BOOK TALK: Julie Beeler & Wynne Au-Yeung
February 27th, 2025 6:00 PM
- Presenter: Julie Beeler
- Event Type: General event
- Start: February 27th, 2025 6:00 PM
- End: February 27th, 2025 8:00 PM
- Sessions: 1
- In-person or Online?: In-person
Join author, artist, and educator Julie Beeler and book designer Wynne Au-Yeung for an engaging discussion about their collaboration on the bestselling book The Mushroom Color Atlas. This evening event will feature a captivating slideshow presentation and an informal conversation, offering attendees a behind-the-scenes look at the book design process—from initial concepts to the finished product—and the discoveries and creative decisions that brought the project to life.
Doors will open at 6:00 pm; the event will start promptly at 6:30 pm. SFCB will have copies of this book for sale during the event.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Julie Beeler is an acclaimed designer, artist, and educator inspired by the natural world. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Popular Science, The Smithsonian Institution and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, among others.
Julie created the Mushroom Color Atlas website to unveil and celebrate the resplendent chromatic universe hidden within the fungi kingdom, making it accessible to people around the world. Her book The Mushroom Color Atlas, recently published by Chronicle Books, is a comprehensive primer on the universe of colors lurking inside fungi. It is equal parts art book, field guide, and dye-making workshop. In every form her effort is a timeless reference that will be used for years to come.
After a 20-year career at the vanguard of interactive design, Julie founded Bloom & Dye, a natural dye studio and farm in the Pacific Northwest ideally situated for foraging mushrooms, growing fresh-cut color, and creating fine art. She can be found online at juliebeeler.com.
Wynne Au-Yeung is a graphic designer at Chronicle Books and a mixed-media artist who specializes in creating designs that invite touch and interaction. With a passion for collaboration, she brings diverse ideas to life, making books more than just something to read—they’re experiences to explore.
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