From these Words Grow Flowers, a project for the 2021 O, Miami Poetry Festival by Ingrid Schindall of IS Projects, puts poems reflecting on growth and the specificities of life in Miami on postcards made of paper with embedded native wildflower seeds. The poems can be read then planted in the ground to create a future flower bed. It’s as easy to plant as burying a note beneath a shallow layer of soil, gifting flowers to yards, vacant lots, grassy medians, flower boxes, or anywhere else with a bit of dirt, sun and water. Printed in English, Spanish and Creole, these multi-lingual cards will be available at limited O, Miami events, mailed to specific neighborhoods to create wild insect corridors and available at pick up spots in Miami Dade County.

Curious about our origin story? It all started with Nocturnal Press, founded in the summer of 2012 after Ingrid Schindall graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelor’s Degree in Printmaking and Book Arts. We print everything from business cards to high-end art prints, wedding invitations to gig posters, and whatever else our clients bring to us. We have made custom books for celebrities, artists, locals, designers, architects, billionaires, writers, poets, festivals, and universities. The best way to sum up the difference is that IS Projects will help you make it yourself and Nocturnal Press will make it for you.

IS Projects is proud to launch our 2020 Existent Books, Convergence by Michelle A. M. Miller and Antillean Lacunae by Onajide Shabaka. As this years publications officially enter the world, this blog post is an opportunity for us to illuminate these phenomenal books and their development.