Our offerings include a curated selection of books, apparel, merch, and accessories.

  • Established in 2015, Actual Source is an American publisher, brand, and book store that collaborates with contemporary artists and designers, to release limited edition books, fonts, clothing, and objects. Selected Actual Source publications are held in the library collection of the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University.

A photo of the Actual Source storefront in the daytime.
A gray World Series art and photography book on a gravel floor.

  • Actual Source (Studio) is the collaborative design practice of Davis Ngarupe (Cook Islands / USA) and JP Haynie (USA). Together, and with their community of collaborators, they design and execute publications, visual identities, websites, packaging, apparel, and physical spaces for clients in many diverse fields at large and small scale.

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