stationery design
I’m trying something new this week — though it’s certainly not new to the rest of the internet. Search for ‘scroll’...
Even if you know very little about paper (perish the thought!), Paper Mirchi offerings immediately stand out. Before I spied...
A Kickstarter post is a first for this old nerd, and I haven’t posted here this early in the week for YEARS, so you just know something fabulous follows! While you are undoubtedly reading my words on a screen right now, as compelling as they are, you are still passively...
Anyone who has been through any sort of hard time knows that it does eventually pass. Once every last bit...
Some of you sharp nerds reading this will think a Midwestern Stationery Fest MUST be in Chicago — but you would...
It’s never not interesting to discover a super-fresh brand, then sit back and watch it evolve over a few years. That was definitely the case with SHEWOLF DESIGNS, which I stumbled across in the NY NOW incubator in Winter 2024. It was a treat to get acquainted with its go-getter...
Stickers have become stationery stars these past few years, and watching makers play with the form — and maybe even use...
Centuries before the words ‘password protected’ were paired, wax seals provided security. While their usage dates back to the ancients,...
Howdy folks and happy Friday! I am currently in my new digs, still unpacking boxes and still unburying myself from last week’s incredible jaunt to NY NOW and Shoppe Object. I still have approximately 200 emails gathering digital dust, to say nothing of a shoe collection to organize, so I...
In 1911, Leon Leonwood Bean returned from a hunting trip with freezing feet — and the kernel of an idea that...
Hey nerds, it is my pleasure to introduce you to a dear retailer friend of mine, Hannah Rodewald. Hannah is...
Design trends are easy to spot, but longevity is a completely different matter. Sometimes a trend — like bows for example — turns out to be a flash in the pan. Others, like garbage bins, show no sign of going anywhere anytime soon. I see pickles as part of a larger food...
