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After years of literally gathering dust, typewriters are having a moment! Call it the stationerycore phenomenon, call it a desire...
The Winter markets I visited in January and February — Atlanta Market, Shoppe Object, and NY NOW — are officially over, and...
In Cleveland, we have a saying: If you don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes. Thus in the past week we’ve experienced both a rogue snowstorm AND 60-degree weather. I’m not complaining exactly (at the moment, anyway), but it is somehow a comfort knowing that at the Brooklyn-based Talfoto, you...
I am finally coming out from the glorious design fugue state I entered attending NY NOW and Shoppe Object a...
The Winter Solstice is officially upon us — which means half the earth is officially tilted as far away from the...
I almost hate to say it, but I was working from home WAY before it was cool. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to help found Stationery Trends magazine when my daughter Veronica was 18 months old, so for the past 15 years or so, I start most...
I’ve been totally in love with New York City since age 6; I still remember the moment I fell. It...
The more distant NY NOW gets in my mental rear view mirror, the more I’m dreaming of February ’23, when...
Recently I was describing a few stationery makers I’m rather fond of to a non-industry person. I found myself prefacing introducing each with the disclaimer that they were perhaps a bit eccentric … and then I caught myself. Because if they’re eccentric, I am too, and not just a little...
If your stationery is looking stale, perk it up with a quick trip to Target. Once a year, the uber-popular...
I can’t be the only one who finds a bit of irony in the fact that today — as much...
There’s nothing like a fresh new brand landing in your in-box to perk you up. And in the case of Haejin Duck, chances are you’ll feel uplifted and inspired as well. Artist Haejin Park describes her watercolors as “full of colors, beautiful textures, and happy characters,” but even those words...
