the paper fold
Well nerds, I was planning to release the First annual Paper Nerd Gift Guide today, but life intervened in the...
Part of the magic of stationery is its very accessibility and simplicity. Anyone can modify it to suit a larger...
My winter market travel days tend to be filled with rogue snowstorms and general chaos, while in summer I always seem to miss some big family event by attending one. Thus I truly, genuinely adore that the prime time for stationery shopping has traditionally been spring. There’s no better time...
Typically, a holiday finds me as far as humanly possible from work. But not this July Fourth; these days my...
To me, a gift is not truly a present until is wrapped enticingly. Ideally, I like any gift I give...
During this past *Noted, I couldn’t help falling in love with the Meet The Maker videos. These short intros were designed to circumvent the digital format of that event and allow buyers to get acquainted with brands they are considering taking on. While nothing can ever replace actually hobnobbing in...
Serendipity has always been one of my favorite words. After all, what’s not to like? It is the type of...
Back at the turn of this century, houses of letterpress completely dominated the entire market. Inspired by Martha Stewart, would-be...
Pre-COVID, my last work trip, in February 2020, was judging the 31st Annual LOUIE Awards in Washington, D.C. Semi-post-COVID, my first work event, in March 2021, was judging the 32nd Annual LOUIE Awards. Instead of taking a plane, I took the highway to American Greetings, the site of the Ohio...
A clean desk may be a sign of a sick mind, but an orderly desk can be the staging ground...
Maybe it’s just me, but staying focused deskside has been quite the challenge lately. I’m sure it’s partially because I...
Subscription boxes are nothing new of course, but then again, neither is letterpress! Although the printing method was founded in the mid-fifteenth century and lifted humanity out of the dark ages, there was a time in early 21st century stationery design when letterpress was the rule, not the exception. There...
