Fuzzy Feelings: When You Have Big Feelings, Everything Can Be a Bit Fuzzy

Michelle Mackintosh is one of Australia's most awarded book designers. She has coauthored seven children's books with her husband Steve, and has written multiple travel books on Japan. Her visits there inspire much of her design aesthetic and writing style. Cat Rabbit is a textile artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Using felt, recycled, and vintage fabrics, Cat hand stitches plush sculptural works of her imagined characters and the worlds they might live in. Her work translates to many formats--from children's books to large-scale felt installations to magazine editorials--always with the aim of bringing softness and warmth to the viewer.