We are an internationally renowned originator of books for publishers, private individuals, organizations and companies. Our books have won numerous awards around the world. Collectively they have sold more than 30 million copies in 40 languages, and have contributed over $5 million to non-profit organizations dedicated to social issues.
Custom Editions
Our award-winning publishing team has created and produced custom edition books for private individuals and organizations around the world. We offer a fully integrated service including art direction, design, editorial, production and print.
Selected Custom Projects
The Seduction of the Honeybee
Photographs by Craig P. Burrows
A mesmerizing collection of ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography of flowers coupled with fascinating research from some of the world’s leading bee, pollination and medical experts, produced in association with one of New Zealand’s leading mānuka honey products companies.
A FIRE INSIDE: THE POWER OF THE HUMAN HELP REFLEX
Photographs by Matthew Abbott
A Fire Inside was created to accompany the feature-length documentary of the same name documenting Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2020–21, produced in association with NRMA Insurance.
BRITOMART: THE STORY
A large-format coffee table book bound in linen fabric and featuring multiple covers detailing the story of the revitalisation of Auckland’s historic waterfront precinct by international developer Cooper & Company.
JOHN MEYER: MANDELA 100
A special limited-edition book and print of artist John Meyer’s portraits of Nelson Mandela created for a corporate client in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
THE BIRTH OF THE 787 DREAMLINER
A visual celebration of the 787 Dreamliner produced for Boeing Corporation which was sold as a large format coffee-table book in a presentation slipcase, and e-book.
200: THE WESTPAC STORY
A large format coffee-table book, e-book and a special limited edition created for Westpac Corporation to commemorate the company’s 200th anniversary, and to celebrate being Australia’s first, and oldest, company.
OPRAH PRESENTS MASTER CLASS
A large format coffee-table book in a slipcase commissioned by the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) for one of its inaugural series’ Master Class to celebrate the launch of the network.
Published Editions
We have collaborated with many global figures and organisations including the late Nelson Mandela and the Nelson Mandela Foundation with whom we originated five books including the New York Times bestseller Conversations with Myself which featured a foreword by Barack Obama.
Other notable projects include M.I.L.K.: Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship, a collection of images founded on humanity that has been exhibited at venues around the world; Wisdom, a book, film and exhibition founded on portraits and interviews with fifty of the world’s most eminent over 65-year-olds; 200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World, a book and exhibition project founded on the principle of gender equality; Diana: The Portrait; Tutu: The Authorised Portrait; I Know This to Be True, a multi-media series of books and films focussed on inspiring leaders originated with the Nelson Mandela Foundation; mewe: Love, Humanity and Us; and Human Nature: Planet Earth In Our Time.
We have originated books with many leading photographers including Tim Flach, Platon, Albert Watson, Elliott Erwitt, Andrew Zuckerman, Phillip Toledano, Mark Laita, Rachael Hale-McKenna, Leila Jeffreys, Kieran E. Scott, Peter and Beverly Pickford, KK Ottesen, Vincent J. Musi, Callie Shell, Tim Laman and Matthew Abbott among many others.