Custom bookbinding is an old tradition and pretty niche
industry. Whether a binder makes handsewn embossed leather tomes or sleek
modern structures like our screwpost portfolios, albums and portfolio boxes,
most of us in this industry got into our profession, at least in part, because
of our love of books: their form, their varied structures and their roles in
our everyday lives: as beautiful and protective capsules for important text,
images and information.
But every so often a job calls for us to reframe our roles
as bookmakers to create something a little more unorthodox.
We enjoyed our recent collaboration with Garnica Interiors to create these beautiful and hardy boxes as a smart clutter
solution for a client’s laundry room. The larger of the boxes features a
magnetic front for easy access as it will sit high on a shelf, and the custom
turquoise color ordered specifically for these boxes matches the tile in the
room. We hope for photos and can’t wait to see how they are incorporated in the
space.
This recent job also brings to mind the deceptively simple
flax linen storage boxes we made for another of Garnica’s clients a while back, among
other home furnishing orders. These sleek, utilitarian containers are all
function without sacrificing form, with the quiet power to transform a domestic
or working space into a more serene, productive space.
Days like these have us thinking it might be time to really
step up our own laundry room game! Why not update the old Ikea Kallax with
something a little more chic and coordinated to the room’s color scheme? Why
suffer flimsy corrugated file boxes or that weird junk shelf under the entryway
table when you have hearty bookboard and a variety of bookcloth colors to
choose from?
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