# Illustrada: Inspired Design for Intriguing Books

> Paul Nylander’s Illustrada Design is a book design studio: covers, interior layout, typesetting, and production assistance for small trade presses, independent authors, and custom publishing\.

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## Pages
- [Legal](https://illustrada.com/legal/)
- [For Publishers](https://illustrada.com/publishers/)
- [For Authors](https://illustrada.com/authors/)
- [Services](https://illustrada.com/services/)
- [Book Design by Paul Nylander of Illustrada Design](https://illustrada.com/)

## Posts
- [Book Design FAQ ⭐️](https://illustrada.com/book-design-faq/): Answers to some of the most common questions I hear: How does publishing work? When should I contact a book designer? … 
- [Rookie Mistakes, Part 4: Covers](https://illustrada.com/rookie-mistakes-part-4-covers/): Part 4 of my review of Midwest Book Awards finalists and winners, I look at book covers, and the rookie mistakes I found\.
- [Rookie Mistakes, Part 3: Illustrated and Large\-Format Interiors](https://illustrada.com/rookie-mistakes-part-3-illustrated-and-large-format-interiors/): In the third part: I look at books where image and layout play at least as much importance as the textual content—picture books, illustrated stories, and other large\-format books, including children’s illustrated books, coffee table and art books, and layout\-heavy large\-format nonfiction\.

## Misfit Gallery Pieces
- [A Like](https://illustrada.com/illustrada-gallery/a-like/)
- [Crossing the Urban\-Rural Divide](https://illustrada.com/illustrada-gallery/crossing-the-urban-rural-divide/)
- [The Fourth Dimension](https://illustrada.com/illustrada-gallery/the-fourth-dimension/)
- [Oversized Tri\-fold Book Catalog](https://illustrada.com/illustrada-gallery/oversized-tri-fold-book-catalog/)
- [Carbon Equivalency Poster](https://illustrada.com/illustrada-gallery/carbon-equivalency-poster/)

## Portfolio
- [Art: Color Relativity](https://illustrada.com/project/art-color-relativity/): Student demand inspired this beautiful and functional art \+ instructional book on painter Kami Mendlik’s method for paintings that radiate light\!
- [Art: Following My Spirit Home](https://illustrada.com/project/art-following-my-spirit-home/): \<i\>Following My Spirit Home\</i\> is a personal journey of Duluth based artist Sam Zimmerman as he rediscovers his Ojibwe heritage\.
- [Art: Kura: Prophetic Messenger](https://illustrada.com/project/art-kura-prophetic-messenger/): \<i\>Kura: Prophetic Messenger\</i\> is a stunning essay \+ photo essay of the development and installation of the sculpture from which the book gets its title\. Featuring the work of master potter Richard Bresnahan and the St\. John's Pottery\.
- [Children’s: Ishkode—A Story of Fire](https://illustrada.com/project/childrens-ishkode-a-story-of-fire/): Principles of Anishinaabe land stewardship and Western scientific knowledge are intertwined in this stunningly illustrated and thoughtfully designed children’s story\.
- [Children's: Picking Sweetgrass](https://illustrada.com/project/childrens-picking-sweetgrass/): A tender, intergenerational story of gathering sweetgrass, beautifully designed for young readers through close collaboration between illustrator and designer\.

## Categories
- [Design](https://illustrada.com/category/design/)
- [Art](https://illustrada.com/category/art/)
- [Business](https://illustrada.com/category/business/)
- [Production](https://illustrada.com/category/production/)
- [Typography](https://illustrada.com/category/typography/)

## Tags
- [photogravure](https://illustrada.com/tag/photogravure/)
- [letterpress](https://illustrada.com/tag/letterpress/)
- [color](https://illustrada.com/tag/color/)
- [podcast](https://illustrada.com/tag/podcast/)
- [Midwest Book Awards](https://illustrada.com/tag/midwest-book-awards/)

## Portfolio Category
- [Nonfiction, Essay, \& Business](https://illustrada.com/portfolio/nonfiction/)
- [Novels \& Fiction](https://illustrada.com/portfolio/fiction/)
- [Memoir, Biography, \& Poetry](https://illustrada.com/portfolio/memoir/)
- [Picture Books, Children’s](https://illustrada.com/portfolio/childrens/)
- [Featured Projects](https://illustrada.com/portfolio/featured/)

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