Brighten your day with Blue Kite Press's colorful, nostalgic housewares, stationery, and gifts. Discover functional everyday products to make every day a Blue Kite Day!

This woman-owned studio is based in Boston and dedicated to making one-of-a-kind illustrated products for thoughtful gift giving and sustainable living.

Trays, Tervis tumblers, tea towels, and enamel mugs with beachy seaside illustration

Every illustration starts with the colors and patterns I love, and every product is made to be the kind of thing you buy for someone else and secretly want to keep. I work with trusted print and production partners to bring each design to life.

I design every illustration and pattern to work across the collection — so whether you grab a single card or put together a whole gift set, everything feels like it belongs together. That's what makes Blue Kite Press easy to shop and even easier to give. And every design started with a story I've been carrying around since I was a kid.

Zig Zag in bright colors

Our Story

I used to love visiting the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia on school trips and family outings. The walk-through Giant Heart exhibit, hours of interactive displays, and that enormous statue of Ben Franklin in the central rotunda — it all felt like magic. Years later, I watched my sons experience that same sense of wonder as they raced around the museum's exhibits.

That feeling of discovery stayed with me and shaped my approach to design and illustration. While creating the artwork that became my collection, I kept thinking about Ben Franklin's famous kite experiment — proving his theories about electricity using nothing but a kite, a metal key, and a thunderstorm. It struck me that his kite was the perfect symbol for what I wanted this brand to be: a reminder that anything is possible when we approach each day with creativity and curiosity.

Picture of a boy at Franklin Institute, Dana Lynch with Ben Franklin and Kite and Ben Franklin in rotunda at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia