A four-week, in-person NYC workshop for creative professionals who want to turn scattered screenshots, bookmarks, and Pinterest boards into a working Studio Book: a physical archive that gives your projects direction.
You’ll write a research brief (for your eyes only), learn how to find references beyond the algorithm, spend an afternoon in Library 180’s magazine archive, and leave with a finished book—and a method to return to whenever you need a new point of view.
Oct. 22–Nov. 12 · Downtown NYC · 20 people · Early bird: $850 through Oct. 8 · $950 after
Includes a private Library 180 tour, small-group feedback, a 1:1 office-hours session, and one year of Popular, a crew of like-minded new friends.
Your taste is changing. Your process is evolving. Your studio book keeps you caught up with yourself.
I worked on my own Studio Book in August as I taught the first cohort of students.
Bonus: Session 3 includes precious access to Library180, a vast magazine archive with a focus on fashion, culture, and design — most people never get to see and it requires a waitlist. I organized a personal tour of the library from founder and archivist Nikki Igol. Featured in the NYTimes: Magazine Nirvana in Manhattan’s Financial District
DFOS has generously donated their office space in downtown NYC for us to use ✌︎
The workshop is created and hosted by me, Kel Rakowski. I write the newsletter, Popular, read by 13K+ creatives worldwide.
Read more about the origin story of Studio Book on Popular –
A Studio Book is a physical book of images you've researched, printed, cut, and pasted in by hand. It's where your references live and where your point of view gets worked out.