Rag & Pulp: Creativity with Paper

Encyclopedia of Inspiration #11

by Janine Vangool (Editor)

448 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2023

About the author

Janine Vangool is the publisher, editor and designer of UPPERCASE, a quarterly print magazine for the creative and curious. UPPERCASE publishes content inspired by design, typography, illustration and craft. Her magazine and books celebrate the process of making, the commitment to craft and the art of living creatively. Janine got her start working as a freelance graphic designer for arts and culture clients and has also taught typography and publication design at the college level. She has been a shop owner and bookseller, gallery curator, sold a line of greeting cards wholesale, made 10,000 books by hand (with lots of help!) and has sewn her own products for retail. She has a particular fondness for typewriters, a passion inspired a book about their graphic history. She has designed two fabric collections with Windham Fabrics. She is often asked, “Do you ever sleep?” To which she replies, “Yes! By the end of the day I’m exhausted!” She lives in Calgary, Canada with her boardgame-designing husband and curious son.

-Source https://creativemornings.com/talks/ja...

Reviews

[Marmot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of cool artists and inspiration! I do find the info included for each artist to follow a pretty set formula and would have appreciated some more diversity in what they talk about for each artist.

[sosser · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspo galore. a beautiful book <3