A long time ago, in a dim and dis­tant past (last Novem­ber to be pre­cise), we were con­tac­ted by Rock­port Pub­lish­ers.

“We’re fans of the work you pro­duce and would like the oppor­tun­ity to include it for pub­lic­a­tion in a new Rock­port book, entitled 1,000 More Greet­ings.  We found your Love col­lec­tion on design*sponge and thought it would fit well in the book.”

And now the book is out. And four of our Love prints are in it.

The blurb says, “Greet­ings often provide designer with the chance to truly stretch their cre­at­ive wings. 1000 More Greet­ings fea­tures examples by design­ers who are enjoy­ing the lux­ury of per­sonal expres­sion through cre­at­ive free­dom, without the need to sat­isfy a client.

The 1000 inspir­a­tional examples of invit­a­tions, announce­ments, greet­ings, and self pro­mo­tions are cre­ated using unique mater­i­als and express­ive treat­ments. With cor­res­pond­ence for every occa­sion, this book is a must have resource for design­ers who are look­ing for inspir­a­tion from an unpre­ced­en­ted col­lec­tion of work by an inter­na­tional group of designers.”

The author is Aes­thetic Move­ment, who are described as ‘a think tank for smart, cre­at­ive collaborations’.

Other great names included in the book are…

• Graphic designer and blog­ger Joy Deang­deel­ert Cho, who’s blog Oh Joy! is one of our favour­ites (see our We Love Blogs).
• Nor­we­gian design­ers and illus­trat­ors Darling Clem­entine, whose sta­tion­ery is also sold in Chez Nous, a shop in Trond­heim that sells our typo­graphic art.
• Washington-based Brown Sugar Design, run by Jonathan and Whit­ney Speir who design delect­able wed­ding stationery
• The bril­liantly named Bob’s Your Uncle, a Boston-based greet­ing card com­pany whose fant­astic cre­ations we’ve had the pleas­ure of owning.

You can buy 1,000 More Greet­ings from Amazon or Tesco (if you’re in the UK). Our copy is await­ing deliv­ery. How very, very exciting.

Related art­icles:

• 1,000 More Greetings
• Tusen Takk Trondheim

Received an inter­est­ing email last night that said,

“We’re fans of the work you pro­duce and would like the oppor­tun­ity to include it for pub­lic­a­tion in a new Rock­port book, entitled 1,000 More Greet­ings.  We found your Love col­lec­tion on Design*Sponge and thought it would fit well in the book.”

Sounds good to me!

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