Ingrid Paulson
@ingridpaulson.bsky.social
Book design and AD, instructor at The Chang School, TMU, and middle manager of expectations. Anti-Wednesdays, pro-theatre. 🇨🇦 She/her.
https://ingridpaulson.com
https://ingridpaulson.com
“❤️ just collapsed into a stupor”
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“❤️ just collapsed into a stupor”
My weekend afternoons shown by two art books: Saturday book launch for Louis de Niverville: Pentimenti (designed by me!), and Sunday lecture by Jeff Wall in honour of his solo retrospective at MOCA Toronto.
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My weekend afternoons shown by two art books: Saturday book launch for Louis de Niverville: Pentimenti (designed by me!), and Sunday lecture by Jeff Wall in honour of his solo retrospective at MOCA Toronto.
Meet “hamster muffin.”
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Meet “hamster muffin.”
I just need someone to clarify this statement, because I had assumed the Weston family was already okay and had been since [checks Wikipedia] 1882.
August 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I just need someone to clarify this statement, because I had assumed the Weston family was already okay and had been since [checks Wikipedia] 1882.
As a book designer, it can be overwhelming to see my covers for @coachhousebooks.bsky.social and realize I’m playing a small part in this history.
June 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
As a book designer, it can be overwhelming to see my covers for @coachhousebooks.bsky.social and realize I’m playing a small part in this history.
At @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 60th (!!!) anniversary party.
June 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
At @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 60th (!!!) anniversary party.
Post-theatre margarita. As one should.
May 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Post-theatre margarita. As one should.
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your brain.
April 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your brain.
A smol crocus bloomed in our container garden seven storeys up. It’s the first in a few years (they usually sprout leaves and then call it a day).
Posting as timeline cleanse.
Posting as timeline cleanse.
April 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A smol crocus bloomed in our container garden seven storeys up. It’s the first in a few years (they usually sprout leaves and then call it a day).
Posting as timeline cleanse.
Posting as timeline cleanse.
Just received these two bruisers I designed for @biblioasis.bsky.social.
March 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just received these two bruisers I designed for @biblioasis.bsky.social.
Aaaaaand the I poster is as expected: a lot of vertical strokes.
Sigh. (Did you know many Dutch chocolatiers don’t make the initial I chocolate letter for Christmas? Hard time matching weight to other initials.)
Sigh. (Did you know many Dutch chocolatiers don’t make the initial I chocolate letter for Christmas? Hard time matching weight to other initials.)
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Aaaaaand the I poster is as expected: a lot of vertical strokes.
Sigh. (Did you know many Dutch chocolatiers don’t make the initial I chocolate letter for Christmas? Hard time matching weight to other initials.)
Sigh. (Did you know many Dutch chocolatiers don’t make the initial I chocolate letter for Christmas? Hard time matching weight to other initials.)
Cover and interior design for Baldwin, Styron, and Me by @mabdelmoumen.bsky.social published by @biblioasis.bsky.social
Echoing covers from the ‘60s to reflect Baldwin and Styron’s era, I also grouped to hint at the relationships of all 3. (Can you tell I just had a lot of fun playing with type?)
Echoing covers from the ‘60s to reflect Baldwin and Styron’s era, I also grouped to hint at the relationships of all 3. (Can you tell I just had a lot of fun playing with type?)
March 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Cover and interior design for Baldwin, Styron, and Me by @mabdelmoumen.bsky.social published by @biblioasis.bsky.social
Echoing covers from the ‘60s to reflect Baldwin and Styron’s era, I also grouped to hint at the relationships of all 3. (Can you tell I just had a lot of fun playing with type?)
Echoing covers from the ‘60s to reflect Baldwin and Styron’s era, I also grouped to hint at the relationships of all 3. (Can you tell I just had a lot of fun playing with type?)
