We loved being part of this year's LAMP (lighting architecture movement project) event! Lot's of beautiful lanterns and we loved working with the kids in the same room as the competition finalists at Jan Kath's studio.
Lantern Workshop for kids November 14th
This fall Judith and Robin have been invited by LAMP (Lighting Architecture Movement Project) to teach a lantern-making workshop inspired by our stories Sunny's Dark Night and Foggy's Big Fright as well as our lantern project for Small Wonder magazine.
Details: 2nd Annual L A M P Workshop for KIDS teams up with the gals from Windy & friends to create a fun filled morning for youngsters making their own LED Paper Lanterns! Kids of all ages will follow the basic diy instructions to make their lanterns and are then given the freedom to explore their own decorating techniques.
Registration fee covers the cost of materials, a L A M P tote bag, a snack & a download of the "Sunny's Dark Night" - the groundbreaking stop-motion animation app by Windy & friends.
Canzine West this Saturday
Judith & Robin will be speaking about developing their series of print books into apps and keeping it all handmade at Canzine West this Saturday. Joining us will be Talent Pun, the super fantastic designer at Loud Crow that we worked with. We love Talent!
"Interactive Storytelling: Bringing Illustrated Books to Life through App Technology"
2PM Saturday October 24 at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, in the World Art Centre
We ❤ Books
It's World Book Day!
When we're not playing with dolls, making checklists or making award-winning apps, we ... design books! Both of us are print book designers. And we love books.
In honour of World Book Day we interviewed each other about what we like about making books:
Robin: It's International Book Day! No, it's World Book Day! What do we like most about making books? I think I like the smell [of newly printed books].
Judith: Oh, yes, I like the smell, too. I like the crackling sound.
Robin: The crackling sound?
Judith: Yes, new books make a sort of crackling sound when you first open them.
Robin: Oh, right, I see what you mean. Yeah, that's a good one.
One of the fun parts of our job is visiting printing presses for a press check. Here is a great little video showing how a picture book is made, from sketch through to binding, from minibombo.
Happy New Year!
We'll have lots more soon, but in the meantime... Happy New Year! from Judith & Robin
Mild & Mellow's Holiday Light is out today!
We're so please and proud to announce that Mild & Mellow's Holiday Light is in the AppStore!
Watch a preview of "Mild & Mellow's Holiday Light"
We love the winter holidays and in this appisode we visit all Mild & Mellow's neighbours to see how they're celebrating the season. Mild & Mellow's Holiday Light also has great music, a gingerbread cookie you can "eat" with your finger and series creators Robin & Judith make a guest appearance ... there's also a bonus matching board and a Christmas music soundboard, where you can build your own song (and our sound designer is a dad, so he made it gentle enough for parents, too).
More good news: We're giving away a copy of Mild & Mellow's Holiday Light today — see our advent calendar to find out how, it's easy!
