Book Title: The 2002 Anthology of Short Fiction

Client/Publisher: Seattle Country Day School / M2 Press (2002)

Role: Design, typesetting, copywriting

Author: Various young adults

Size: 5.5 x 8 inches, perfect bound

Each year, during his tenure at Seattle Country Day School, English teacher Dave Pippin rallied his 5th-grade students to create an anthology of short fiction. The students spent most of the school year refining their work, preparing it for publication in the Spring.

I was recruited, as an extension of my week-long artist residency at the school, to design and letterpress print the cover. The 2002 edition was the first in a series of 3 anthologies that I designed and printed.

An exuberant brainstorming session with the students (“Monkeys in sunglasses!” I was told) inspired the cover’s art and text, which I designed digitally and then had made into magnesium printing plates. I then letterpress printed it in an edition of 180 on a Vandercook 4 press, which Mr. Pippin then had bound to the interior book block, which he typeset himself. The books were presented to the students during their last week of school.

With over 18 years of experience in agency and studio settings, Amy Redmond is a visual designer who thrives on variety, creating print and interactive work for corporate and non-profit clients. To keep her creativity refreshed, Amy balances digital design with time in her letterpress studio (Amada Press) in Seattle. She also teaches at the School of Visual Concepts.