![Front and back covers of the book.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog2.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Front and back covers of the book.
![Essay layout. Smith wrote sixteen original pieces.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog3.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Essay layout. Smith wrote sixteen original pieces.
![Photo layout featuring Smith’s Polaroids.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog6.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Photo layout featuring Smith’s Polaroids.
![Song lyrics layout. From Smith’s album Western Skies.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog12.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Song lyrics layout. From Smith’s album Western Skies.
![Custom collector’s edition box.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog13.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Custom collector’s edition box.
![Letterpress cover page and signed lithograph print.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog16.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Letterpress cover page and signed lithograph print.
![Singer-songwriter Darden Smith performing. Photograph by Matt Lankes.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog17.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Singer-songwriter Darden Smith performing. Photograph by Matt Lankes.
![Vinyl package for Western Skies the album.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog18.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Vinyl package for Western Skies the album.
![Special edition, cloth-bound book with tipped-in Polaroid image.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog21.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Special edition, cloth-bound book with tipped-in Polaroid image.
![Vinyl and CD packages, and collector’s edition box set with book and lithograph print.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog23.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Vinyl and CD packages, and collector’s edition box set with book and lithograph print.
![Darden Smith and DJ Stout look over past design work. Photographs by Jessica Pages.](https://pentagram-production.imgix.net/9ea16cdf-b896-4433-861a-6f30d2ffad69/WesternSkies-PentagramBlog24.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C2000&w=640&crop=1&fm=jpg&q=70&auto=format&fit=crop&h=427)
Darden Smith and DJ Stout look over past design work. Photographs by Jessica Pages.