Emily McDowell is a designer, illustrator, and writer. As the owner of Emily McDowell Studio, she makes“gifty” things like tote bags and postcard sets.
Most recently, she launched a collection of empathic greeting cards for people living with illness. She designed them to be more honest and appropriate for people living with cancer than typical “Get well soon” cards.
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An example of one of McDowell's Empathy Cards.
She designed the card collection to help friends and family find the right words to send to sick loved ones. And, as a cancer survivor herself, McDowell hopes the frankness of the empathy cards will offer people struggling with illness some much-needed understanding, honestly, and even humor.