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Company Anniversary Books and Founders' Story Books

For the anniversary, the listing day, the founder's retirement, and every milestone a company wants to keep.
KONPOLI makes company anniversary books and founders' story books: the history of a company, the story of its founders, or the book of a listing day or a milestone, for the board, the team, clients and partners. Each book is bound by hand in linen or Italian leather in KONPOLI's European workshop, which has bound books for 45 years, from a single copy to a run of hundreds. A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval.
Made for:
  • Founders, for the story of how it started
  • Companies marking 10, 25, 40 or 100 years
  • Companies going public, for the listing day
  • Boards and leadership teams, for a retirement or a succession
  • Family businesses, for the next generation
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The Founders' Story

Every company starts with a few people and a kitchen table, a garage or a borrowed office.

A founders' story book keeps that beginning: the first photographs, the first product, the people who took the risk.

Give it to the founders, the early team and the families who lived through it.

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The Anniversary Book

An anniversary is the one time a company is allowed to look back.

The anniversary book holds the decades: the archive photographs, the milestones, the people who built it.

Copies go to the team, the board, long-standing clients and partners, each from the same approved design.

Bound in linen or leather with the company's mark debossed on the cover, it lives on reception tables and in boardrooms for years.

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The Listing Day and Other Milestones

Some days deserve their own book: the listing, the acquisition, the new headquarters, the founder's last day.

Photographed on the day and bound in the weeks after, it becomes the record the company hands to the people who were there.

A single copy for the founder, or a run for everyone in the room.

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How it works

  1. The conversation. Tell us about the company, the milestone and the date you need the books.
  2. The design. Send the archive photographs and text, or print-ready files from your agency or historian; our design team lays out the book, and you approve a proof before anything is bound.
  3. The craft. Bound by hand in our European workshop: linens and Italian leathers, the company mark debossed, slipcases and presentation boxes.
  4. The delivery. Worldwide with FedEx and DHL. A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval; runs are quoted with their own timeline.
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Materials

Genuine Italian leather and Dutch linen. Photographic covers with leather-grain lamination. Four varieties of Fuji DP II professional paper. Blind and foil debossing in gold, silver, and rose gold, for a company mark, a name or a founding year. Slipcases, folio boxes, and real wood presentation cases cut by our own carpenters.
KONPOLI showroom in Wynwood, Miami, with custom coffee table booksKONPOLI showroom in Wynwood, Miami, with custom coffee table books

The showroom

Founders and communications teams are welcome in the Wynwood showroom by private appointment: hold the formats, compare the linens and leathers, and bring the archive.
KONPOLI is based in Miami, Florida and ships finished books worldwide. Local clients visit the showroom by appointment; companies elsewhere work with us remotely from the first conversation to the final proof. Inquiries this year have come from companies across the United States.
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FAQ

What is a company anniversary book? A bound history of a company for a milestone year: the archive photographs, the milestones and the people, made as presentation copies for the team, the board, clients and partners.

What is a founders' story book? A book of how a company began, told through the founders' photographs, documents and words, often made for a listing, a sale or a founder's retirement.

Do you write the history? We design and bind the book. The text comes from your team, your agency or a company historian, and our design team lays it out with the photographs.

Can the company logo go on the cover? Yes. The company mark, a name or a founding year can be debossed in gold, silver or rose gold, or blind debossed into the linen or leather.

How many copies can you make? From a single copy for a founder to a run of hundreds for the whole company, all from the same approved design.

How long does it take? A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval, plus shipping. Runs are quoted with their own timeline.

How does pricing work? Every project is quoted individually, based on format, materials, page count and the number of copies. The conversation starts with the company and the milestone.

Do you ship internationally? Yes. KONPOLI ships finished books worldwide with FedEx and DHL.