Inside the Box

January 24, 2016

Inside the Box

Interior Designer Identity

Annie Cox works professionally with a major furnishing company, but has slowly been growing her freelance interior design business. To help her continue to grow, her fiancé asked Widgets & Stone to create a simple identity that she could use.

Summer intern Jessi Chambliss crafted a beautifully understated mark to symbolize the ‘inside the box’ kind of work that interior designers do. Spring intern Stephanie Fast helped to translate the design to the web, and The Open Press printed some lovely letterpress cards for Annie.

Creative Direction: Paul Rustand; Design: Jessi Chambliss, Stephanie Fast.

Open Books, Open Prints, Open Press

July 12, 2013

The Open Press is a non-profit letterpress, printmaking and book arts studio based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Its aim is to provide access to a unique and under-utilized artistic resource in Chattanooga, and to build a community of fine artists and craftspeople around this equipment and knowledge.

Founded by Matt Greenwell and Paul Rustand, the endeavor began as a Kickstarter campaign and grew into a full non-profit. The identity and subsequent print designs were started as rewards for donors.

Since 2013 the Open Press has operated with a staff of all-volunteers. It is currently housed on the ground floor of Stove Works, a contemporary art space and residency in Chattanooga’s South Side neighborhood.

Creative Direction: Paul Rustand; Design: Brad Dicharry.