stationery design
If you sell cards and have not checked out *Noted, you are missing out — and there is still time to...
Longtime Paper Nerd readers know that I have a special spot in my heart dedicated to British stationery design. Maybe...
So, it’s been quite a week! I was finishing up judging the 194 Noted @ *Noted entries Monday morning — following a few marathon judging sessions over the weekend — and learned of the finalists late Tuesday night in what has become more of a sprint. So, I am really, really excited...
In more “normal” years, this would be the season for my in-box to be filled with fantastic new makers. For...
Often the fastest way to grow a maker’s business is by adding a new category — and if your game is...
As of Monday, February 15, submissions for the Noted @ *Noted Product Awards are open, and I really hope every maker and retailer reading this submits. This awards competition features fantastic categories as well as a stellar panel of judges, all of whom can’t wait to see the depth of...
There’s nothing like a fresh new brand landing in your in-box to perk you up. And in the case of...
For me, there’s nothing like discovering a fresh range to reaffirm my faith in great design. And in this case,...
I’m so grateful I visited Shoppe Object last February. Since that and NY NOW were the only trade shows I attended this (almost finished) year, I’ve reviewed the snapshots I took at both much, much more than I usually would — and in some ways they seem like surreal glimpses into...
If you are like me on this Black Friday of 2020, you woke up to a dizzying in-box full of...
Along with the rest of us, last spring found luxury shoe designer Sarah Flint quarantining at home in Buzzards Bay,...
Snail mail and greeting cards have assumed a renewed importance in American life that has been absent for decades upon decades. Just ask Paper Source, whose CEO Winnie Park told The Chicago Tribune last week that online greeting card sales have increased tenfold compared with the same time period last...
