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Gmund Mohair duplexed business cards part 1

.3 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:06:47 +0000

I have mentioned in the past this incredible paper stock (in my opinion), Gmund Mohair. I am now producing some self promotional business cards for colymba. The cards will be letterpress black only on both sides, the paper will be a duplexed card with Gmund Mohair Schwarz matt and Gmund Color System 43 Colors.

The only way to get the duplexed stock was straight from the Gmund paper mill, which provided the ready to print A4 sheets, however not too cheap the result looked great. (Note that local printers were not too confident about duplexing a 430gsm Mohair with a 300gsm Color System sheet due to the difference in weight.) The paper came delivered in a beautiful bespoke box made of Gmund Savanna Bubinga, an embossed wooded texture dark brown paper.

Due to the unusual texture of the paper, some letterpress printers were not too confident about the job either (even though the stock is certified with letterpress), but thankfully the brilliant TYPORETUM letterpress studio took on the job and produced some test prints (see below) that looked nice and sharp. The job is now being printed by TYPORETUM in the following week.

More pictures coming soon.

Original Gmund from GFSmith

.3 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:26:46 +0000

From September 2010, GFSmith is to be supplying a new collection of papers from Gmund, the Original Gmund.

This is a cotton based paper (10, 50 or 100%) with a warm traditional feel to it, and will now be part of the high quality papers GFSmith distribute the UK.

Gmund is a traditional paper maker from Germany established in 1829 with an history in environment, quality, innovation and tradition.

Papers, mills & merchants database @ boxedpaper.com

.3 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:47:33 +0000

Haven’t been updating this blog for a little while now, but was working on its new edition and specially the new list of merchants and adding to it papers and mills. A unique place to find out what papers are out there and where they are from. Hopefully a great resource.

This new site is being updated constantly, so bare with us while the content grows.

Check out boxedpaper.com

Munken Everynow diary paper swatch

.3 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:28:45 +0000

The other day through the post came a brilliant gift. The 2010 Everynow calendar by Munken, a division of Artic Paper, all wrapped in a cool package with a clever locking system.

This calendar features the Munken range of quality graphic uncoated paper (Lynx, Pure, Polar), all FSC+PEFC certified and produced at the Munkedal paper mill, Sweden.

The calendar booklet is a designed by Grow (Sweden), featuring 2 spot colours per month, a matt laminated cover with punched holes and blind embossing, all sewn in sections with exposed spine.

Gmund Mohair /fabric like paper

.3 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:28:37 +0000

This is one of the most exciting texture I have felt so far. Mohair from Gmund, just has the most addictive texture a paper can have, its soft, silky, smooth, fluffy fabric like texture will wake up your senses. Named after the fabric of the same name, you will love the feel of this stock.

It prints beautifully in all major printing processes, comes in 10 different colours/embossings combinations, all in 430gsm. A truly amazing FSC paper, with the Gmund eco seal.

DB update: new paper mills

.3 — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:20:47 +0000

A couple of new paper mills and merchants have been added to database, with some high profile German paper mills. Check out Clampitt paper, Neenah paper, Unisource, James Cropper, Römerturm and Gmund. Check back soon for some more detail review of the German Römerturm and Gmund paper mills/merchants.

(James Cropper, Römerturm and Gmund via Jan / Paper machine image from Gmund.com)

Paper mill & merchants database update

.3 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:37:11 +0000

This is something that had to be done, re-design the paper mill/merchant listing page, in order to make it more user friendly. Including an expanded content area and logos.

Some new paper suppliers have also been added to the database: Domtar, Finch Paper, French Paper, Sheep Poo Paper, Smart Paper and Wausau Paper.

Image courtesy of UPM.

Munken Wood Notebook

.3 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:18:41 +0000

Today in the post came a magnificent notebook from Munken paper Sweden. Munken is a paper brand part of the Artic Paper group present in Europe. They have an online shop full of goodies such as notebooks, poster and brochures.

These notebooks are just gorgeous, and for only 15€, everybody should get one. This is part of their “Design is in our nature” campaign, each notebook’s cover features a different tree bark or skin texture and a specific Munken paper stock. The one of this post is the pine tree bark and is made out of Munken Pure, an ultra smooth natural white paper. Also available are Ash/Munken Lynx, Birch/Munken Polar…

The Munken range – Polar, Lynx & Pure – is FSC, PEFC, ISO 14001 & EMAS certified and comes in a variety of weight from 80 to 400gsm.

Visit the shop now!

Zanders Spectral /T2000

.3 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:56 +0000

Zanders Spectral is one of the few paper brand offering a wide choice of coloured tracing/translucent paper. Manufactured in Germany at the Zanders Reflex Mill, Spectral offers 13 colours and 2 shades of white (snow & blizzard).

Available colours: cream, light green, light blue, blue, pink, mauve, red, orange, golden yellow, yellow, poison green, dark green, black

White shades: white & high white

Since recently – 1 or 2 years ago – Zanders updated the colour range but also added a Special range to Spectral, a range of 3 white translucent stock with pigment/pattern effects finish: dots, squares & lines.

The Spectral range is available in 100 and 200gsm, while Special is only produced in 100gsm.

Alternatively, Zanders proposes the T2000 range, a white tracing paper. This range of translucent paper stock is available in a wider range or weights, from 80gsm to 200gsm.

All Sprectral, Special and T2000 are FSC and PEFC certified and come with matching envelopes and is distributed in the UK by James McNaughton.

More information about Spectral and T2000 can be found on the Zanders website.

(Pictures from the Zanders Spectral Promotional look book)

Paper mill & merchants database

.3 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:57:08 +0000

I believe this is something which will always be useful, a list of all known paper merchants and mills around the world. So I have started the creation of such a database, registering paper mills/manufacturers and merchants of fine and graphic papers for the design/print industry. This is a good quick reference for creative designers looking for a supplier, look up the Paper Mills & Merchants page.