Basecamp Holiday Gift

Holiday Gift Presentation

Basecamp 

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Each year, the owners of Basecamp express their gratitude to their team through the gift of travel. Each employee can select a world destination to experience, with a curated list of eclectic locations offered as idea starters.

        Last year’s gift was presented in the form of a keepsake walnut box, a leather-bound letterpressed book, and an illustrated and embroidered world map printed on linen. Each box was customized with a laser-engraved leather nameplate. The top slid open to reveal the book and map, wrapped with a glassine band and finished with a wax seal. Maps were personalized with hand-embroidered linework and a star denoting each recipient’s home.

Several illustrations were created for the map, and for the letterpressed book, a simpler version of each image was drawn. Each press form of the book was printed with a different split fountain gradient to color the illustrations. The pages were then French folded, and the books were handbound into leather wraps with a modified longstitch technique.

Many thanks to Lindy Sinclair for creative collaboration, project management, sourcing, hand-finishing, and more. Copywriting by Andrea LaRowe. Letterpress by Ryan Basile at Double Trip Press. Bookbinding by Nicolette Ross. Boxes by Host & Toast. Leather from Horween Leather Co. Fonts by Hoefler & Co.