We collaborated with Juniper Books to develop designs for four collections of hardcover books: Jane Austen, The Bronte Sisters, Willa Cather and George Eliot. The books feature original Obvious State art which artfully cover the clothbound hardcover volumes published by Everyman’s Library.

"There are few authors as well-known as Jane Austen and few novels as influential and beloved as her classics. We partnered with the creatives at Obvious State to design one-of-a-kind art for her complete works. With the artists' distinct style, Austen's novels are given a modern treatment while still retaining their timeless appeal."

In 2012 we collaborated with Penguin Random House to produce a boxed postcard set featuring bold, graphic interpretations of 50 literary lines from authors including Woolf, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Poe, and Austen.

We created a gift for the cast and crew of Genius a 2016 film about legendary Scribner editor Max Perkins starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Laura Linney.

The illustration was inspired by an exchange between Perkins and Thomas Wolfe about a New York City sunset.

Created in collaboration with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Doubleday for the 2019 release of Little Boy. This quote captures the communal nature of meaning-making that defines Ferlinghetti's work.

We collaborated with the University of Manchester's Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine on cover art forThe Surveillance Imperative: Exploring the Cold War Geosciencesand graphics for the international symposium "Cold War / Blue Planet."

We partnered with Penguin Random House to create Subtext - a collection of cheeky postcards. 

Classic literature meets contemporary colloquialisms. The Subtext collection alludes to the unspoken thoughts, implicit meanings and unadulterated truths that prove human experiences are timeless.

We collaborated with Andrews McMeel Universal and Najwa Zebian to create an illustration for the live poetry event These Are Our Words, hosted by Read Poetry, Belletrist, Obvious State and Bowery Poetry in New York City on Sunday, April 7, 2019. 

We drew our inspiration for the illustration from a quote by Najwa Zebian: "These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb." 

We love the idea embedded in this quote, and the clever use of antithesis. In our illustration, a mountain is inverted and mirrored, transforming itself from a burden into a benefit. And as with many situations in life, it's often all about perspective.