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<p>I really like <a href="https://www.suzyultman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Suzy Ultman">Suzy Ultman</a>’s chutzpah … and you will too, nerds! Suzy is a lifelong and prolific illustrator, card and stationery designer, toy creator, and bookmaker. The simultaneously sophisticated and simple objects that she brings to offbeat life delight young and old alike. ;</p>



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<p>Really, every last one of her playful creations — ;and even her much-loved Instagram feed — ;are but a medium through which she spins many a tale to her super-engaged audience. Now, on the heels of her vibrant letterpress card collab with the esteemed <a href="https://www.eggpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Egg Press">Egg Press</a>, Suzy drops in The Paper Fold to share not just her story, but her backstory as well.</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-84587" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-84587 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="84587" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-10018006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favorites category-papernerd-at-large 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<p>Don’t miss our chat on licensing, creativity, the creative process, beginner’s mind, collaboration as well as thoughtfully conceptualizing merchandise in a waste-filled world. And, since Suzy and I are both Jewish, and September brings with it the Jewish New Year — ;a time for looking backwards and forwards — we discuss how those values, memories and traditions guide us.</p>



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Suzy Ultman
