Sam Chaltain produced the wonderful book Seed + Spark as part of a collaboration between 180 STUDIO and ECKENHOFF SAUNDERS. This is a gorgeous and magical tour, one that I encourage you to explore. I found so much new information here and found the many stories they included to illustrate each chapter’s theme inspiring and insightful.

Sam is offering the book to us at no cost in pdf format, but you may want to splurge on a paper copy – it’s that wonderful!

The Table of Contents reveals the breadth of topics covered: 

The authors’ preface outlines the path they will take:

You can download the pdf of the book HERE.


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