Design. Art. Literature. Published Independently.
A design-led publishing studio producing fiction, illustrated works, and print-based systems.
Written, designed, and produced independently.
Featured Releases
The Interval
Colossal discs rise from the oceans and begin rolling inland at five miles per hour. They do not attack or communicate; they simply advance. As identical forms emerge across the globe, governments calculate, institutions adapt, and ordinary people gather at the shifting edge, forced to live alongside something vast and indifferent. The Interval is a literary speculative novel about time, systems, and how humanity reorganizes itself when the incomprehensible refuses to negotiate. Hardcover and paperback. 220 pages.
Owner’s Manual
The Catalog of 2027 Technologies
Owner’s Manual is a beautifully designed artifact from a world that does not exist — a precision-engineered guide to a speculative technology presented with total sincerity. Written and art-directed as if recovered from a near future, it blurs the line between product documentation, conceptual design, and literary fiction. Part design object, part quiet satire, it’s a gift for designers, engineers, and anyone fascinated by how systems shape belief. Hardcover. 110 pages. 60+ full color images.
Calm Systems Vol. I—The Parking Lot
A system for when procrastination shows up.
Procrastination isn’t laziness. It’s friction. When something feels unclear, oversized, or emotionally charged, the mind delays — and then keeps holding it. The Parking Lot is a simple containment system for those moments. Write the task down, label it, and park it here. You’re not ignoring it. You’re giving it a place to sit until you’re ready to move.
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Neil Powell is an nationally recognized designer and independent artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and collected by museums.
The studio operates as a one-person publishing system—concepting, writing, designing, and producing original works across genres.
AI is used as infrastructure, not authorship.
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