a book designer and production person. I do still take on freelance clients and am especially grateful when I get to work on something with friends. My friend Ashlee has …
{One of my favourite places for a solitary Friday drink between work and meeting friends is the café at the Vancouver Art Gallery.} We are off to Salt Spring Island for part of the Easter long weekend. I've also taken Monday off and am looking forward to relaxing at home and getting a few things …
Kate Moore Hermes 