Independent Publishing

During the COVID-19 pandemic, small rooms became entire worlds. I spent my 20s in that tiny space, documenting what it meant to exist within four walls. Instead of waiting for someone to publish my story, I did it myself. I wrote it, designed it, printed it, and sold it. The first print sold 500 copies, and the second 1,000. What Do You Do in a Small Room? started as a personal project, but it ended up in five major online bookstores and 60 independent shops.

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The design? Minimal but warm. A book about small spaces couldn’t feel cluttered. I kept the layout clean, the colours soft, the typography quiet. Every page had to breathe.To make it personal, I gave crowdfunding supporters wooden door plaques and postcards, inviting them to name their own spaces—because even the smallest rooms deserve an identity.