Laughing Mouse Press
Laughing Mouse Press is an editorial design studio run by Yinying Hu (China) and Maciej Przylecki (Poland) based in London, which tries to not take itself too seriously. Their approach to editorial design is narrative-driven with an emphasis on analog printing processes, and the incorporation of found material and printed ephemera.

They are currently undertaking an MA in Graphic and Media Design at the London College of Communication  

Collections:
> University of the Arts London Special Collection Archive
> London College of Communication Printing Archive
> Artist’s Book Collection of the Rikhardinkatu Library

Book Fairs & Exhibitions:

Taipei Art Book Fair
March 6th — 8th,  2026

Handmade  Books Exhibition  — Helsinki Analog Festival
March 30th — April 26th, 2026
Stockists:

朋丁  pon ding  —  Taipei, Taiwan
moom  bookshop  —  Taipei,  Taiwan

Contact Information:

For purchase enquiries or work enquiries please conctact:
przyleckimaciej@gmail.com / huyinying22@gmail.com
655.2 MUL

Müller-Brockmann‘s ‘Grid Systems in Graphic Design’ has become a seminal book on modernist design. On the shelves of the London College of Communication (LCC) library, books from different eras stand side-by-side, collectively forming a material history of use. This project, through observation and collection aims to record the material imprints these books have accumulated over their long history of transmission. The natural wear and tear on the book outlines, the material preservation over the years, and the interactive traces left by successive generations of students browsing and learning from them all become another narrative beyond the grid.

Format: 170 mm x 270 mm (Main Book)
110 mm x 175 mm (Insert)
40 pages + 16 page insert
Singer sewn

Printed using RISO Orange and Black and RISO CMYK (Insert)
Typeface: Helvetica Neue LT Pro
Paper: Arena Bulk Natural 90gsm and 120 gsm
Dreams of Normal Underwear

This book contains recipes inside, but it is not a cookbook. ‘Dreams of Normal Underwear’ is a memoir of my grandmother’s cooking, inspired by her failed colonoscopy, and her mistreatment at the hospital which subsequently left her with a stoma and a restrictive diet. 

The first chapter is a photographic documentary of her experience in the hospital during the time where she had the stoma put in. The rest of the book focuses on the memories of her cooking through interviews with family members and scans from her old recipe books, as well as scans from the very first cookbook she used to learn how to cook from 1959. The book is held together using an elastic band and is unbound to mimic the aesthetic of her personal notebook where various recipes and sheets of paper were tucked into an already overflowing notebook.

Format: 110 mm x 175 mm
 256 pages
Loose leaf binding

Printed using RISO 3 colour separation
Typeface: Herbik by Counter Forms
Paper: Munken Design Pure Rough Cream & 
G.F Smith Max

Currently held in the University of the Arts London Special Collection Archive
107.8682

107.8682 is a publication that visually explores silver, both as a chemical element, a real substance, and a cultural symbol. Named after its atomic weight, the publication opens with the state of silver through the lens of chemical experiments, then unfolds a broader narrative that traces silver’s transformation from mineral to myth, exploring its role in geological time, monetary systems, and the human imagination. It is both a study of form and a tribute to a substance that has shaped human civilisation while remaining mysterious, reflective, and elusive. Selected pages are printed in silver ink through screen printing, accompanied by a silver thermal print cover; other sections are realised through Risograph and digital printing. The format follows the ratio of silver (1:√2), linking material form to conceptual structure.

Format: 226 x 110mm (silver ratio) 
194 pages
Perfect bound (OTA)

Printed using Risograph, Xerox, and screen printing 
Typeface: ABC Oracle, Herbik 
Paper: G.F Smith (various types), Munken Lynx 120gsm

Currently held in the University of the Arts London Special Collection Archive
If you want to live to 100 years, Join my Tai Chi class for beginners


If you want to live to 100 years, Join my Tai Chi class for beginners. At its core, Tai Chi (Tai Chi Chuan) constitutes a profound philosophical inquiry and a solemn inner discipline. In contemporary China, it is a practice defined by sincerity and rooted in the community’s spirit of selflessness. By juxtaposing photographs of historical Tai Chi masters with contemporary Western Tai Chi advertisements, this visual essay reveals how historical cultural heritage is exploited as marketing capital and a profound, lifelong practice is flattened into a consumable service. How is this weight stripped away when culture becomes a commodity? What do we lose when a tradition is defined not by its depth, but by its price?

Format: 95 x 180 mm
64 pages
Singer sewn

Printed using CMYK Risograph
Typeface: Neue Haas Unica
Paper: Shiro Echo 90 gsm & 120 gsm

Exhibited at the Handmade Books Exhibition as part of the Helsinki Analog Festival 2026

Collected by  Artist’s Book Collection of the Rikhardinkatu Library in Finland
Hot Metal Cold Type


Hot Metal Cold Type is a visual essay looking at historical examples of automation, their impacts on the graphic design industry and its workers and comparing it with present day fears of Al automation. 
Using archival images from the last day of the Linotype at the New York Times, paired with Adobe Max Keynote images it aims to question the hype produced by Al technology, and urges designers to think more critically about technological advancements and their possible impacts on the profession.

Format: 170 mm x 250 mm
104 pages
Loose leaf binding

Printed using RISO Black
Typeface: Crystal by newglyph
Paper: Shiro Echo 90 gsm 

Exhibited at the Handmade Books Exhibition as part of the Helsinki Analog Festival 2026

Collected by  Artist’s Book Collection of the Rikhardinkatu Library in Finland
Can you come translate this for me?

This book is an exploration of the conversations Maciej had with his parents growing up as an immigrant in Scotland. The conversations are centred around the experience of having to translate everyday situations for his parents, from their arrival in Scotland to his departure from his family home to university, and how these conversations have progressed over time from being conducted in-person to being largely through online messages.

Nuances within the conversations have been reflected through the way this book has been designed. The grid used throughout the book allows for the text to be positioned in a way which reflects the time passed during the conversations as well as the things that were said but the reader cannot directly see on the page. The typeface allows to showcase the progression from in-person conversations to online ones through its subtle transition from serif into sans serif. Images and printed ephemera are scattered throughout the book as a means of connecting the reader and immersing them in the time period in which the conversations are taking place.

Format: 2 x 105 mm x 148 mm
Custom gatefold perfect binding

Xerox Red and Blue
Typeface: ABC Arizona Variable
Paper: Munken Design Pure Rough Cream

Currently held in the London College of Communication Library Archive Collection