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A full-color, illustrated compendium chronicling the magical twenty-year journey of one of the world’s most revered and acclaimed art and design studios—MinaLima, the creative geniuses who brought the Harry Potter franchise to life—including a collectible custom print exclusive to the book. “It all started with a letter...” Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima began their extraordinary partnership in 2001 when they were hired by Warner Bros. to realize the imaginative visual universe of the Harry Potter film series. The two artists never dreamed that the graphic props they designed for all the Harry Potter movies—including the Quidditch World Cup posters, the Marauder’s Map, the animated Daily Prophet newspapers, the Quibbler, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes—would become cultural icons beloved by millions around the world. Eight years later, the pair formed their own design studio, MinaLima, and expanded their work to the Fantastic Beasts series and Where to Find Them and other films, then and spent two years devising the incredibly detailed graphic elements for Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort’s theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Today, the studio has opened the House of MinaLima, an immersive art gallery and retail experience store—with branches in London and Osaka Japan—to showcase their trove of work and make it available for fans. The Wizarding World of MinaLima is an illustrated history and celebration of Mina and Lima’s breathtaking development and groundbreaking vision. Their amazing prop, design, and print creations illuminate J. K. Rowling’s beloved Wizarding World as never before, and their commentary offers insights into the imaginative thinking that shaped their designs. This beautiful and wondrous collection showcases the very best works from the award-winning studio’s two decades, including: Welcome to the Wizarding World Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Magical London and the Sh