Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Not everything is meant for public consumption. This might seem counter to the general trend of modern society, where every moment of every day is shared and shared passionately. ...

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

Behind the Books

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

What began as a late night stress-relieving activity from a job in real estate finance has become a brand worth watching and a cookbook you’ll want to literally sink ...

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Planning & Creating

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Taking risks in your creative endeavors can be as intimidating as it is essential. The path less traveled often leads to the most extraordinary outcomes. Yet, many of us ...

Ideas & Examples

Inside the Design Studio of Ciera Holzenthal

Ideas & Examples

Inside the Design Studio of Ciera Holzenthal

Ciera is a New Orleans-based designer with her own studio. She specializes in design for branding, logo, and print. After getting a peek at her gorgeous portfolio, we caught ...

Travelling in Style: Layflat with Liz Kamarul

Ideas & Examples

Travelling in Style: Layflat with Liz Kamarul

Liz Kamarul hit the road in a refurbished RV to travel across the United States. A stylist with a beautiful social media presence, we caught up with Liz to ...

Best Book Covers of 2017

Ideas & Examples

Best Book Covers of 2017

As the old saying goes, “you should never judge a book by its cover”. But every once in awhile you can make an exception! Similar to how we judge ...

Veteran photographers with the Colorado Photographic Arts Center

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Veteran photographers with the Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Blurb Creative Evangelist Dan Milnor checked in with Samantha Johnston, the executive director of the Colorado Arts Center. CPAC has created a new photography education program that benefits U.S. ...

Five rules to remember when digital storytelling

Ideas & Examples

Five rules to remember when digital storytelling

This blog post is brought to you by Terry White and Adobe. Capturing beautiful imagery and creating wonderful designs is only half of the story. If you’re an amazing photographer, ...

Layflat Spotlight: Europa by Alden Blake

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Layflat Spotlight: Europa by Alden Blake

One summer, I filled a backpack with clothes, a camera, and a water bottle, grabbed my passport, and set off on a journey that would take me from the ...

Zines, Tumblr, and the Making of a Movement

Ideas & Examples

Zines, Tumblr, and the Making of a Movement

Caitlynn Fairbarns is the leader of the online community FakeGeekGirlsLikeUs. In Caitlyn’s Words, “Fake Geek Girls Like Us aims to create a community space in which people who are ...

Making an Art Book with Monica Garwood

Ideas & Examples

Making an Art Book with Monica Garwood

Monica Garwood is an illustrator, designer, letterer, painter etc. born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration ...

Making a Pro Portfolio with Justin Bettman

Ideas & Examples

Making a Pro Portfolio with Justin Bettman

I’ve been wanting to make a new photo portfolio for a while since I’ve been shooting a ton of new work. The one I was previously using had plastic ...

USF Design Final Project

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USF Design Final Project

We previously interviewed our Graphic Design intern and local design student Grace Domecus, who made a portfolio book we really loved. Her project was so great that we asked her ...

1 Wedding, 100s of Guests: Gift Albums from The Big Day

Ideas & Examples

1 Wedding, 100s of Guests: Gift Albums from The Big Day

A wedding day is probably the single most photographed day in a person’s life. Especially now with digital photography and wedding guests wielding smartphones. Gone are the days of ...

Graffiti Hunting with Unseen Oakland

Ideas & Examples

Graffiti Hunting with Unseen Oakland

In March 2017, Blurb and PicsArt hosted a contest that encouraged contestants to enter by posting a photo sharing their Creative Spring Project. Thousands entered, but only three winners ...

Author Spotlight: Grace Horner and her design portfolio

Ideas & Examples

Author Spotlight: Grace Horner and her design portfolio

We interviewed San Francisco design student Grace Horner, who made a portfolio book we really loved. Her project conveyed her personality, skills, and style so well, we asked her ...

May the 4th Be With You!

Ideas & Examples

May the 4th Be With You!

Iconic. Inspiring. Timeless. Magical. Entertaining. Funny. Heart-breaking. Approachable. I know I’m not alone in adoring Star Wars, especially today—May the Fourth. What a vast and rich world filled with incredible ...

Spotlight: photographers on the world stage

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Spotlight: photographers on the world stage

Tristan Hewat founded Shoot The Frame in 2012, giving photographers everywhere a chance to present their work on an international stage. He recently launched a new project, where he ...

Author Spotlight: Letter Shoppe & Dina Marie Rodriguez

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Author Spotlight: Letter Shoppe & Dina Marie Rodriguez

When we saw Dina’s book Lettering Adventures: Victorian we were so excited! We also wondered how such an information-packed, useful guide came to be. Dina is inspiring because she found ...

Ideas & Examples

Artist Profile: Flavia Jurca

Flavia wrote Fun with Food Photography, a little handbook for styling and shooting beautiful food. We’re inspired by how she combines different artistic disciplines into one beautiful project after ...

Inside Trade Books

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Inside Trade Books

Have you met our most affordable format, Trade Books? They’re available in three sizes and four print options: Color and black and white, both with standard and economy print types. ...

Kent’s Book Corner: Quirky Love Stories

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Kent’s Book Corner: Quirky Love Stories

I’m not much of a romantic, but with Valentine’s Day approaching I knew that I was going to have to talk about, well, love. Look, I have nothing against ...

Music and Photography with Bad Seed Barry Adamson

Ideas & Examples

Music and Photography with Bad Seed Barry Adamson

Know Where to Run LP from Central Control | Know Where to Run book created with Blurb BookWright The term "rock star" gets thrown around a lot these days, but Barry Adamson ...

Kent’s Book Corner: Books From Our App

Ideas & Examples

Kent’s Book Corner: Books From Our App

We launched Blurb for iPhone and iPad just about two months ago, but already I’ve seen some pretty neat books come through. I’m particularly impressed by some of innovative ...

New Year’s Resolution: Start Your Creative Challenge

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New Year’s Resolution: Start Your Creative Challenge

I am not one for making New Year’s Resolutions. The last one I made was when I was thirteen years old. I thought I was very clever and said, ...

Making the most of magazines

Ideas & Examples

Making the most of magazines

Early in my career, I studied photojournalism, and my romanticized view of the future was nicely trimmed with the idea of shooting for magazines. Being keen on things like ...

Kent’s Book Corner: Three Books that Inspire Exploration

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Kent’s Book Corner: Three Books that Inspire Exploration

The holiday season makes me feel, think, and read as a kid again. And when I was a kid, all my favorite books had one thing in common: They ...

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