Working side by side in their new sunlit premises in Oakland, California, making custom-made books in leather and cloth, everything seemed to be coming together for husband-and-wife team Ivar Diehl and Danya Winterman, co-founders of The Key Printing and Binding. But their marriage was in difficulties and last year they separated. But first they made a vow: “We promised that if we split up we would try to keep our business partnership going. It would have been too great a shame to destroy something we had built together,” says Mr Diehl.
作为关键印刷装订公司(The Key Printing and Binding)共同创始人，伊瓦尔•迪尔(Ivar Diehl)和丹尼亚•温特曼(Danya Winterman)组成的夫妻团队（上图），在位于加利福尼亚州奥克兰市的充满阳光的新房子中并肩工作，用皮革和布料制作着定制书籍——一切似乎都是两人共同打拼来的。不过，两人的婚姻却遭遇了困难，并于去年离婚了。然而，他们做的头一件事，就是发下了一个誓言。迪尔表示：“我们承诺，就算我们分开了，我们也会努力将我们的商业伙伴关系维持下去。毁掉某种我们共同打造的东西，那是太大的遗憾。”