Janine Vangool’s love of paper, books and the handmade began in her childhood, when she would write and draw little booklets and ask her family members to sign them out of a portable cardboard library. Quite a few years later, following a career designing print materials for arts and culture clients, Janine is pursuing her publishing passions through UPPERCASE, which is the name of her studio/gallery as well as the recently launched magazine . UPPERCASE — a magazine for the creative and curious — celebrates illustration, design, craft, music, film, vintage and all varieties of creative inspiration. Many of the magazine’s contributors (and subscribers) are part of the Etsy community. Monsieur IV print The inspirations for both content and imagery for UPPERCASE magazine have happened through connections on Etsy. When I was creating concepts for the launch issue, …

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