Astrid Taran × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of stamping studies on real-world logos.

An August study.

For Astrid Taran.

First, we counted. Your luggage-tag guide credits you with more than 40 countries, so we set the number down in tally marks – eight full gates of five, then a single fresh stroke, the forty-first just begun. Underneath, it says STILL COUNTING.

The black stamp artwork for Astrid Taran's STILL COUNTING travel leather collection, with forty-one tally marks.

We ran the tally lengthwise along the luggage tags. Two wear classic luggage colors, warm tan and true black; the third is a warm red you can spot from across a carousel – your guide's first test, immediate identification, passed at a glance. The black tag carries the tally in gold.

Black, caramel and red leather luggage tags stamped STILL COUNTING for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

On the passport covers the count sits where it actually grows – one in navy, one in pale sea-blue.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

Navy and pale sea-blue leather passport covers stamped STILL COUNTING for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

Next, the test. In your gift guides everything must pass "style and substance", so we set the words around a grand ampersand – STYLE above and SUBSTANCE below, with the ampersand between them refusing to pick a side. The black keychain fob carries it in gold.

The black STYLE AND SUBSTANCE stamp artwork created for Astrid Taran's travel leather collection.

Black and navy leather keychains stamped STYLE AND SUBSTANCE for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

On the toiletry bags the same mark sits small in the lower corner, navy over deep brown – a stack built for years of repacking.

A navy and brown leather toiletry bag pair stamped STYLE AND SUBSTANCE for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

Then, your own phrase – "bringing ease to the chaos of travel" – drawn literally. A single thread crosses the tray's golden tan: it enters as a knot and leaves dead straight, with CHAOS under one end and EASE under the other. Emptying your pockets onto it counts as a demonstration.

The black CHAOS TO EASE stamp artwork created for Astrid Taran's travel leather collection.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

An Arizona leather catchall tray stamped with the CHAOS TO EASE design for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

And finally, the inspector's mark. A round stamp with TESTED across the middle and BEYOND FIRST IMPRESSIONS around the ring, pressed into the corner of the journals where notes from the next dozen trips will land – one in deep wine, one in pale greige. After a decade of passing this verdict on other people's gear, you may as well own the stamp.

The black TESTED BEYOND FIRST IMPRESSIONS seal artwork created for Astrid Taran's travel leather collection.

Wine and pale greige leather journals stamped TESTED BEYOND FIRST IMPRESSIONS for Astrid Taran's travel collection.

We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this study is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual. Every image is a render – how we prototype before cutting a die.

If you're Astrid Taran and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.