(Back). I love paper! These are a bunch of books, pamphlets, and other printed materials I’ve made. Publications are sort of like escape rooms but opposite; you need to solve riddles and find hidden compartments in order to get deeper into them. It’s architecture, also, maybe.

Specimen design for Shoplifters 10, a compendium by Actual Source featuring 156 typefaces by 114 type designers. Completed at Actual Source. Creative direction by JP Haynie and Davis Ngarupe. (View).

Book design for ‘Electronic Lanscapes: Music, Space, and Resistance in Detroit:’ a celebration of Detroit’s techno, house and hip-hop musicians through a visual tour of the city’s techno scene, essays and interviews with and by artists, and indexed photos and stories by Isaac Diggs and Edward Hillel. Completed at Wax Studios; Creative direction by David Yun and Zak Klauck; Published and photographed by Kris Graves. 2021.
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Zine, web, and environmental design for WeCoLab: an open practice established by UMN architecture students that assisted the artist Daniel McCarthy Clifford in his exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis through public action and spacial design. Completed at the University of Minnesota. Creative direction by Matt Olson (OOI:E:E). 2018. (View).

Book design and construction of LIVE! bloom: a collection of live stream stills of a corpse flower bloom at the New York Botanical Garden, focusing on instances of interaction with the flower itself, the live stream camera, and the audience beyond. 5.5"Wx8.5"H, staple-bound inkjet print, plastic sleeve. 2018.

Book design and construction of XX (to you): a book mirroring William Shakespeare's first 20 sonnets, presumably written to a male lover, and the lyrics of 20 songs by Frank Ocean. 3"Wx6”L, handbound coptic stitch, solid cardstock, printed acetate. 2018.

You’ve reached the end (of this page). Follow one of my secret work tunnels to identities, publications, music, typography, environments, objects, or imagery. Or find out more about me. Or hit me up via e-mail, Instagram, or Are.na. Thank you and I love you. © Kellen Renstrom, All rights reserved, 2024.