CON AMOR
Con Amor Book Design Process
Context
Con Amor is a personal editorial project born from a collection of poems and love notes written over time, translated into a book made entirely of hand-crafted analog collages — combining photo transfer, torn paper, fabric, and found objects to give memory and intimacy a tactile, textured form.
Strategy
The direction was built around the language of correspondence — envelopes, postcards, keepsake cards — paired with a palette of magenta pink, olive green, and warm red, and a recurring lace and cross-stitch motif that evokes handwritten letters and old love tokens.
Implementation
Each collage was built entirely by hand: transferred photographs, torn and taped paper fragments, lace and fabric scraps, ink textures, and typewritten text layered together, then paired with an original poem or note and photographed before being composed into the book's spreads.
Outcome
The final result is "Todo lo que decidí callar," a hardcover poetry book accompanied by a family of standalone collage pieces — postcards, cards, and sealed envelopes — unified by the pink-and-olive lace motif, demonstrating strong skills in analog technique, editorial layout, and object photography.
Project Overview
As author and designer, I wrote every poem and love note, created each analog collage by hand, and led the photographic styling, book layout, and cover design from concept to final printed piece.
