There is something so alluring about the thick white borders of polaroids. And there is something so pristinely simple and powerful about the way Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi frames her pictures in the white pages of her book Cui Cui.

With those things in mind, I came up with my designs for the new travel journals. Hidden beneath the clean and simple covers are the little conveniences ~ flaps and envelopes, a pen loop, and a little metal clasp closure that keeps the book securely shut. I’m going to keep one to write in myself.

June 12th, 2007