ROLLIN

It's been all-consuming

I wanted to make something to show how rolling has expanded our little girl’s world.

Everything feels contained when the zine is closed. Opening it up tells another story.

The right way to experience this is physically, not digitally. Sorry.

It also works as an animation, which is cool. I used three materials: index cards, glue, and black crayon.

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I made this index card zine back in March:

I really like office supplies. They’re humble, unassuming, easy to get, and relatively cheap. I don’t feel bad about making mistakes which helps me actually make things.

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I started by cutting and taping together a little prototype (is it called a “dummy”?) to figure out the folds and how the shapes would interact with them.

I didn’t want to tape the index cards together (it felt wrong for some reason) so I cut a strip of index card and used it as binding.

I wasn’t really thinking about the thickness of the index cards so it doesn’t fold together that well. Once you start gluing things together it’s nearly impossible to go back (for better or worse).

Each shape had to be repeated on the page beneath.

Tracing . . . cutting . . . gluing . . . tracing . . . cutting . . . gluing . . .

Behind every project is a pile of necessary scraps and experiments.

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ALSO

• A Google doc filled with direct aid resources for the fires in LA via Kate Bingaman-Burt

• Van Neistat escaping the LA fires.

• Noah Kalina reflecting on 25 years of taking a picture of himself every day. Here’s the latest version of the video.

• OK Go is always pushing the boundaries of a material and I love seeing what they come up with. Here’s their new video.

• Fun animal illustrations by Jochen Gerner (office supplies).

• If you want to attend a design conference in 2025 check out this comprehensive list from my former coworker Yahya Rushdi.

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“Did someone fart in my carseat?”

👋 M, C, K & O

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