Actual Source designs limited-edition books with creative content and a focus on art and design.

Actual Source is an American publisher, brand, and book store that collaborates with contemporary artists and designers, to release limited edition books, fonts, apparel, and objects.

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I am obsessed with Actual Source. The range of books and apparel have me always checking back for new drops. Most recently I purchased "After all, there is No Finish Line" and everything about the book and shipping experience was wonderful. 

Actual Source are for the design community.

Actual Source is a great design company that has hosted and produced so many of my friends work from Hassan Rahim to Sam Jayne. Friend and guest of the Wear Many Hats podcast, Saeed Ferguson from All Caps Studios always wears their caps. Friend and guest of the show Nick Massarelli works at Actual Source. Maybe I should get the founders of Actual Source on Wear Many Hats?  

Actual Source is my gold standard for a product + service design company. They're a functional design studio behind the design of brands like Joggy and Necessaire, plus those A24 coffee table books that feel so ubiquitous now. As a product company, they create and curate a great selection of art and design books. They also make goodies with their own brand on them. Actual Source is sort of instant graphic design street cred.

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