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Design | Archives | Workshops Letra Mu**ta is an award-winning publishing house originally founded in Venezuela in 2014 with the help of friends and colleagues.

After relocating to NYC, Letra Mu**ta opened its doors in Brooklyn as a design studio, workshop and archive center. While studio welcomes participation from all, Letra Mu**ta primarily supports the work of Latin American artists, particularly women and other people in periphery.

10/27/2025

Letra Mu**ta 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪!!!

Most of our books are now available at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Including Adalber Salas and Lynne Shapiro. We are excited about the materials being available for consultation, especially with the recent renovations to come. We also curated a collection of materials from our talented friends and colleagues:

and more talented artists and designers.

More information about these books and our collaborations with the Museum will be available soon!

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Letra Mu**ta en el MET! ✨
Parte de nuestro catálogo está disponible en la biblioteca Thomas J. Watson del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de NY. También una colección de material que curamos que ha sido publicado por amigos y colegas. Estamos agradecidas con la institución por la inmediata disponibilidad en el catalogo de consulta en linea a pesar de las recientes renovaciones que se llevarán a cabo.

Pronto anunciaremos más información sobre el material incluido en la colección y nuestras próximas colaboraciones con el museo.

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10/14/2025

ONE SPOT LEFT! 1️⃣📕 We have one spot left this year for a consultation to explore the possibility of developing a design project regarding archives, research, exhibits, or curatorial practices for the upcoming year, 2026. This is aimed for professionals: artists, curators, collectives, writers, photographers, or institutions. In person in the Williamsburg Studio or online by Zoom.

Link in bio.
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Nos queda un cupo para consultoría por 2025 para la posibilidad de trabajar con nosotros para desarrollar en 2026 un proyecto editorial, de carácter de archivo, investigación, curaduría, o exhibiciones.
Está enfocado a profesionales, artistas, curadores, colectivos, autores, fotógrafos o instituciones. En persona en el estudio de Williamsburg or en línea por zoom.

Enlace en la bio.
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10/10/2025

Ten Years of Venezuelan Independent Publishing🇻🇪

This catalog/bibliography compiles our work from the past decade, and while working on it we had a chance to deepen our understanding of our ethos and reflect on our publishing practice as a studio.

Originally conceived as a teaching resource to accompany box sets with (more soon), we decided to produce a limited edition, given the care and effort that went into its making.

The publication features seven cover variations, each highlighting an author we have published or conducted research on. Accompanying essays by + context and research by our team. Special thanks to historian for rigorously fact checking throughout the entire publication and contributing to the writing.

The catalog was entirely produced in-house: printed with our Xerox using seven different types of , digitally preparing each ink for the tone of papers. Bound with the help of , proofreading by and .

Link in bio for individuals, institutions please inquire by email. As always, thanks for the support.

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10/09/2025

Soft Launching our boxset! 🇻🇪 Ten years of Venezuelan Independent publishing

Each set features a different cover and catalog with nearly all of our publications (except Poemas by Gramcko and EUBM by Vestrini), along with broadsides, ephemera, and accompanying teaching materials. This collection brings together our early works—which are no longer in circulation—with our newer titles to form a timeline and record of our work, migration process, and ethos. After ten years of publishing, first in Venezuela and now in the diaspora, we hope to continue honoring the work authors through our publications.

Out of the seven box sets we produced, one is now part of the University of Connecticut’s collection / Only six box sets remain available, which can be accessed through the link in our bio or on Booklyn’s website. These sets are intended for institutions, as all readers’ and collectors’ copies sold out years ago.

“Since 1999, Booklyn has fostered both artistic expression and community growth, using book arts as a powerful vehicle for education and social engagement. They emerged from a shared dedication to the book arts and a deep commitment to social justice.”

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09/30/2025

Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Styles, by is out in the world! We are pleased to have been able to curate a selection of Latin American design case studies for this research pop-up hybrid book. We also contributed to the first drafts for layout with grep / metadata help from the genius

Thanks to Kelli and to the participating designers for trusting us: Álvaro Sotillo, Waleska Belisario, Vanessa Zúñiga, Nedo M.F. (Estate), Coto Mendoza, and all of those involved. Shoutout to our friends over at who dropped some recs for other examples not depicted in this post.

If your institution or local library is interested in editorial design, Latin American and Caribbean collection development or research, reach out to us at [email protected] or book a consultation with the link in bio.

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09/23/2025

We are at Cornell University! Our entire catalog, a compilation of 10 years, is now available for consultation at the Carl A. Kroch Library in the Rare and Manuscript Collections

We are really proud of designing and producing these books alongside developing scholarship through archival research. The collection includes books, broadsides, ephemera, pamphlets and even miniatures in both Spanish and English. Thank you to Cornell and the staff at Kroch Library for making this possible.

If your institution is interested in our work or in collection development, don’t hesitate to contact us.

09/16/2025

Designing photobooks is part of our main work here at the studio. Last week, we had the pleasure of lecturing “In the Fold: Photobook Forum”. We focused on graphic narrative and its relation to layout + format + archives within materiality. Case studies were presented from books with photos, albums, photobooks, and questioned what even makes a book qualify as a photobook.

Works here include books and collaborations with and , some titles published by us, archival images from the Ossott archive, and event photos by .

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with us and thanks again to the Penumbra for the invite.

09/11/2025

We hope to see everyone tomorrow to talk about design and photobooks. We will focus on graphic narrative (it’s relation to layout), + format and archives within materiality. Looking forward!

Thanks penumbra for the invite.

The two photos representing books we designed were shot by &

09/02/2025

Back to the studio starting tomorrow. Looking forward to this season and what’s to come.

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Mañana de regreso al estudio. Muchos proyectos esta temporada. Foto de

07/31/2025

We will be away from the Studio until Monday, September 1st. We are finishing some big projects before fall and also taking time off. See you soon!

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Estaremos fuera del estudio hasta el lunes 1ro de septiembre. Estamos terminando algunos proyectos importantes antes del otoño y también tomándonos un tiempito libre. Nos vemos pronto!

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Somos un sello editorial independiente, fundado en Venezuela en el año 2014. Nos enfocamos en el área de archivo, la reivindicación del valor del libro como fenómeno-objeto y la investigación de literatura con énfasis en la poesía venezolana. También realizamos asesorías a nivel de medios, eventos y edición. El término «letra muerta» suele denotar un documento que ha perdido su validez legal, o un acuerdo que no ha sido cumplido. Como editorial, buscamos hacer revisión de textos que no han sido editados o reeditados y que consideremos importante difundir en nuestro contexto, con especial respeto hacia los autores así como particular cuidado de la composición tipográfica. Imprimimos nuestras obras con nuestro aliado la Editorial Ex Libris, imprenta de sostenida tradición en el país que dirige el maestro Javier Aizpurua.