Work & community · Design concept
Turn a Page, Light a Step
An independent American bookshop invites adult and teenage readers to set their own summer reading goals. Its team can offer the pieces as signup gifts, stage rewards and retail items, or combine them for an opening-day or closing-event collection.
Make reading progress something a reader can touch. Rounded page-step shapes and reversible tiles turn accumulated reading into a visible pattern, with quiet cream and midnight blue punctuated by tomato red and one lime milestone.
The collection
A midnight-blue cotton canvas sleeve carries a current read between home, the café and the bookshop. Cream page-step printing, a red lower accent and a single snap-tab closure give the softly lined pouch a clear collection identity.
A thin brushed-steel bookmark marks the next page with a three-step top and long insertion section. Three nearly flush red bands echo the challenge’s stages, turning a small practical reading tool into a lasting reminder of participation.
Ten independently turning tiles let readers define and celebrate their own milestones, from chapters to reading sessions. A blue frame holds two rows of five; cream faces turn to red, with one lime reverse marking the final step.
A cream canvas tote carries borrowed books, new finds and reading-group essentials. A large blue open-step graphic and one red book-like rectangle make the bag recognizable, with plain double handles, a flat base and a small inside pocket.
Two folded-steel bookends organize a reader’s growing shelf, with their L-shaped bases sitting beneath the books. Different-height stepped outlines, midnight-blue surfaces and a restrained red detail turn the collection’s progress motif into a useful pair.
The finishing touch
A reinforced corrugated lift-off box reveals the book sleeve, folded tote and mounted metal bookmark on a removable upper tray. Below, separate compartments hold the tracker and each bookend, with paper supports around their frames and edges. Cream paper, blue steps and a red book shape continue the reading theme.
Packaging designed around the collectionIllustrative design concepts. Artwork, materials, sizing and fit are tailored to your brief and confirmed through sampling.
Make it yours
Adapt the artwork, choose your mix and build the presentation around your guests.