On Book Banning by Ira Wells, published by @biblioasis.bsky.social
The Field Notes series design usually show high-contrast b+w siloed photos, but series designs morph over time. I tried an isolated burnt book photo, but it looked insignificant. So I burned the book itself #CoverDesign #BookDesign
The Field Notes series design usually show high-contrast b+w siloed photos, but series designs morph over time. I tried an isolated burnt book photo, but it looked insignificant. So I burned the book itself #CoverDesign #BookDesign
February 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On Book Banning by Ira Wells, published by @biblioasis.bsky.social
The Field Notes series design usually show high-contrast b+w siloed photos, but series designs morph over time. I tried an isolated burnt book photo, but it looked insignificant. So I burned the book itself #CoverDesign #BookDesign
The Field Notes series design usually show high-contrast b+w siloed photos, but series designs morph over time. I tried an isolated burnt book photo, but it looked insignificant. So I burned the book itself #CoverDesign #BookDesign
Got home and this lovely creature was waiting for me: Baldwin, Styron, and Me by Mélikah Abdelmoumen. I’ll post about the design later.
February 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Got home and this lovely creature was waiting for me: Baldwin, Styron, and Me by Mélikah Abdelmoumen. I’ll post about the design later.
🥰 This credit line made my week. (Incidentally, all of these books are great reads.)
January 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🥰 This credit line made my week. (Incidentally, all of these books are great reads.)
Seriously? It’s as American as nene.
January 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Seriously? It’s as American as nene.
I am also a sucker for an interactive map.
December 25, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I am also a sucker for an interactive map.
Cover design for BACK WHERE I CAME FROM, an essay collection on culture, identity, and home, published by Bookhug Press.
I spun a landing plane to look like it’s taking off - a nod to ideas explored by these diasporic writers: caught between worlds and identities, unsure if they are coming or going
I spun a landing plane to look like it’s taking off - a nod to ideas explored by these diasporic writers: caught between worlds and identities, unsure if they are coming or going
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Cover design for BACK WHERE I CAME FROM, an essay collection on culture, identity, and home, published by Bookhug Press.
I spun a landing plane to look like it’s taking off - a nod to ideas explored by these diasporic writers: caught between worlds and identities, unsure if they are coming or going
I spun a landing plane to look like it’s taking off - a nod to ideas explored by these diasporic writers: caught between worlds and identities, unsure if they are coming or going
Just posting my main bookshelf, somewhat sorted by colour*, for no particular reason.
*Also sorted alphabetically so A-E is second-top shelf, and working down to Z at the bottom
*Also sorted alphabetically so A-E is second-top shelf, and working down to Z at the bottom
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Just posting my main bookshelf, somewhat sorted by colour*, for no particular reason.
*Also sorted alphabetically so A-E is second-top shelf, and working down to Z at the bottom
*Also sorted alphabetically so A-E is second-top shelf, and working down to Z at the bottom
Also, this is now my Monday inspo image. #bonhommeCarnaval
January 8, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Also, this is now my Monday inspo image. #bonhommeCarnaval
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.*
*The reissue, of course, for someone’s 4th birthday party. (I’m not THAT old.) The theatre was overbooked, so I was placed in a strange man’s lap to watch the film. Imagine that happening these days.
*The reissue, of course, for someone’s 4th birthday party. (I’m not THAT old.) The theatre was overbooked, so I was placed in a strange man’s lap to watch the film. Imagine that happening these days.
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.*
*The reissue, of course, for someone’s 4th birthday party. (I’m not THAT old.) The theatre was overbooked, so I was placed in a strange man’s lap to watch the film. Imagine that happening these days.
*The reissue, of course, for someone’s 4th birthday party. (I’m not THAT old.) The theatre was overbooked, so I was placed in a strange man’s lap to watch the film. Imagine that happening these days.
Gingerbread is iced and ready to hand out to friends.
December 19, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Gingerbread is iced and ready to hand out to friends.
Interview with author Bonnie Garmus includes some tasty book cover hate. And she got grief from hard romcom readers - this cover style screams hard romcom - over her deviations from the genre’s formula.
December 16, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Interview with author Bonnie Garmus includes some tasty book cover hate. And she got grief from hard romcom readers - this cover style screams hard romcom - over her deviations from the genre’s formula.