Ever wonder what masterpieces the world’s top designers create when the client they’re designing for is themselves? Editor Roger Walton provides an answer in Designers’ Stationery: How Designers and Design Companies Present Themselves to the World.

In the book, Walton explores some of the most outrageous and creative stationery designs in use today. Each is presented in vivid color, with full credits and related information.

“Letterhead and stationery are key components of any company’s visual identity,” Walton writes. “When the company’s activity is design, stationery assumes a particular importance because it showcases the stylistic approach and taste of the designers involved.”

Designers’ Stationery comprises some of the very best examples… and demonstrates how diverse, strange, obscure, and beautiful this simple and timeless form of communication can be.