Books

Behind the Brand

Carol Hanisch once said, “The personal is political.” Our personal perspective can influence our views and decisions in this world. It can affect the things we spend our money on as well as the causes we support. People are often willing to pay more for something if the company and brand’s values align with their own. The social impact of a company may have the power to alter the perspective of people’s views as well.

Anchal is a non-profit, social enterprise that provides alternative careers in textile design and production to exploited and marginalized women in Ajmer, India and Louisville, Kentucky. Behind the Brand was created with the intention of telling the story and spreading awareness of Anchal’s social impact around the world. This book highlights the work and process of creating the unique products which Anchal sells. It emphasizes the key aspects the brand stands behind: global sisterhood, impact through design and sustainability.

The book, Behind the Brand, was designed with the intent of appearing hand crafted and created with a sketchbook style mentality. The book was meant to feel as an inside look into a brand that was put together by those that work there. It utilizes a series of scanned textural items, the appearance of hand-placed images and body copy written from interviews and information on the brands website.

Select spreads of the book are displayed below, however feel free to contact the artist to view the full book.

Baking with Bourbon

Baking with Bourbon is a unique bourbon inspired cookbook that you’ll want to leave out on your coffee table for everyone to enjoy. The cookbook walks the reader through the process of bourbon, common terminology and more before breaking the down into three sections of recipes: bakes, frozen and snacks. The book was meant to feel sophisticated and high end while also incorporating an educational aspect in baking and bourbon. With permission, the artist was able to include and highlight, local bourbon brands and encourage readers to break open a bottle and begin baking with bourbon.

Select spreads of the book are displayed below, however feel free to contact the artist to view the full book.

The Traveling Cookbook

The Traveling Cookbook was passion project that was designed to unite people over the topics of food and travel. The unique places highlighted in the book are significant locations the artists has traveled too accompanied by recipes of local cuisine and baked goods provided by family and friends. The book not only tells the story and significance of each location but provides recipes to tie the reader into the experience. The hope of this was to associate the memories of that place with a recipe so the reader can have a little piece of that place in their kitchen when baking.

Select spreads of the book are displayed below, however feel free to contact the artist to view the full book.