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

In addition to studio practice, Actual Source operates as an editor, publisher, book store, and brand that collaborates with contemporary artists, designers, and writers to publish limited edition books, apparel, and objects. Recent collaborations include Book Works, Stefan Marx, New Tendency, Commune, Uniqlo, Goldwin, and Nike.

Selected Actual Source publications are held in the library collection of the Museum of Modern Art (NY)

COMMISSIONS:
davisandjp@actualsource.work
Studio Instagram: @actualsource.work
Store Instagram: @actual_Source

STUDIO LOCATION
50 East 500 North #103
Provo, UT 84606

CURRENT PEOPLE
Davis Ngarupe
JP Haynie
Katrina Peterson
Matt Benfell (Chicago)
Nichelle Jensen
Andrew Aguilera
Nick Massarelli (New York)
Kellen Renstrom (New York)
Whitney Morris

INTERNSHIPS/JOBS
There are currently no openings. Unfortunately we cannot consider unsolicited applications, replies are not guaranteed. Thank you for understanding.

SELECTED CLIENTS
4AD
A24
Adidas
BYU Dept. of Art
Faris
Goat
Ghostly International
Google Design
Goldwin
Grailed
Hathenbruck(TM)
Herman Miller
Hotel Drugs Tokyo
Hypebeast Magazine
It’s Nice That
John Elliott
Jordan
Melody Ehsani
MTV
Nécessaire
Nike Inc
Nomia Women’s Wear
Otis College Of Art And Design
ON
Orindal Records
University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Rapha
Salt & Stone
Shopify
Sqirl
Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art
Vainl Archive
Weltformat

SELECT WEB WORK
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Melody Ehsani
ARQ
Actual Source Store
Nécessaire
Soro Films
Nomia Women’s Wear

ACTUAL SOURCE BOOKS
N04-00A: Shoplifters 1
N04-00B: Shoplifters 2
N04-00C: Kobe 1996-2016
N04-001: Natalie Neal
N04-002: Enjoy The Heavy Traffic
N04-003: 1000 Pages
N04-004: Shoplifters 3
N04-005: Shoplifters 4
N04-006: World Series Vol. I
N04-007: Never released
N04-008: Shoplifters 5
N04-009: World Series Vol. II
N04-010: Joel Evey: We Have The Great Discontent
N04-011: Call Now Catalog
N04-012: Shoplifters 6
N04-013: Shoplifters 7: LA Special
N04-014: World Series Vol. III
N04-015: Fraser Muggeridge: Crayonograph
N04-016: Shoplifters 8: New Type Design
N04-017: Shoplifters 9: DRAWINGS
N04-018: Board Book 1: Daniel Everett
N04-019: Board Book 2: Hassan Rahim
N04-020: Board Book 3: Geordie Wood
N04-021: Shoplifters 10: New Type Design Vol. 2
N04-022: Adam Higton: Fall Is...
N04-023: Mårten Lange and Daniel Everett: Vantage Point
N04-024: Jacob Haupt: Did I Scare You?
N04-025: Nike: No Finish Line

EXHIBITIONS
2014, Studio Shop, LA
2015, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, UT
2016, Shoplifters 3 at Actual Source, UT
2016, NY Art Book Fair
2017, LA Art Book Fair
2017, Call Now, Arizona State University, AZ
2017, NY Art Book Fair, NY
2018, Reading Room, Bard Graduate Center, NY
2018, Acid-Free, LA
2018, Otis Art Book Fair, LA
2018, Brno Biennial 28, CZ
2018, Vancouver Art Book Fair, BC
2018, NY Art Book Fair
2018, Transient Space, Design Manchester, UK
2019, Shoplifters 8 at Fisk Gallery, OR
2019, LA Art Book Fair
2019, Tokyo TDC at Graphic Ginza Gallery, JP
2019, Designs of The Year, Design Museum, London, UK
2019, “Beefy T” at Washer / Dryer Projects, UT
2019, Actual Source POP UP at A/D/O, NY
2020, Catalogue & Friends at Saturdays NYC
2020, Sprint Milano, IT
2021, Present Yourself!, Weltformat, CH
2022, Tokyo TDC at Graphic Ginza Gallery, JP

LECTURES AND TALKS
2016, BYU Dept. of Art, UT
2016, Utah Valley University, UT
2016, Otis College, LA
2017, Otis College, LA
2017, Parsons, NY
2017, Weber State, UT
2017, Adidas Campus, OR
2018, Typo Berlin, DE
2019, Oslo School of Architecture, Norway
2019, PNCA, OR
2019, HMCT, ArtCenter, CA
2019, Easy Lessoning 13, NY
2019, Roski School of Design (USC), CA
2019, BYU Dept. of Art, UT
2020, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
2020, BYU Dept. of Art, UT
2020, Nicer Tuesdays (It’s Nice That), UK
2020, Boston University, MA
2020, BYU Dept. of Design, UT
2020, University Of Utah, UT
2020, CarlArts, CA
2021, MICA, MD
2021, Wix Playground
2021, School of Visual Arts (SVA), NY
2021, Otis College, LA
2021, Utah Valley University
2021, Weltformat, Switzerland
2022, Cranbrook Academy of Art

RESIDENCIES
2017, Artists in Residence, Otis College of Art and Design

AWARDS AND FEATURES
The It’s Nice That Podcast
Nigh Magazine Issue 4
Tokyo TDC Book Design Prize 2022 (for 20th Century Women)
Tokyo TDC Book Design nomination 2022 (for The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Designers Who Publish, 2021
Monotype Type Champion Award 2020
GREATEST Magazine (GOAT) 2020
A Book On Books, Victionary, 2020
Revue Faire Nº19
VOL. 31: Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual 2020
TBI: The Interviews Vol. 1, 2019
Designs of the Year 2019, Design Museum London
VOL. 30: Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual 2019
28th Brno Biennial, 2018
VOL. 29: Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual 2018
Print preview, 2018
Los Logos 8, Gestalten Publishers, 2017
It’s Nice That 1
It’s Nice That 2
It’s Nice that 3
It’s Nice That 4
It’s Nice That 5
It’s Nice That 6
It’s Nice That 7
It’s Nice That 8
Arcademi
Brand Identity
Hoverstates
Site Inspire 1
Site Inspire 2

CREDITS
Site designed by Actual Source in 2018, update in 2020
Developed by Cold Rice
Many photos by Weston Colton
SL7 Cover images by Takashi Sasahara
Eggleston T photos by Kevin McCaughey
Typeface: Quadrant Text Mono by Vincent Chan (Matter of Sorts)