In one way or another, most of my creative endeavours at UPPERCASE publishing are influenced by a love of old things. A personal obsession with typewriters led to researching and writing a book on the subject. An appreciation of vintage textiles? I published a book entitled Feed Sacks. Vintage typography and gorgeous old graphics? You’ll find that in Ephemera. 

The people profiled within the pages of Vintage Life have immersed themselves in the aesthetics, technologies and trends of bygone eras. Vintage sellers, collectors, decorators, stylists, writers, musicians, artists, designers and other creative old souls. And in the same way that they collect vintage artifacts, clothing and furniture, I collect inspiration from these items, not to furnish a home, style a photo or decorate a retail shop, but rather to populate the pages of books. 

Publishing an Encyclopedia of Inspiration is a throwback to another era, to a time when the news was on paper and print materials were sources of knowledge and entertainment—rather than the digital devices now consuming our attention.