Hello, I’m Tamara, an illustrator, designer, author, cook, & New Yorker.

Here are the three wordy books I’ve written:
LaserWriter II, Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Mumbai, New York, Scranton

The links go to FAQ websites that I designed not a bookstore.
♪ But they're available at your fav bookstore ♫

Also my brother, sister, and I run Shopsin’s restaurant.

My contact is: tshopsinwork (at) fastmail.com

Tailored selection of work upon request.

Sort of on instagram: @tshopsin


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News

This website is new (still adding work & fixing typos), also Offline Activites is back in print after being sold out. Available at your fav book store. If you live in France → Ensemble is a nice place to order it.

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WORK

Find random examples below:


Novelty tongue depressor

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For The Serving Library & Clark art museum - uncrossword puzzle made with Jason Fulford - try it →here

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For Open Magazine on the nostalgia of wooden racquets


Surfer spots for The New Yorker



Cacti Are People Too - fashion shoot for Zeit Magazine - photographs by Jason Fulford (after Kay Bell Reynal)



Family crest

crest


Logo for Image Text Ithaca, MFA program and press dedicated to the intersection of writing and photography. Designed in collaboration with Jason Fulford.


For The New York Times

groceries


For The New Yorker - How Jokes Won The Election - a look at the humor of Trump

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Book Club Activity Kit for Arbitrary Stupid Goal download →here
(print double-sided - short-edge and fold in half)


For GQ on the irony of the Winter Classic

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Book trailers for Arbitrary Stupid Goal



Eat Me - published by Knopf - book design & photography in collaboration with Jason Fulford




Microsite for LaserWriter II - backend help from Taichi Aritomo - see it → here

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For The New York Times

harvboat


For The New York Times

sexparadox


For The New York Times - What if We All Vacationed at Home Again? (On vacationing locally)

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For Flat Out


Halloween Spots for The New Yorker


Questionable Etiquette for Bon Appetit magazine


Brooks Headly's Fancy Desserts - published by W.W. Norton - book design & photography in collaboration with Jason Fulford


For Subsequence magazine

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For Subsequence magazine


For Subsequence magazine


The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants - The Atlantic - collab. with Jason Fulford

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For The Atlantic - collab. with Jason Fulford

grand prix


For The Atlantic - Collab. with Jason Fulford

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For The New Yorker

aphorisms


For The New York Times

iq


On flash traders (and the men from mars) - The New York Times

flash trade


Swimmer Spots for The New Yorker


Is this mic on?: A stand-up comedian wrestles with his country and his soul - The New York Times

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Stop me if you've heard this - a history and philosophy of jokes. - The New York TimesBook Review

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A Personalized Diet, Better Suited to You - on the role of genetics in eating - The New York Times

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5 Year Diary, published by The Ice Plant - available at most stores including → McNally Jackson


On Slapshot


The New York Times commission to make an illo using: paintwithdonaldtrump.com

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ForCanadian Business Magazine

timbits


Holiday card for Jack Spade

dishtowel



Dish towel for Judge John Hodgman

dishtowel


On the history of the term: "burnout" & how everyone is at the end of their rope rn - The New Yorker

burnout


On the pleasures of the Greek alphabet - The New Yorker

greek


On Thomas Jefferson's slave ownership - The New York Times

jeff


Satire of Mickey Mouse imagined as a tortured artist - The Walrus


On geniuses that are assholes - The New York Times - AD: Matt Dorfman


Book Review of a female love story told in rhyming couplets - The New York Times


Winter Olympics Spots for The New Yorker


Book Review of whimsical obituaries - The New York Times

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On shady student loans - The New York Times

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Quarantine Culture Recommendation: Knitting - The New Yorker

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Music to Endure the Coronavirus Quarantine - The New Yorker

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On writting in a second langague - The New York Times

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Murals and graphics for the ballpit room of The Color Factory


Writing advice on the art of what to leave out - The New Yorker

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Prompt: Aether - The Walrus Magazine

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Umbrella designed for The New Yorker Buy it → here.



Cat's Pajamas for The New Yorker x Sleepy Jones. Sold out.



