MUSE™ Box Set - Our First Album-Box Combo
You've asked for an Album + Box combo, so how could we say no? We now pair our beautiful MUSE™ album is paired with a classic Clamshell box. Mix or match your album cover and box lid. Create both in your favorite cover material or upgrade with a personalized acrylic image stripe or full acrylic cover panel on both covers. You can even feature two different images!
MUSE™ is the versatile, mid-range album that will exceed your expectations. Its handcrafted quality and options give your clients a lush, leather album at an attractive price point. Now you'll love it even more.
MUSE™ offers flush mount spreads and medium weight, rigid pages with a just-right hand feel. Its lifetime binding with a smooth, square spine suits any style. Finish it with any choice of cover material (leather upgrade) and the right selection of customizable cover options.
Protect their most cherished stories in a MUSE™ Box Set.
This one-stop resource provides all you need to know about our most versatile flush mount album and box set. Click any MBS option for more detail.
An extra: you can also purchase the Clamshell Box from this set custom fit for any ONE™ or PlayBOOK™ album. You'll find it in each product's Packaging section.
*Due to moving our production to Michigan, we are experiencing longer than normal turnaround times
Size & Orientation
Our newest special-edition product is available in a range of popular album sizes.
Cover Materials
Sometimes less is more. If your client wants a simple cover we can do that. Finao has a cover material to suit any subject or specialty—we serve one of the most diverse groups of photographers in the industry. Weddings or seniors, babies or boudoir each need a distinct presentation.If you take pride in offering personalized service and a boutique experience you will love the ability to honor the style and taste of each client.
Complement your images from our collection of genuine and vegan leathers, velvets, linens, silks, and more. Or add an accent stripe or two for subtle coordination or eye-catching contrast. Our wood veneers create richly textured cover panels, and handmade papers complete your album as unique front and back cover lining.
In the order form, select from our current swatches and recently discontinued, or While Supplies Last, selections. If you have a favorite material from our past or are looking for something unique or specific, contact info@finao.com. We'll check our collection of materials—there are more than we can display.
A CAUTION: It is nearly impossible to see the true character of these materials online. Colors can vary greatly depending on your screen calibration. We recommend purchasing a swatch kit for use in conjunction with these online or downloaded swatches. Your client will appreciate knowing exactly what to expect in their finished product.
A downloadable swatch PDF is available on our Templates & Design Guides feature page (updated 11/2020.)
The base price of your MUSE™ Box Set album includes your choice of any one of our non-leather cover materials. Or for a reasonable cost upgrade your cover to genuine leather. Add an accent tone stripe for subtle coordination or eye-catching contrast.
Cover Options
Your clients want a memory that reflects their individuality. Be the photographer who creates lifetime albums as unique as your images. Or design a favorite combination that represents your signature brand. It will only take a few minutes to explore our options and inspire your natural creativity.
The MUSE™ Box Set includes our beautiful mid-range album with a custom-fitted classic Clamshell storage box in any one of our gorgeous non-leather cover materials. Genuine leather is available for a small upgrade charge. From there, it's a matter of choosing the custom options that are right for your client. Create a personalized display piece with cover upgrades in a clear acrylic image stripe or full cover acrylic panel. Mix or match or even feature two different images.
Create an affordable, personalized album with a cover image in one of our beautiful low-effort, high-impact styles. Mix or match panels and stripes on your box and album cover.
ACRYLIC ALBUM PANEL
Finao's acrylic panels create a stunning image covers. We bond a Fuji Metallic Pearl metallic print to the underside of a 1/16" crystal acrylic panel, with smoothed edges and rounded corners. Acrylic™ panels create a permanent and protected display for your client's favorite image.
ACRYLIC BOX PANEL
Finao's acrylic panels create a stunning image covers. We bond a Fuji Metallic Pearl metallic print to the underside of a 1/16" crystal acrylic panel, with smoothed edges and rounded corners. Acrylic™ panels create a permanent and protected display for your client's favorite image.
ACRYLIC ALBUM STRIPE
Finao's acrylic stripes are an affordable choice to create stunning image covers. They are made from 1/16" crystal acrylic panels with smoothed edges and rounded corners; we bond a Kodak Endura metallic print to the underside. Acrylic™ stripes allow you to choose a cover material to highlight the colors in your image, and make the most of our beautiful leathers.
ACRYLIC BOX STRIPE
Finao's acrylic stripes are an affordable choice to create stunning image covers. They are made from 1/16" crystal acrylic panels with smoothed edges and rounded corners; we bond a Fuji Metallic Pearl metallic print to the underside. Acrylic™ stripes allow you to choose a cover material to highlight the colors in your image, and make the most of our beautiful leathers.
slipcase comes standard with our versatile Modern spine and cover styling that suits any design.
