From postage stamps to jetliner specs to objects he packed for the journey, José Naranja’s sketchbooks (previously) seize minute particulars of quite a few worldwide journeys. “I’m misplaced within the intricate particulars, as all the time,” he tells Colossal. The whole lot from foreign money to noodle varieties to movie references make their method into small books brimming with journey ephemera and observations.
Naranja is at present engaged on a thicker e book than he has prior to now, which is taking extra time to fill, together with an illustrated card venture referred to as 2050, which merges science, tech occasions, and his signature “fantastic thing about note-taking” aesthetic. The artist has additionally reproduced a few of his sketches in The Nautilus Manuscript, a small batch-printed, hand-bound version obtainable on the market in his shop. Observe updates on the artist’s Instagram.