Jigsaw puzzle designed for The New Yorker. A puzzle within a puzzle. Sold out.


Book cover for New Directions, collab. with Jason Fulford.

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Novelty scarf. Fatty on one side, lean on the other.



Novelty "Count the Triangles" postcards.



Novelty Sew-In label.

msny pin



Invite for an event celebrating my soon to be published book. Event cancelled due to Hurricane SANDY.

msny pin



Novelty golf pencil.

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Novelty reusable spare button.

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Identity and website for Agenzia photo agency, see website → here.



"Pick-Up-Sticks" screensaver designed for O-R-G with David Reinfurt. Get it it → here.


Design work for Superiority Burger! Collaboration with Jason Fulford



C'est Le Pied I & II, published by The Ice Plant - early cartoons.




Arbitrary Stupid Goal , published by FSGxMCD - (paperback by Picador
buy it from your local book store or from → my local book store.




LaserWriter II, published by FSG x MCD - (paperback by Picador) - NY Times Book Review → here. Also designed book's cover.



One-Bite Recipes - The New York Times Try 'em out - read in color→ here

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The Summer Game, a small column/game that ran in The New York Times. Players included: Steve Martin, Miranda July, Hannibal Buress, Elif Batuman, and George Saunders. Read all the games→ here.


Homage to an Homage of an Homage - short essay on Luis Barragán and Josef Albers in Bulletins of the Serving Library Issue #11 Read the text→ here

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FAQ Site for Mumbai New York Scrantonhere

msny faq



Mumbai New York Scranton, published by Scribner. The NY Times Book Reviewhere.



This Equals That - Children's book which teaches associative thinking and visual language. Created in collaboration with Jason Fulford using his archive of photos - published by Aperture.



Pancake Brunch at the Kadist to celebrate the cookbook: EAT ME.
Video by Joseph del Pesco




A Pile of Leaves - published by Phaidon, in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of a series of books for children about ways of seeing. Made with Jason Fulford.

gleaves


Spots for The New Yorker

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Was it the best gelato I'd ever tasted? Immersive story in The New York Times Magazine AD: Rachel Willey. Read the story →here.

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gelato illo


Literal fish spots for The New Yorker


Front and back cover for Women's Market, a photo book by Tom Wood published by Stanley Barker



Visiting the Site of Reversible Destiny in Japan - Collaboration with Jason Fulford for Travel & Leisure - Edited by Peter Terzian



A trip through Chandigarh - Collaboration with Jason Fulford for Travel & Leisure - Edited by Flora Stubbs

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A visit to Sea Ranch - Collaboration with Jason Fulford for Travel & Leisure - Edited by Flora Stubbs



Opener in The New Yorker Games Issue - collab with the Puzz & Games Department play via PDF → here

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Back page of The New Times Book Review a visual review of David Berman's book Actual Air, read → here.

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Cover of The NYRB holiday issue, Snowmobile. AD: Leanne Shapton

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Art This Way published by Phaidon, in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of a series of books for children about ways of seeing. Made with Jason Fulford.



Collaboration with Jason Fulford - Offline Activities is a book of 52 suggestions for things you can do in real life.


Series of "Special Occasion" cards for Tiffany & Co
AD: Renée Theriault, drawings animated by Takehiko Yasui



Find Colors - A book about colors with no colors. Made with Jason Fulford and published with The Whitney Museum of Art and Phaidon

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On Teddy Roosevelt's nature conservation - The New York Times

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Redesign of Charles Portis' backlist for Abrams AD: Deb Wood




What Is This published by The Ice Plant


Resolving to Create a New You - story on The futility of New Year's resolutions - The New York Times

new year


Book reveiw on the secret life of Leonardo da Vinci - The New Yorker

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Design for S&P Lunch collaboration with Jason Fulford - handpainted logo, custom lettering, menus, cups, sandwich wrap...



Coaster for the HIHI Room

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Swizzel Sticks for The HiHi Room - also a bubble wand

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Signage and logotype for the photobook store Micamera

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Blockee is a web app that helps ppl visualize improvements to their block. Made when I was a 2012 Code for America fellow with Jesse Bounds, Nick Doiron and Serena Wales.

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