You can add custom text and graphics to the cover of nearly all Finao products; choose from laser etching or traditional text or graphic die imprinting (debossing) with metallic foil. And don't pass up the opportunity to imprint your studio brand in text or from your custom, reusable die.
Type Cover Imprinting
You can customize most Finao product covers with text in a traditional process, metal-die imprinting. This is available in a choice of five fonts of various sizes, and in seven colors of metallic foil or clear.
Laser Cover Etching
Accent your orders with laser-etched cover text and graphics. Etching is a beautiful way to customize cover materials like velvet that cannot be imprinted with traditional stamped foils. Apply any design from your .jpg file.
Studio Die Imprinting
We'll create a metal die from your design and keep it on file for you to use on nearly all Finao products.
Typeset Studio Imprinting
Increase referrals by adding your studio name to the inside front or back cover of your album with foil type imprinting. What better way to promote your brand?
Pages & Printing
You've designed the cover, and now it's time for the best part—your images inside.
All the features that make MUSE™ Box Set pages fabulous. Finao quality is never press-printed.
Page Style
The MUSE features flush mount pages in your choice of photographic papers. Choose black or white cover lining and flyleaf color.
Page Capacity
The base price of all MUSE™ albums includes 10 leaves or 20 individual page sides. The maximum recommended size with standard medium weight pages is 50 leaves/100 sides. Higher capacities require a custom consult.
Page Thickness
Comes standard with white, rigid, medium weight pages—the medium page style suits almost any size of album.
Page Start
MUSE™ albums offer the choice of beginning your design with a first page that starts on the right or a full spread that starts on the left.
Page Center
Creased prints are standard for albums with medium style flush-mount pages as they enhance overall structure and stability.
Finao offers a range of print media from the world's leading producers. Choose from silver halide photographic printing in lustre, matte, and glossy metallic finishes.
Fuji Lustre
Fujicolor Crystal Archive Professional Super Type PD Lustre. Optimized for digital lab printing, it yields stable, high image quality prints that make it an excellent choice for professional wedding, portrait, or commercial photography. Superb color image stability makes it Fujifilm's longest lasting paper yet.
Fuji Deep Matte
Fujicolor Crystal Archive Deep Matte Paper Velvet Type H LM. A smooth, lustreless finish with strong fingerprint resistance. The elegant color reproduction is subtle and warm with pure whites and excellent image stability. Beautiful to display even under high lighting conditions.
Packaging
We believe our packaging should be just as beautiful as our albums, so each MUSE™ Box Set album comes standard with client presentation-ready wrapping. We design packaging to allow you to open, inspect, and easily re-wrap an album before delivering (materials can vary slightly from those shown.)
Your albums become a permanent home fixture with tailored packaging that combines a beautiful display with lifetime protection. For those extra-special albums or clients who want the best, we offer a selection of customizable slipcase and album boxes.
If you or your client have your heart set on a specific packaging option or style, please contact us for a custom consult.
Note: Upgraded packaging options are custom fit to your album, so we build them after the album is complete. This will add a little extra time to your album delivery; please contact us if you have specific deadlines.
Design
Album design is often a love it or hate it job. If you don't have the time, experience, or interest let us do it for you. Choose from six design styles, upload your images, and we'll do the work. $100 flat rate for up to three online revisions by our US-based, experienced designer. Check out her sample styles! Quotes for custom design are available.
Or if you like to see your images through to their final design, our downloadable templates and design guides for covers and spreads will get you up and running quickly. Just choose the styles that you and your client love to sell albums as unique as your images.
Design Service
Templates & Design Guides
Studio Samples
Sample products are one of your best investments. There is no better way to present your quality work and sales options to prospective clients. The reality is that you can't sell what you don't show. A client will fall in love once they can see and hold your work in a beautiful finished product and imagine themselves as part of it. Many album brands look similar online; when they see and touch Finao products in person, the difference in quality and craftsmanship become obvious.
To help make this happen we offer generous studio sample discounts on almost every Finao product every day. That's 25-40% off our regular prices when you need them, 365 days a year. We never make you wait for a sample sale, although sometimes we sweeten the deal even more with one. The discounts of 25%-40% and annual maximum quantities vary by product.
Sample products are imprinted with STUDIO SAMPLE and are not for resale to your clients or for personal, non-business related use.
See Your Work in Our Samples
We create samples of Finao products to display on our website, in advertising, and for you to see in person at tradeshows and conferences. We design these with the beautiful images shared by you, our Finao family. We love to show off your amazing talent!
If we ask your permission to create samples with your images we will always credit your work and treat them with respect. If you love Finao and would like to share your images, let us know, and we are happy to consider them for sample display.
MUSE™ Box Set™ sample albums are 25% off our regular prices every day of the year—you never have to wait for a sale to get your Finaon discount. They will be marked STUDIO SAMPLE and are not for resale to clients. If you have any questions regarding your annual sample allotment, please contact us.