Michelle Mackintosh

Michelle Mackintosh is an award-winning book designer, illustrator and stationery designer with a degree in Graphic Design. She works closely with publishers to design lifestyle and cultural books on subjects ranging from cooking, craft, pop culture, Japan, gardening, city guides, wellness and sustainability. On a single project she may design, illustrate, art-direct, style the photography, she may even photograph the book too. She is a passionate reader and lover of making things by hand. She has written three books on analogue correspondence: Snail Mail (2015) and Care Packages (2016) and Sustainable Gifting (2020) all published by Hardie Grant Books. - Along side her writer husband Steve Wide, Michelle has co-authored, designed, photographed and illustrated 12 books on Japan and Japanese culture. They include Tokyo Precincts, Tokyo Pocket Precincts, Kyoto Pocket Precincts, Osaka Pocket Precincts, Be More Japan, Onsen of Japan, Mindfulness Travel Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Pretend You're in Tokyo, Hidden Pockets in Kyoto and Train Japan, - Her work has been exhibited in Tokyo and her stationery ranges have been sold in Japan. Michelle is passionate about Japanese design and recently chaired a talk at Tadao Ando’s MPavillion in Melbourne (Naarm) run by Robin Boyd Foundation on the Japanese philosophy of embracing good design in daily life.