totmama

  Rarely does something so very unassuming on the outside catch your eye and shock you when you crack it open. That was the feeling I felt when I saw this book, in it’s sleeve, siting on a table display at a trendy baby store in SF. They say you can’t read a book by it’s cover. In this case, they are very right. I have fallen in love with the BINTH Baby Book. The outside is rather understated. Modern “less is more” illustration doesn’t come close to alluding to the beauty inside. The memory book, with it’s lovely, well designed pages and thoughtful heirloom quality screen printed images make any other baby books seem like scribbles on a starbucks napkin in comparison. (Not that scribbles don’t have their place!) Gorgeous typography, well thought out milestones and places for trinkets… you’ll have something you may not want to give up to the kids when they’re older. With a kinda hefty $110 price tag, I don’t think I can swing it… yet. (I would need two for my little family, and I am trying to keep a war from happening in the future over the book!)  I am hoping that I’ll snare one at a discount from sparkability or wishingfish some day. BINTH has made some great stuff, including adorable children’s posters, games, art prints and paper goods. I have had my eye on the very cool Numbers Poster for our playroom for quite a while. Now I see they are embarking on the textile seas with a line of pillow designs that give a stage to their fun illustrations. I can see them going much father, and hope others are seeing the value of this kind of quality design.